The J's: Stringhams Take the East Coast 2019

8/05/2019

Stringhams Take the East Coast 2019

Maria’s clan came with her parents, and the Audrey brought Aubrey. What a fun 2 weeks!!!!

They flew overnight on Friday July 12, so Sat was a low key napping kind of day. I made chili cheese fries as a welcome dinner. For some reason, those Stringhams love my chili! The house was FULL OF LAUGHTER! I love it. My friend Michelle was so sweet to give Mom and Dad her in-law quarters, so they had some peace and quiet at night.

Sunday we all went to our church then had a delicious cookout with burgers, dogs, Mac n cheese, Lancaster Co sweet corn and fruit. The kids spent the day swimming (thanks Selina!), we had a family volleyball game, a boxing match and a Risk game.

Monday to Weds evening they were tourists in northern New York.

Thursday we all headed to OCNJ!! We got an old little inn 3 blocks off of the boardwalk so we had freedom to do what we wanted. It did not start out the best... we left Lititz at 10am, Maria left $100 cash behind at Walmart, once we touched the sand at 4pm the clouds rolled in - and then promptly rolled out, BUT we ended up having a great time!! We got to do the beach for 7 hours on Friday, Mac and Manco’s twice, rides and the teens did loys if boardwalk shopping, scratch that, browsing. Jaylee, Tommy and Grandma all rocked their fanny packs.

The only BAD part of the trip was when my girls got caught in a rip tide and three lifeguards had to go out and bring them to safety. They were so embarrassed, but none of us actually saw it happen... we were too busy keeping an eye on the boys.

My boys had such a blast playing in the sand with Brody. He is their Best Friend in the world. It’s so cute! They ran right out into that ocean liked they owned it... I was a proud Mama!