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: