10 years old, on July 10th of 2010 - It's a GOLDEN BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY JOSHUA! When you were little I would sing the song "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray! You'll never know Josh how much I love you, so please don't take my sunshine away!" So today I dedicate my blog to my little sunshine!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE SUNSHINE!

Happy Fourth of July!

This Fourth of July we watched the fireworks from Margate Beach!! What an incredible thing to sit by the ocean, hear the waves coming in (in between the rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air), and celebrate our Great Nation's birthday! Wow! Even better is the fact that we already have friends living here to celebrate this holiday with!! Ryan, his wife Devon(8 months pregnant with baby Ella), and their 3 yr old daughter Reese watched fireworks with us. We had a blast!!

Atlantic City could be seen off in the distance

Our Friends Ryan, Devon(and Ella), and Reese

Jason, Reagan, and their new best friend Reese

The FIREWORKS!!!

Morey's Pier!!

Morey's Pier is actually 3 piers, loaded with games, rides, roller coasters, and water parks. It is an amazing place, and we spent about 10 hours one day enjoying it!!

Chris and the twins were almost eaten by a shark at one pier.

Jason and Reagan got to drive boats

Jason and Reagan riding on the Jr. Swings

Big brother Brandon helping the twins find something else to ride on
Brandon, Trevor, and Joshua on one of the stomach stopping rides they went on

Chris on the Double Decker Carousel with the twins and Joshua

Jason and Reagan drove some trucks

All the boys rode in these seagull boats that you peddled yourself on a track above the pier - they were so cool - you peddled around the whole pier and got an incredible view of everything!!

Brandon, Trevor, and Joshua on another stomach hurling ride

Jason and Reagan on the CRAZY BUS - they went on this one multiple times:)

Jason and Reagan on the bumper cars - they couldn't quite get the gas peddle and steering in unison - they were either steering or going, but never steering and going

Trevor got to fly a plane

Brandon, Trevor, Joshua on the BIG SWINGS

Elli, of course, was an angel the WHOLE day!!

Yeah!! I found my usb cords!! Ok this first batch of pictures is from our first visit to Ocean City. We spent one day just walking up and down the boardwalk - having fun along the way - and we spent another day playing on the beach. It is very neat to live as close to the beach as we do. It is probably a 15 min. drive and then an hour drive to find parking:). Just kidding. We had a blast! The boardwalk is lined with little shops and eateries. We had lunch at our new favorite pizza place "Mack and Manco's", and then we had to get some sort of treaty as well, so Chris and Brandon and the twins got giant pretzels, and Joshua, Trevor, and I got Chocolate and Peanut Butter covered Frozen Bananas (I think we got the better snack by far!!!)


Elli, Trevor, Joshua, Jason and Reagan all tried on different hats and hair accessories.

We stopped at the dollar store on the way to the beach and got the twins buckets and shovels, a football for the older boys and dad, and flip flops for the bunch.

Trevor, Brandon, and Joshua loved the waves - although they were told not to get too wet due to our lack of towels (we were in temperary housing and all our beach towels were packed and in storage).

Jason and Reagan didn't appear to like the waves - I am sure they will get used to it quickly - however, on this trip to the beach, they preferred to play in the sand.

Hellooooo!

We are finally getting settled in our new house. We spent all last week unpacking - still have lots to unpack - but the computer is finally hooked up. The only problem now is finding the USB chords so that I can download pics off my phone and camera, so that I can post them here for you all to see. No pics today - sorry ! However, I can tell you that the pictures will be great! We have pictures from our first visit to the beach, walking down the boardwalk, riding Ferris wheels and roller coasters at the pier, spending time with our incredible family both here and from Oregon and Arizona, visiting DC, Philadelphia, NY, and of course the fourth of July fire works show on the beach! Very exciting stuff, very cute pictures! So stay tuned...