Hello:
We spent 2 wonderful weeks visiting family & friends on the east coast. For the past several years we've been renting a 4 bedroom home in Ocean City, NJ about 2 blocks from the boardwalk and the ocean.
It has given us the opportunity to have a mini family reunion with our daughters and grand children and see friends from our days living in the Philadelphia area.
This year we flew from Seattle to Philadelphia on Friday and the girls and kids came down on Saturday. They were able to spend 4 days with us and we spent some time at the Boardwalk amusement Park, the Cape May County Zoo and some beach time flying kites with GrandMa.
Kane is 10, Hogan is 8 and Jesse Rae is 6 and we have some real good quality time with them and enjoy learning from them and their lives at school. We had a Wii and all learned to play golf, tennis and bowling. Some fun rounds of Mexican Train dominoes added nights of laughs and good competition too.
Katie and Kristin surprised us with a specially prepared formal dinner in honor of our 40th anniversary. A Memory Book with photo's and wishes from friends and family over the years added a special and emotional moment to the evening.
We also had time to visit with Bob & Aida Cook from Long Island. Bob and I went to grammar school and high school together and we've been friends for over 55 years. It was fun to see them and we really enjoyed their company for 2 days.
Our next door neighbors from the townhome neighborhood in Montgomeryville sold their unit right after we did and purchased a home in Cape May. Mike is an avid boater and fisherman and I had the chance to try my luck on his 38' Viking for some black sea bass. A wonderful dinner with his wife Diane and son Brandon made for a great visit.
We also spent some time with Jerry & Eileen Grover who have a oceanfront home in Wildwood and Jerry and I played a few rounds of golf. Yep, I bought my clubs with me.
All in all a great trip and chance to catch up with the east coast folks.
Well, I tried to develop a slide show and attach it to this post but for some reason it will not download even after putting them on Picasa. For some reason Picasa broke down the 23 pics to 4 each and sent them to different posts.
To make easier, I just left it that way, so read the narrative here and follow the action in the next few posts. Something different.
Till next time,
Gene & Laurie
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