July Birthday celebration

Since the Cassidy family is gigantic, they split birthday parties up into months.  So, this past Sunday was the July birthday celebrations, hosted by Mimi and Poppy.  What a perfect day since they have an amazing pool to enjoy too. 

We got there and most of the kiddies were already in the pool.

Cassidy, MaryKate, SoSo, Ava and Gracie.

 GIGI'S COMING IN!!!

 These 2 cuties.

 The girls and Ry got right on in.

 LOL!

 This seriously went on for a good 10 minutes.  High fiving Pat, OVER AND OVER AND OVER!

 Mya helped her sissy reach his hand.

Then she said forget that and got some snuggles in with Uncle Jimmy.

 Look SoSo, that's your family and that's my family.  Too cute.

 The girls are ready for dessert.

 Celebrating Brendan, MiMi, Cassidy and Jack

 Make a wish!

 So much fun celebrating you all!  xoxo

A fun summer week

Last week was fun.  I took off on Wednesday and headed down to LBI to visit some of my cousins.  But before we get into that, lets check out a single pic that I have from Dupree night. 

These kids had us cracking up.  Mya and Willie going on a date. 

Willie to Mya, "We're going to catch crocodile's!"
Mya to Willie, "I don't want to do that, they bite."

DYING!

 Onto Wednesday, the weather pretty  much sucked.   However, we still had a great time seeing them and playing on the beach.

Ash and Archie

 Sonny playing in the sand.

 Mya was loving Danny.  He was catching sand crabs and putting them in a huge bucket.  Mya was watching him and making everyone else find moreeeeee.  She wouldn't touch them.

 More Susie, MORE!!! 

 And there you have it folks, she finally held one!!!!

 Everyone wrapped in towels, staying warm.

 We went back to AnnMarie's house and they have a swing on the back deck.  Ash got right in and Danny and Sonny pushed her!  SO CUTE!

Thanks so much for a fun day.  Love you guys and can't wait to do it again soon.

the rest of the 4th weekend....

After the 4th, I had off that Friday.  SO NICE to get that extra day.  What better way to spend it, then at the beach?  And with some of my favorite people, the girls (of course), Mary, Mags and Bril!  I seriously think LiLi was flirting with Bril that day....

Love her.

She was climbing all over the stroller.  Notice Mya's baby, Rainbow Dash, to the right.  She kept swaddling her and feeding her, it was kinda hysterical.

Where's Bril?

We found this beautiful sand dollar that day. 

That night we had a double date with Frank and Shirley, SO MUCH FUN!  Midori Sushi in HP baby!

Good times!

The next day, we had a big beach day.  There was a huge group of us and it was SO MUCH FUN!  Jimmy even met us at our house to join in too!  So it was us, Jimmy, my parents, brothers, Shell and Ava and Niyell (Shell and Pete's niece), Mary, Joey, JoJo, Mags, Bril, and the Scicutella's!

They went out FAR!

Cuties

Playing in the sand.

Mya, feeding her baby, bib and all.

Joey bough JoJo's blow up pool.  Ava and JoJo were playing in it.

LOVE!

Mya pretending she's sleeping..

...for reals now.

Sharing her food with Uncle Jimmy.

JoJo and Honey

These 2 besties checking themselves out in the mirror!

Gimmie kisses JoJo!

Lunchtime!!!

Loving Ashley's face here, kisses to Jack!

Regs, me and our girlies (and Jack in the back!).  LOVE this!

Oh Jack, you little flirt!

Such a fun, beach, family and friend filled, weekend!  I really just would give anything to live down there.  That is with all of my friends and family too! 

4th of July beach BBQ

After the parade and hanging at my parents for a bit, we headed down to Normandy beach, where Michael's awesome girlfriend, Laura's dad owns a house on the beach.  We never really go that far down to the beach and have definitely not been there since Sandy.  We went over the Manasquan bridge and it was crazy to see all the damage.  OMG, homes still looking like they did on the news right after the water washed away.  But the crazy part was when we did come over the bridge and all the property on the water, was completely clear.  There were so many homes that were just completely gone.  Even just 2 homes over from Laura's dads house, was gone and a few more over 3 in a row, gone.  So sad to see it in person.  Laura's dad had minor damage.  He had to replace his deck but inside there wasn't much damage, so lucky.

It was crazy how chilly it was on the beach there.  However, that didn't stop us from going on!

 You can see the houses that are gone in this pic.  Laura's fathers is the one with the deck farthest left.

 Building houses on the beach with in ground pools!  Surrounding them with shells, fun times.

 Where's Mya?

 Ash, love her.

 Living the life here, looking out to the ocean.

 This is how close they are to the beach.  The sand is literally under the deck.  I would literally be here every weekend! 

 Amazing!

 NuNu and Pop Pop were there too but didn't hit the beach with us.  They enjoyed the cocktails and deck!!!

 Ash was climbing the stairs to the top deck with the big girls, who Mya had SO MUCH FUN WITH!

 AND, onto the top deck she is.

 I tried to sneak this pic of Mya with the older girls playing.  They were so sweet and were including Mya in what they were doing which made her feel so cool.  LOVE!

 Playing on the beach.

 Love these 2 cuties...

 xoxo

 I got sparklers from someone at work who lives in PA.  They were a hit with all the kids once it got dark out. 

Even Ash loved them. 

 MOREEEEEEEE

 They couldn't light them fast enough.

We watched some of the fireworks on the beach too.  They were much less quiet and freaking awesome.  In my entire life I never remember seeing any on the beach.  I can check that off my list.  Plus, they were happening in both directions.  Just so beautiful! 
Thanks again Laura, we can't wait to come down again!!!!