Ocean City Maryland

So Saturday (6/14) we headed to Ocean City to stay at my Aunt and Uncles beach house!. Nate and Gina had met us at my aunts house Friday night, so it was our little families headed off. We got there with a little time to catch lunch and have our first little sit on the beach! LOVE! Pure love. I told Phil one day there isn't much I love more than the beach and being tan...and family of course!Ü Koen and Kade were not so sure about the water(waves) or the sand at first. They both like to be clean, so sand stuck all over them wasn't so hot.
Sunday morning we went on a boat ride that took us out to see dolphins. We were so mad at ourselves that we didn't bring our cameras. We thought we might be getting wet, but we totally didn't. The boys loved the dolphins, they kept saying "dolphins again" like we had any control over them. Funny kids. The most annoying part about not having the camera is the fact that they let every little kid on the boat drive and they would snap a pic for you...so when it was Koen's turn he was all hunky dory and then the guy got on the mic and was like "this is our youngest captain Koen, he is two" and he freaked out, I am not sure if he was like "how do you know my name, where's my mom" or what. But I am totally sad I don't have a pic of him driving, bummer.
Most of the days were spent just catching some rays on the beach. I swear I spent 5-6 hours a day out there, and I was so content. A day or two into the trip Koen started really enjoying being outside. I could take him out at 10 with me and he would play till 1, then Phil would usually take him in, feed him and put him down while I still hung on the beach. He would sit with his feet not touching the sand when we would first set him down, but would soon get used to it. Every time we would walk on the boardwalk he would say "swim water pees" Cute kid.
My Aunt and Uncles beach house is right on the boardwalk...talk about luxury! So we did walk down the boardwalk quite a few times. We had to go get some Polish Water Ice, my favorite since I was a teen. I've only ever seen it there! So yummy, no fat, no cholesterol, and kind of like Rita's! LOVE! Nate and Gina left Tuesday morning so the night before Gina and I walked down to let the kids go on some rides. We did this little boat(Koen did not like, "off mommy") and the Ferris wheel which they both loved. Such a great view of the beach and boardwalk. We also got some ice cream which the boys loved. So sad though...Koen insisted on bringing the pillow Grandpa Olsen recently made him and it got super windy on the way back and must have blown out of the stroller. Cause when we got home it couldn't be found! awe man! Steve and Laura came and met us in OC on Tuesday. We also walked the boardwalk a couple of times with them, did the Ferris wheel again and went out on the pier and took some cute pics. Had to bribe Ko and Tess with huge suckers from the Candy Kitchen for them to be good on the 25 block stroller ride back.
Phil went golfing about 5 times...no 3 really(1 with Nate and 2 with Steve), so Laura and I wanted to do something fun to "even" up the score. So we decided to go on this sling shot thing. Oh my heck it was so fun! I had done it once before at the former Fun Dome but it has been years! When we were coming down I was like "oh my heck I want to do that again" and then the guy running it was like "do it again for $10" "Yes please" so we took off again, this time with our eyes open!

The boys also watched the kids one night so we could go shopping at the outlets. We found some killer deals for the kids, and some killer stuff for ourselves! We really wanted to go back again but didn't find the time! (Kin I got that same black and white shirt at Katos, love it. Am I you?)
Phil and Nate ready to go golfing!

Koen and Tess were so hilarious together, one minute they were best of friends and the next they were teasing each other to no end! I still think I would take a friend any day over entertaining him myself! They loved playing out on the porch and eating a serious number of otter pops, all of which had to be the same color, at Koen's request.
Koen really loves Beckham. I think he thinks he is just the cutest thing. He always talks to him in this cutest softest voice and is so cute and soft with him. On Thursday night we went out to Phillips, an all you can eat seafood buffet. I am not a seafood fan at all, but did find plenty to eat...$27 dollars worth? probably not, but it was good, and it's vacation right? Tess obviously has seen her dad go to town on the crabs before huh?
We'll try anything to keep them entertained...sunglasses was the thing that day. Stylin buddy!

I don't have any pics of this either, but we(couples) each took turns going jet skiing. We went Thursday morning and Steve and Lo went Friday morning. It was so much fun. Both of us girls got thrown of by our husbands, of course. But Phil did say I was a crazy driver, and asked if I felt like we were on a "cool Bachelor like date" haha, the whole way home he kept saying things like "I just knew she was the one for me when she started whippin us around on that jet ski...she is so hot" haha, he is funny!
Saturday morning we woke up cleaned, and decided we were going to drive the whole way home instead of staying at my aunts house. We made a stop there to drop the keys and say thank you and such. We let the kids have a ride on the tire swing. At first Tess wasn't so sure, but I think after seeing how much Ko liked it, she thought she'd better try it out!



We left my aunts about 6 PM, thinking we would get home around 12:30 AM with one stop for dinner. Well we were right on track when we left dinner at about 9:30 and then the drama started: rain like I've never seen before, then fog, then a dead stop in traffic. After sitting there for about an hour we found out a tractor trailer had tipped and leaked gas across both sides of the freeway. We found another route on our atlas, and Phil and Steve four wheeled through the median while I put my head down and pretended I wasn't there. I kept telling Phil if he got stuck in the middle, I was going to pretend I didn't know him, and be like "who is that crazy single dad from Utah?" Well I didn't have to because they made it through pretty easy! It was definitely continued to be foggy the whole way which doesn't help sleepy eyes, and we were taking just some two lane highway. All the sudden we came up to a sing saying "DANGEROUS ROADS AHEAD" with flashing lights. After about the 5th one of those signs I was kinda scared. I thought we were gonna be on like this thin little road with cliffs off the side. And literally it was equivalent to the first like 3 miles of Little Cottonwood canyon...you know your in the East when...huh? Luckily Ko's seat reclines and he slept like a log from about 12 AM on till we got home about 3 AM. Crazy ride home but such a fun fun trip! Thanks N&G for coming and S&L! It wouldn't have been the same with out good friends! And mostly THANK YOU THANK YOU! Lieu Lieu and Dougy for letting us stay at your house and the beach. You are the best, we love you! ♥