Anchor Day of 2010

As my sister would say, "it really doesn't get any better than this"! Lots of family around again this weekend, but all so worth it. Youngest niece, Mary, was here for her one lone Empire weekend for the summer. So, the whole family was in force, again. Golfing in the morning for (as my mom referred to them) 'the boys'. Dad is no longer playing golf - but loves hearing the stories upon 'the boys' return. Now, its up to Rusty, Mike and Terry with Patrick (my nephew) joining the ranks! They really do have so much fun.

We beached it again, but also had the parade to schedule around. The young boys, Mary and I traversed to the beach to 'stake our claim' around 10:30 am (yes, morning!!!!). Patrick joined us for a while after golf. Sandi rounded us up around 12:30 for the parade at 1:00 -ish. Picture above is my dad waiting for the parade.





We had a record number of "politicos" - but I did not see Verg, Rick or Mike - can't imagine what kept them away?

Then, back to the beach til about 4:00 when we all just (well, the over 50 crowd) collapsed in a heap of yawning. Sandi made Mary's favorite and then those with their eyes still open had S'mores! Below is picture of the great nephews and Mary - no sunset, but their smiles offer up plenty of light!