Gift #441- Having a Built in Best Friend and Japanese Fireworks

We went to the beach a few nights ago for a picnic.  Hank and I looked out and saw these two sitting side by side.  We are not sure what they would do without each other.  We had a great evening.  The rain earlier in the day cooled the air and thinned the crowd.  We stopped at 7-11 on the way to the beach and bought a package of fireworks.  One thing that we have come to appreciate about Japan is that you can stop at any roadside convenience store and pick up a load of fireworks.  (Randall family, these are the kind of fireworks that you have to drive over the state line to get.  You know the ones.  We even found some in our package that were similar to *** choppers.  We thought of you all.)   The fireworks display was a great way to end our evening.  We were so thankful that we ventured out.