Fourth of July Long Beach Trip

Here are the pics from our trip to Long Beach for the 4th of July. We had so much fun!!! This year we stayed in a motel (boys were really excited to do this!). We did the usual walking around town. Pete and I splurged and bought some candy at one of the shops. We tried choco-covered bacon, choco-covered twinkie, choco-covered whoopie pie, and a few other choco-covered items that I just can't remember. All I know is our tongues swelled up from all that sugar!! Uncle Dale and Sherry also came down to Long Beach for the festivities. They came to pizza dinner with us. Clifford and Kristjan kept hitting them up for dollar bills to use at the arcade there. The actual day of the fourth was a blast!! Pete and Daniel got up early that morning to claim a spacious spot for us on the beach. Boys played in the sand, Daniel 'n Pete built sand sculptures. The 'hit' of the sand sculptures was the urinal they made so they didn't have to keep walking to the porta-potties. Even Uncle Dale used it!! It was hilarious. We bbq'd up some burgers for dinner. There was excitement on the beach with two swimmers needing rescue from the water. Ambulance, police cars, search 'n rescue all went speeding down the beach. A diver got suited up as well and went in the water. Luckily everyone got out safely. Once night time came, the fireworks started. Daniel and Pete helped all the boys to light off the kid fireworks we had. For hours, all you could hear was 'boom' or 'crackle' from everyone lighting off fireworks. Once it was completely dark, Long Beach started their show. This years was slightly disappointing...not as good as previous years. The next morning it was really hard for all of us to get up and ready for the long drive home. All four of us had a blast!!! We already reserved the same motel room for next year. Can't wait!!