Back Home.....

Well, we are back from vacation.  I love going away, but I always love coming home.  We had a wonderful time with our family!  It was fun, relaxing and hot!

Before everyone arrived on Friday.

Once everyone arrived, the men all went to play golf.

And then off to the Beach. Nieces and Nephews playing with grand kids.

The baby was so good.  Sometimes we actually took him to the beach.  Other times Grandpop stayed up at the house and babysit.

Daughter along with her cousins.

 We even took an updated family picture.  It was a little windy, so I am not sure if I like the way they turned out.  I also think it was too early in the evening to take the pictures, I prefer to take pictures a little later, but we had two different families to get photographed and my daughter wanted to start earlier.  I haven't seen the pictures that everyone else was taking, so I am hoping some of them turned out better then mine.

Family

Of course, some of us needed some refreshments during the photo shouts!



Two of the grand kids.

Sister in law with her family.

Sister in law with her family.

# 1 son with girlfriend

Daughter and her family.

# 2 son and wife.

# 3 son with wife.

Just trying to get everyone together.

Then, it was time for our seafood fest!  Everyone had a job.

Scallops, fish, lobster, crab, muscles along with corn, salad, baked macaroni and many more good side dishes!

Sunday night I made baked Ziti for everyone along with garlic bread and salad.  Some more relaxing along with some computer help from # 2 son.  Trying to teach me "light room" for pictures.  I think that is going to take some practice on my part!

Then it was time for everyone to say good bye, until next year!  Hubby and I stayed until Tuesday, which was wonderful.  We didn't have to sit in traffic on Sunday night!

We have to thank Andy and Nancy (sister & brother in law) for hosting our week and weekend!

Now back to reality along with laundry and cleaning!

Susan



Fun Weekend

Well hello all, I hope everyone had a nice weekend! We did, we traveled to Townsend's Inlet, in New Jersey to visit my sister in law and brother in law. My husbands brother. We are so fortunate to have family that we love getting together with, and they open their lovely home to us. We arrived Friday evening and had some cocktails and snacks.

Andy and Nancy have a lovely home.  We always have out yearly family reunion's here.

Saturday we went out to breakfast at Ricks and then over to the mainland to do some shopping.  They are having some bookcases built and we were on the hunt for items to fill in after the books are placed.

The bottom doors and drawers are not on the unit yet.  It is still in progress and I will definitely show you the finished product later this spring.  We hit some Antique shops and the Wicker store.  The wicker store has some very reasonable pottery and bird houses that I of course picked up for my office, which is also in progress.
After that it was so nice outside we decided to sit on the deck and enjoy the sun.

We went out to dinner at a fun bar, Yesterdays, outside Ocean City.  They have the best Martini's!  We were planning to go to the movies, but we were having such a good time, we decided not to go.

Sunday was a relaxing day.  We decided to go for a walk on the beach.  It was so windy that you can see the sand blowing in the pictures, well almost.

They have adopted the cutest little schnauzer.  His name is Sam.  He is only 12 weeks old, and so far he loves the beach.  He was covered in sand from the wind by the time we were done walking.
Sunday evening was the Academy awards of course, which was kind of a disappointment.  I think they need a seasoned host who can ad lib when something funny happens.  Just my opinion.

Monday we headed home.  All in all, it was a relaxing weekend with good friends.  Friday I will be heading back down for our ladies weekend.  It will be sister in laws, cousins, daughters, and daughter in laws.  We have the T Ladies weekend every year in March.  We shop, eat, movies, and of course drink some wine.  It is so nice to just relax and catch up with each other.  That will be another blog.

Talk to you all soon,

Susan