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Beach Holiday

This past weekend Cheryl and I both took off Monday to have a last minute trip to the shore. The weather wasn't supposed to be all that great, but it turned out to be a lovely weekend. First, we went down to the center of town to hang out on the giant stone turtle and check out the playground.



On the walk home, she was kind of silly, but was willing to give me a nice, big kiss any way.



The next morning, because of my insistence, we rented a surrey. Well, technically, Cheryl rented it and drove it to us, but then the three of us took it for a ride up and down the boardwalk. It's actually a good thing that you can only rent them for an hour.



After the surrey was returned, and Zoe took her nap, Harlie showed up. She was kind enough to bring her parents along. We spent some time at the beach, and Cheryl, Zoe and I went up to Ocean City to pop into a few of the photobooths there. On Sunday, we all drove down to Wildwood to hang out on the boardwalk and go on some rides. Here are some of the highlights.



After that, we hung out in the house for a bit. The cousins seemed to enjoying each others' company. Zoe even gave Harlie a nice big hug. In the pictures it looks like she's trying to choke her out, but I swear to you, it was very sweet.



In order to beat the traffic, Joe, Riley and Harlie left on Sunday night. Monday morning, while Cheryl was cleaning, Zoe and I went out for one last trip to the playground. She didn't seem very enthused, probably because it was so muggy out. We walked home down the boardwalk and just before we left, we popped into Uncle Mike's Arcade. Zoe tried out skee ball for the first time. She needs a little more practice, but with an old pro like her mom, I'm sure she'll be getting more tickets than her father in no time.


So that was our trip. It only took us 2 and a half hours to get home on Monday, which wasn't as bad as it could have been. There are a number of other pictures in both Harlie's and Zoe's sets on Flickr, so be sure to take a look.

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