We decided to split our summer vacation into 2 parts this year. A little time at the beach, a little time at the lake. First off, OCM (that's what us repeat visitors get to call Ocean City, MD)!
We left Saturday morning, stopped at the outlets in Hagerstown, MD, then continued onto Annapolis for supper, a visit with our friend Nick, and to stay over.
This was my way of hinting around it was time to leave!
The boys were a tad excited to find this beaut in the parking garage.
The boys with Nick!
We arrived at the beach Sunday, early afternoon and stayed until Wednesday afternoon. We packed our days with swimming, swimming, boardwalk fun, eating, and a little more swimming. The days seemed to fly by and I kept telling the boys to remind me that we need to book the beach for an entire week next year. There was seriously n-o down time - we packed every minute of the day!
The animal lovers feeding the seagulls (it started out with just a few gulls and, well, you can see how it ended)
Aside from my hair doing its humidity/beach weather thing, I love this picture of me and the boys.
It's funny because we love going to the beach, but we really only spend 1-2 days on the sand/ocean.
This year we only went over to the beach in our swim gear 1 morning (for about 3 hours). The boys would rather swim in the pools and that's OK by us. The waves are a little too rough for us.
Break time @ the pool - the boys waited so patiently!
Our tradition - supper @ Hooper's!
Jude always get a good picture on the Good Humor truck (@ Hooper's).
A big surprise for us!
Francis Scott Key Resort, the place we stay, was celebrating their 40th anniversary. Part of the celebration included this rock climbing wall (which Jackson ascended a dozen times)......
Francis Scott Key Resort, the place we stay, was celebrating their 40th anniversary. Part of the celebration included this rock climbing wall (which Jackson ascended a dozen times)......
...and this bouncy house obstacle course (Jude's all air on this photo).
I think the family would agree that the best part of vacay was spending all day together. We really didn't split up at all, except for my morning runs.
You can just feel his sentiment. This picture was taken Wednesday right before we left for home :(
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Family vacation, Part 2: The Lakes
