Geez...I am soooo behind! We've been staying busy this summer having fun at lots of new places. I'll start with two weeks ago and try to work my way forward.

We spent the day at Belmar beach in New Jersey. It was weird to have to PAY to go to the beach (they all seem to do that here) but the beach was nice, clean, and PACKED. It was a gorgeous day, in the mid 80s, but the water was a chilly 69 degrees. The boys have been asking to go to the beach all summer so they could build a sand castle like Curious George. They had a nice one built, but high tide rolled in just before we left and took the whole thing out. They laughed about it, because it's exactly what happened to Curious George's castle.

We can't wait to go back again. This time I'll be sure to be more accurate in applying sun block to MYSELF, though. I missed a patch on my back and got the mother of all sunburns...ouch! The good thing is now the boys don't argue with me about sunblock anymore, after seeing my nasty burn!

Here are some pics from our day:

Happy 4th of July!

We had such a good time on the 4th!

We went into town (North Wales) to catch a parade. It was a tiny one but just enough to keep the kids entertained with fire trucks, police cars, candy catching, kids on bikes, motorcycles, etc. We then followed the parade to the park where they had an old fashioned get together. No blow ups or high tech games. There was a bean bag toss, sack race, three legged race, greased pole climbing contest, pie eating contest, water balloon toss...the boys participated in nearly everything! They received tickets at each event that they could trade in for prizes like little flags, gliders, etc. It was so much fun! I didn't even realize that there WAS a party after the parade, so I didn't have my camera on me. Next year!

That evening we went to a nearby town for fireworks. It was raining so that delayed things a bit, but in the end it was a great display. Happy Birthday, America!!

A sad, sad day.

I feel like I sold my soul to the yankees. LOL. Today I (well, Andy) put PA plates on the car and I got my PA driver's license. I really enjoyed being the only Texan on the road. Sigh.