8|3|13

Connecticut Bound!

And now for the loooonnnng drive to the East Coast!  Reilly has been talking

about going to the ocean for along time!!! He is very excited to see it and make lots

of memories with his cousins!  So Saturday morning we packed up in Ohio and hit the road...

The Puddle slept a lot...and a few times threw loud long temper tantrums...Reilly on the

other hand was VERY good...he was easily entertained:)

 

Happy...awake...and ready to start this adventure!

 

The scenery was beautiful...and roads very curvy...

 

...and hilly...

...forgot to get the PA sign...that is the looonnngggest state to drive through (well actually it isn't but...

it sure felt like it!) FINALLY New York so glad to see you!...

 

...for some reason this blue Honda is always in my pictures...Oh wait...we were following them!...

...and after more loooonnnnggg hours we are FINALLY to CT!

Sarina some how knew we were in the home stretch...we hit the CT line and she screamed...and screamed...

until we FINALLY made it to Brad and Dee's....

how I longed all day to see this sweet home!

 

 

8|4|13 ~ 8|8|13 Off to the Coast

We went to church on Sunday with Brad and Dee...It was great to talk to family and friends that we have not talked to for soooo long! It was another blessed day of vacation! After church it was back to packing up and driving again....but not quite as far...we followed Brad and Dee to the coast (about an hour)!

 

 

And there it is................THE OCEAN!

 

We stayed in this cute coastal home with an ocean view! 

 

These cute little kids made the whole trip very entertaining...and draining at times!

But we still love them Loads!

 

Once we were all settled in we set out to find some good coastal cookin'...Almost everything was fried...

but I managed to find something that wasn't...the Chicken BOMB! 

(I think that was what it was called!?) Delish...Chicken...Peppers...Onions...on a Hoagie Bun! Kent's is on the right...Shrimp something...and curly fries.  

 

And then onto the Ice Cream/Candy Shop!!!

This was THE BEST brownie sundae I have ever had!

The brownie tasted like it just came outa the oven!  Luscious!!!

 

...I'll let you try mine if you let me try yours...

 

 Thanks for bombing this photo...dear me...what a face!

 

The Beach

I didn't get a whole lot of pictures at the beach...was too scared I'd drop my camera in the sand!

...and my Handsome...photo bombing again...

 

 We ate in on Monday night...or actually we went to the grocery store first and bought all this food and cooked it at the beach house! The lobster was boiled fresh right there in the store! Over all it was a good meal...I didn't try Lobster though...don't care to eat that thing that still has eyeballs staring back at me! Yuck!...but they guys sure enjoyed it!

 

Tuesday night we decided on Pizza...it was fantastic!

And then...hit the same Ice Cream/Candy Shop!

I got the Brownie Sundae AGAIN!...

Kent got just vanilla...AGAIN...and Brad and Dee split the SPLIT!

 

Date Night

We went for an afternoon stroll on Wednesday...walked down by the water...looked for the boardwalk but ran into Ice Cream first...found the boardwalk and took family pictures!

We also decided to take turns going out for supper that night...ALONE!  Date Night! Brad and Dee fed the kids supper...finished mowing the lawn...while Kent and I went out first...Then Kent and I bathed the kids and put them to bed while Brad and Dee took their turn!

 

 THE Kent Wiegand's... 

THE Brad Wiegand's

 

A date at THE BLACK SHEEP...

Great food...We started outside...but the sun was going down and it was slightly too chilly...

 

Great company...

 

We found an access to the beach and went for a short walk...toes in the sand...sailboats...

perfect evening...spending time with my Honey!

 

 

We had a great vacation...the rest of the trip consisted of cleaning the house on the beach...while Brad went back to work and Kent tagged along...fighting the kids...which then resulted in the Daddy's giving the Mommy's a night out! So we went to Bertucci's for supper...a delicious Italian Restaurant...and then shopping at H&M...my new favorite store:) and Target.  A day early we headed home...it was a long trip...2 full days of driving...lots of fast fatty food...and then finally home sweet home! THE END!!!!!!!!!