Beach Days and More

So we had a great beach vacation....like a month ago...man time just flew!! We had an awesome vacation with lots of great sunny weather, boogie boarding, sun bathing and people watching :) We saw several schools of dolphins which we could have swam out and touched...they were swimming around the surfers and boogie boarders(yes they were dolphins not sharks :)) Anyway we also saw lots of sand crabs and jelly fish. We ate our normal Mac and Manco's pizza, had icecream and had our annual "seafood dinner". I won't bore you with any more details but it was great like it is every year and we were all sad to leave. We left Sat night late and we to my aunts to pick up my cousin Grace and take her home with us for a few days. We had a busy week of 4 days before we turned around and headed back out to the east coast of a wedding and funeral. Chad and Greta got married on Sunday and one of my best friends Traci's mom , who passed quickly from cancer on the Thurs before, had a funeral on Tuesday. So, Keith went back to Ohio early Monday morning and I stayed an extra day to attend the funeral. I spent Monday with my beautiful cousins Maria and Grace. We did a major girly day and had a blast. We went shopping at stores I have never shopped at like Forever 21 and Charlotte Russe (granted I'm not 21 anymore) but I did find some cute tops. We also decided to pierce my cartilidge which I absolutely love...except for the pain :() Anyway we rented a total girly movie North and South (BBC) totally recomment it for those who love Jane Austin, Elizabeth Gaskell or any period writers....and got professional manicures while drinking frozen lemonade and eating warm chocolate chip cookies from Panera Bread...YUMMY! Anyway on Tuesday, after the funeral , I flew out...or tried to (one cancelled flight...two delayed) to finally get home to my family at aroun12 midnight. Wed morning at 6 Keith flew out to Minnesota for our anniversary! He got back that night at around 1130. This past weekend was the Bullthistle Festival in which we got to see Brendan and Mary's dog Oscar(as in Oscar Myers--he's a miniature weiner dog) He was so adorable...almost made me want a dog again....then we got some major loot during the parade route.....we hit the rides and food at the festival and then headed back to grammy's for some rest time, hot dog roast and lastly fireworks...on Sunday we got to see the Mortons home from Albania which was awesome! It just makes me miss Ang all the more! This week has been a catch all week...doing laundry, cleaning house and potty training Lucy...PRAY FOR ME!! This potty training thing is killing my sanity...it's really difficult but she's almost 4 and needs to be trained pretty soon. Her appointment is August 25th so we'll see if any of her Delay is neurologically related. I am ready to get this all checked out!
So...that's the latest scoop....we're back and hopefully you'll be updated more frequently now that our lives have officially slowed down!!

Back Home to Stay.....

The whole gang on the Boardwalk from left..Andy and Sarah, Caleb and Gideon, Danielle, me and Lucy, Keith and Ella, Jason and Traci

Say Cheese!!

The whole time Ella would run down to the beach, fill up her bucket and carry it to another bucket farther up on shore...fill it up and do it all over again!

We dug a ton of "pools" and let the water fill them up and made a lot of drippy castles the kids would have a blast