Jersey Shore Holiday

Packed the car to the gills for our annual trip to Avalon, NJ. Our first week was just the four of us, in a delightful 500sq ft apartment, with the most amazing view of a car park. Oh, and karakoke bar jut feet away! The second week we upgraded a bit to a lovely house. good times, till Irene booted us out.

See Ya Irene

She came. She cost us a night at the Jersey Shore. She tried to get us to cancel big plans, but we prevailed. It wasn't as bad as expected but still was damaging. New York was an absolute ghost town, completely eerie.

Here are some shots of damage, and funny signs we saw _ I loved the 'you know why' comment.

It's a Luau

So we got evacuated from our Avalon, (Jersey shore) rental due to Irene but had a big Luau planned for the Mother In Laws 60th. Nothing stops us from a party - we shifted it to their home after packing up in a Hurricane frenzy. (we were working fast, it was however a beautiful day with no indication of the weather on its way)

the party was a huge success - here is Margaux strutting her stuff.

Boating in Long Island

Here's the fam boating in Huntington Long Island - good times...

August in NY

Sorry for delay - as you know, had to go back to the UK for yet another funeral... In the meantime, here are the kids - Spencer tree climbing and S&M in their latest costumes courtesy of Uncle Chris and Auntie Emma.