3rd of July in Marshfield

 Mary and Dan had their annual 3rd of July party again this year and we were able to make it!!  All of the cousins dressed alike and we did all of the girls hair in stars!  They got a dunk tank and a bouncy house and a caricaturist!  There was lots of fun and lots of food.  After the party, everyone went down to the beach for the fireworks - I missed it again this year.  Maybe NEXT year we won't have anyone who needs to go to bed before the fireworks!!!

Family photo!

4th of July selfie:

Amanda and Bryna

 Star hair!

 Dunk tank!

 Me and Brendan

Aoife getting her portrait drawn

All the food!

 Siobhan and Amanda

 Dan and Mary with all of the grandkids!

 Everyone in one picture!!

Pinatas!

 Declan with CANDY!

 Declan's all tuckered out!

The BEACH!

 We made it to the beach!!  I wasn't sure how Declan would react but he loved it!  The water was pretty warm so that helped!!  He didn't love the sand sticking to his feet but once he got over that he had fun climbing on the jetty and walking in the water!
Brendan and Aidan jumped off of the bridge before we left - the water there was NOT very warm!!!

The House of the Seven Gables and Richardsons Ice Cream

 We took a quick morning trip over to Salem and went to the House of the Seven Gables. It was pretty cool - the house was amazing!  The kids had a good time and even listened to the tour guide!!  They have a kids area to play in that kept us busy before the tour started - everyone loved steering the ship.  That evening we went over to Richardsons with my parents to get ice cream.  They have cows and chickens to look at too so everyone was happy!  Ice cream AND farm animals!!  Could there be a better combination??