New York Vacation part 4 (The End)

This is Jones Beach, Atlantic ocean. My kids were not prepared for the difference in waves from the sound to this beach. Aby went running down the beach to the water when we very first got there, and almost got swept away, thank you Monica for saving her. This did make her and all of the kids really timid for most of the day around the waves unless they were with the adults. The adults however had a great time playing in the huge waves.
This is Aby in one of her more brave moments, she would play chase with the waves or sit with me, but for the most part just enjoyed digging and playing in the sand.

Kenzie on the other hand could spend all day in the water everyday. Here she is smiling at Andrew in the mud fight.

More people join in the mud fight fun. Andrew and Michelle were great sports about playing with the kids and letting them play with them.

This is Ryan body surfing, he had a great time, and thought that the water was great, he and the other guys spent the first couple of hours playing in the waves and learning how to body surf the best. Many of them swallowed pleanty of sea water. I was not that brave, but i did manage to get out and float on the waves, and that was fun.

This was Ryan getting up after getting into the shore, It wasn't this picture, but one time Ryan was thrown down on the sand, the wind was knocked out of him, and he scraped up his face pretty good. After that he decided to spend his time playing with the kids in the sand and reading his book in the shade. Just as a side note, Ryan did not get sunburned!!!! For us this is a major step Ryan always gets sunburned.

If you look close at the side of Ryan's face you can see the scratches and brusing. When Ryan went back to work a few days later, he had most of the guys he worked with convinced that he had been mugged on the way to the baseball game, That was until one of his friends who lived by a beach in Brazil started to laugh and said "You got pounded by a wave." So much for his story of heroics.

Later after the Beach we went back to the hotel changed, and went to the Yankee's baseball game. It was fun, but we were very tired. We had great seats though, we could see the whole field, and no one was behind us. We were the very top row. It was great I just couldn't look down the rows.

I would like to thank my parents who payed for most of the trip and did all that they could to make it a fun trip. Also thank you to Monica and Aaron for taking us places and showing us what they do in Connecticut. We had a great time and will remember it always..