Rolling on the Pacific Ocean

I found this tidbit of video from the last full day on being on our cruise ship in June. Though I haven't posted much of the cruise here because I did the full TRIP blog (www.northtoalaskaandbackagain.blogspot.com), I thought I would post this video in "Susan's Stuff" as a fun memory of our cruise:

WE HAD A FABULOUS, FESTIVE AND FUN FOURTH!!

To start the day off, we invited Brian, Amy, and our 4 grandkids over for 4th of July brunch. Also with them with our church's summer intern, Mike L., who has been staying at Brian's and Amy's this week. Today, Mike leaves for a mission trip to Australia. (Ministry brings about so many blessings!) We had a fun time "brunching."

At 4:45, family and friends convened over at Brian's and Amy's. They had a big group in addition to their own family of six: both sets of Grandparents, niece Morgan, Evangelist Richard C. and his family (4 kids), Mike G from church and two of his sons (wife Jill is out of town), and my dear friend, Joyce W. I think that was 21 people in total. (Link to view all of the pics is found at the bottom of this article.)

While Brian cooked out, the kids (teens down to Jaden and Morgan~~ both 3 years old) swam and played in the pool. That was a total of 11 kids in the pool. Adults were always out there to keep an eye on everyone for the sake of safety ~~ especially regarding Jaden, Morgan, and 5-year-old Richie C. It was fun to watch them!

We ate and fellowshipped until 9:00 p.m. and then had our fireworks show. 9-year-old Joshua had been entered into a drawing for a $100 pack of fireworks at a local fireworks stand and was notified during our brunch that he was the grand winner so we had all of those fireworks to enjoy. Josh and his Dad were the managers of the show and it was a lot of fun.

The party broke up at 10:00 p.m. and we came home good and tired ~~ and it was a "good" tired after a fun day! Link to pictures:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=nhewoo3.2cphw40z&x=0&y=-2kf3d4&localeid=en_US