Friday, August 26, 2011

Our Jersey Shore Vacation

We've just returned from a fantastic 5 night/6 day stay in Beach Haven, Long Beach Island and Lavallette, and our trip was totally complimentary thanks to the Eller's and Winard's. It's certainly nice having friends with beach homes! Although our vacation got cut short, it couldn't have been better! We had beautiful weather almost every day, and it was great having so much uninterrupted family time! We enjoyed both beaches, lots of ice cream, delicious meals, and trips to Fantasy Island and Jenkinson's Aquarium. The weather was gorgeous today. It's hard to believe that Hurricane Irene is going to be as huge as they've been predicting. We had a lovely afternoon at the beach, and then we headed home due to Lavalette's mandatory evacuation request. It has been such an amazing summer. We've been so fortunate to spend so much family time together. I hope that traveling will continue to be this easy when we're a family of 5!
Our Little Man had so much fun playing in the sand!
LBI... Bernadette Grace Colonna has arrived!

1st night in Beach Haven, Long Beach Island
We went bananas waiting for a table at The Black Whale.
It was worth the wait! The food was delicious!
We loved our condo. We had such a beautiful view of the bay, and we sat on the porch as much as possible.
Our view from the porch
Grace and Andrew had so much fun playing in the ocean, building sand castles, and going for walks.
Daddy's girl... on our way to Fantasy Island
My little boyfriend
Relaxing on the beach in Lavalette
We love Terry!
No trip to Lavallette is complete without a trip to the Colonial Bakery! Grace and Andrew loved their Elmo and Cookie Monster cookies, and Danny and I couldn't get enough of their crumb cake.
Annual family photo on Terry's deck

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