Summer Vacay 2012!

Sunday: Our first day in Ocean City. We got down there in the early afternoon.

We took a trip to the beach for 2 hours..

My beach beauty! :)

Being silly girls!

D&K catching some waves!

Came back and got cleaned up, had some drinks...

Water for K...

Something a little stronger for mommy ;)

K taking a pic of me on the back deck :)


Went out for some pizza for dinner...

My in-laws came down that night and we went out for ice cream,

and then saw the OC Light Show on the beach..

They said the ball was 5 stories tall!


Monday: This was the only stormy day we had. We sat around most of the day, just playing board games and cards. We ventured out to play mini-golf when the weather broke for a few hours. We ended up leaving at the 16th hole, since I saw lightning in the distance, and freaked.

My in-laws were nice enough to watch K for us so we could go out for a nice seafood dinner that night. We both weren't feeling well, so we came home right after and curled up in bed and watched a movie. :)

Tuesday: My in-laws last day at the beach with us. Those lucky devils went to Canada for a few days to see the Jazz Festival in Montreal, and also traveled out to Quebec. My mother-in-law has some really awesome pics. I may just have to post a few on here! Anyways, in the morning, we traveled up to Rehoboth Beach, to go to my favorite store; the Sea Shell Shop! It been a tradition to go there ever since I was a little girl. So I always make sure we go..

Funny little figurine I saw!

Argh Matey! My little pirate ;)


Came back and fed the birds out back..

Then we all went to the beach for a few hours. I wasn't feeling too well, so I didn't go in the water. But it was unusually warm for June. I guess because we had such a mild winter.

 

We even made a new little friend on the beach..

Wednesday: We played lots and lots of mini golf. 36 holes of mini golf to be exact! I'm surprised K lasted the whole time. After playing the outdoor course, we went to to the inside one. I told her that if she didn't feel like playing a hole, it was no big deal. But she was a trooper and played every single one. I think I was more tired than she was! Which, honestly, really doesn't surprise me!

The outdoor course was a pirate theme. You even got to walk up onto the boat.

K in jail. Love her face! lol

Mr. Franks got a hole-in-one!



The indoor course was a safari theme. Very cute!

K got a hole-in-one!

In the evening we went to the boardwalk. They were doing fireworks on the beach that night. We went up a little early to play some games and have K ride some rides. She won herself a cheetah stuffed animal and a princess basketball.

Thursday: Last year we rode on the OC Rocket, and had so much fun. We saw like at least a dozen dolphins. We decided to do it again this year. Unfortunately, we saw not one single dolphin, but it was still a fun boat ride.

Afterwards, we went and played some more games on the boardwalk.

And I won the jackpot on my favorite game.

It's my favorite because I won the jackpot on it before! :)

Friday: My sister-in-law, her boyfriend, and his son were coming down today.
We wanted to spend time with them, so we tried to hang around the house.
We took a trip to a local park, where Mr. Franks played some basketball, I walked the dog around the playground while K played.

We also went to a local store called Roses' to pick up a few things we needed for Saturday. And K picked out a really cool wagon to pull her toys around in.

We spent some time with the family before heading out for some dinner and ice cream to end our night!

Saturday: Our last day at the beach :( We went to Frontier Town with my sister-in-law, her boyfriend, and his son. It is a small waterpark. They have 2 waterslides, a lazy river, and a kiddie pool. It was a lot of fun, and got a good tan that day! Didn't get any pics though, as I didn't want to get my phone wet.

After the water park, we just went back to the beach house to finish packing and clean up; as my husband's uncle's family gets the house in July. We split it with them so we get every other month. Can't wait to go back in August! 

God Bless America!

Happy 4th of July!

God bless our military,

who are protecting our country for our freedom.

Thanks to them, and their many sacrifices,

we can not only celebrate on the 4th of July,

but every single day we are blessed with.

Love these lyrics of the Martina McBride song..

"Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today
Is a day of reckoning.
Let the weak be strong,let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day."

And I also love this poem I can acrossed a few years back,

in which I read every 4th of July..

I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it, And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform; so young, so tall, so proud.
With hair cut square and eyes alert, he'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil; how many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

 Heard the sound of taps one night, when everything was still.
I listened to the bugler play, and felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times that taps had meant 'Amen'.
When a flag had draped a coffin of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children, of the mothers and the wives,
of fathers, sons and husbands with interrupted lives.

 I thought about a graveyard at the bottom of the sea.
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.

No, freedom isn't free.

Enjoy Your Freedom
and
God Bless Our Troops!

vacation is over, back to reality!

Boo! Vacation is over!

I am a little excited about being home and back to reality.

And that's a very little bit.

Vacation can be exhausting though!

We had an amazing time though.

The weather was perfect, we only had one stormy day.

And the water was so so warm!

I will upload pics tonight and post them tomorrow.

Off work on Wednesday for the holiday.

So this is a nice short week!

Hope everyone has a good week,

and a safe holiday!



Friday's Fancies ♥ Color BLOCK!

When I saw earlier this week that long distance loving was hosting a Color Block Friday's Fancies, I was a little nervous.

I thought I had to find something that was actually blocks of color on a shirt or a dress, but after researching some, I found out there really aren't any rules on color blocking.

Since I'm in a beachy mood (just 2 more days!!)

I picked an outfit I felt I could rock at the beach.

It would be perfect for a dinner date with the hubby out on the water..

Followed by a romantic walk on the beach...

shirt : skirt : sandals : clutch : necklace

 

You won't see any posts for a week.

I will be having a wonderful vacation in Ocean City, MD.

Hope everyone has a fun & safe weekend! xx (:

SUMMER!!

Happy official first day of summer!

I love it!!

And in just 4 more days I will be relaxing at the beach

with my 2 favorite people.

Life is good!