Friday, July 8, 2011

The Best Fourth of July

It all started with an idea, and then months later we were all enjoying beautiful sunny days on the shores of Lake Michigan. The place: Door County; the people: my family. All eight of us were there, and it didn't matter what we did, we were having a good time.




We went hiking in sandals and shorts...

Got out of hand, or just had a lot of fun--ask my Mom :)


 Ephraim was a dry town, so we made sure to have plenty before we went out for dinner, you can tell by our smiles we were only drinking the good stuff!


Silhouettes against the sunset...







The crew...

Yes, we are color coordinated...it just happened. Kristen started it! Fun times, at Door County, Wisconsin.

On the fourth, we sat outside and drank beer and wine until dusk when we walked down the street to the harbor. There were Adirondack chairs on a small boat dock out in the middle of the water. My sisters and I sat with our legs hanging over the side down towards the water, with our Momma right beside us (a little nervous), and the guys sprawled in the chairs. Then we watched private firework shows happening all across the shoreline. It was the best fourth of July I've ever had, a treasure for time.