Atlantic City Weekend

We spent a long weekend in Atlantic City. I always wanted to see the famous boardwalk. Paul and I don't gamble so we spent alot of time walking that boardwalk. One night we walked so far we had to get a ride back in these cool pushcarts they have. It definately beat walking :-) The weather was perfect..we even hit the beach, my favorite thing to do :-) We all did check out the casinos for a while and I tried my luck at a couple of the machines. My favorite machine was the Wizard of Oz. It was very cool, music...flying monkeys,the witch, Emerald City, surround sound coming out of the vibrating chair. It's crazy what these machines can do! Needless to say I lost my money but we all had alot of laughs. Another fun weekend with great friends.

Here He Is!!!

Gabriel has finally arrived!!!! We went to our friends pool and just hung out for a while. It's great having them here!!!

It's so cool being Nana Murray!!!

The day after the cookout Amanda and Gabriel and I took off for the Cape (ok this is a little screwed up...I've been working on this forever!!!) It was great spending time together. Amanda is so cool!.....I don't want to pat myself on the back but she's alot like me and we really did have fun together. Manda Panda it was great spending time with her. These pics are just us enjoying our time on the Cape before everyone else arrives and Gabriel having a bath in the sink (another thing I did with both of my kid.....crazy!!!)

Gabriel's Welcome

We had a cookout so everyone could meet my little cutie Gabriel. There were 30 some odd people that came....good thing the weather was good! Everyone loved Gabriel! duh..... how could they not! It was fun having friends and family together for such a great welcome for Gabriel.

Sam arrived today with his wife Sarah and their daughter Ava - oh and Paul too, we can't forget him:-) We all immediately changed and hit the beach. It's good to see them again, I can't believe how big Ava got! Or should I say the "Barbie Princess" she loved that little outfit I got her. Sam, Rayna, Amanda and I went swimming. I was surprised that Sam got in with the water temp. being 62 degrees. My family grew up on that nice cold clean water so we loved it. We stayed on the beach until after 5:00, it was beautiful! How do you like my little muffin man in his beach attire. I may be a little bias but I think he's just about the cutest thing ever!

Another Day At The Beach

Today we took all the kids to Skaket Beach. This is a great beach for kids because the water is much warmer and calmer then the beach we were at yesterday. It was great taking Gabriel here because this is where my grandmother use to take me when I spent summers with her. I can't believe I'm here with my grandson!

WoodsHole

Everyone decided they had enough of the beach so today we took off for WoodsHole. They have a nice aquarium there that Ava enjoyed and it was free which doesn't happen very often! We had a picnic in the park and of course had some ice cream. It was another beautiful day and we all had a great time together. I really am enjoying all my kids :-)

They're Crazy!

I can't imagine jumping out of a plane for fun but Clint and Sam did it and loved it. So it's official..they are both CRAZY! As you can see Rayna was pretty happy when Clint had both feet on the ground again. After they jumped we spent the day walking around Newport and had some dinner. Ava did a great job entertaining herself with a straw - don't you love that picture!

Showing Off Gabriel

We went to CT to visit my aunt. She lives in and elderly apartment complex and needless to say Gabriel was a hit. She had us all over the place showing him off. He's such a good baby, he had a huge smile for everyone he met. Amanda is such a good mom and she's doing a great job with him. It's been fun hanging out with them.

One More Day

Another beautiful day and one last adventure before Amanda and Gabriel go back to AZ. Gabriel loved the pool, he must have gotten use to the cold water from swimming at the Cape. We had such a great time. My heart was broken when I had to put them on that plane. Hopefully Chris will be able to transfer out this way, until then we're already planning their Christmas visit :-)

Time Flies!

My little muffin man is on his way home. I can't believe how fast the time went by. It was great having Amanda home again (I wish they lived closer!) and I absolutly LOVED having Gabriel here....big surprise huh. He really is such a good baby. I took about 1,000,000 pictures of him so once I go through them I'll share them - or should I say bore you with them :-) Now the count down begins for Christmas!