It was a beautiful summer with a couple notable twists: the Clickman clan lived there from June 30 through August 15; it featured phenomenal weather with the longest stretch of sun and clear skies I can remember in our 20 years of owning the beach house. We had our annual 4th of July party, there were sleepovers, lots of boogie boarding, yummy deck food grilling, drippy castle building, freeze pops; river and lake building and visits to the Scoop Deck. Here’s a visual recap of July & August:
Hello Summer! Happy Summer! Historic Summer!
On June 30, your family moved into our beach house after selling the house on Prospect Street. Talk about perfect timing! With the two best months ahead, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Clickman kids to chill out, eat freeze pops, smell the best smell in the world, feel the warm sand under your toes, veg out, boogie board the Atlantic, eat Congdon’s donuts, look at the views (front and back) and lick ice cream from the Scoop Deck.
Among many other things!
You had it all at your ready disposal… a beach house right on the beach. A private beach to boot! Sun, surf, sand. Living La Vida Loca…
Emma, you set high goals for the summer… you wanted to boogie board at least 300 waves but ended up catching 540 over the six weeks you stayed there. Go Emma!
Ben had his own bedroom and was able to chill, playing his games, doing his thing before starting 8th Grade…. what, 8th grade? Yowza I would totally chill too.
Molly ate a ton of freeze pops, played video games, laid low, swam in the natural beach pools and had fun.
Jack, you stayed busy, playing with trucks, army men, making drippy castles and becoming much braver with the Atlantic Ocean!
On August 14, you left the beach and moved into your house on Richardson Drive… just in time for school opening on August 31st.
Here are some photos from your memorable summer, a time 
you’ll always remember:
