The Fourth of July

Wow! It has been too long since I last posted something. I figured that I would post the most recent and work my way backwards through the time warp we have been caught in!

The fourth of July was wonderful!! We began with a bike ride on the third through Battery Park. The weather was great....wind coming off the river and the smell of salt air as you rode. We caught the ferry to Governor's Island where we rode around the island. On this ride you have a great view of Hoboken, NJ and of course the Statue of Liberty. As I rode, I could not help but thinking about how cool it was to start the fourth weekend with Lady Liberty right there. It was a great day that ended with an incredible sunset that we watched from the top of our building.

We woke up early Sunday morning to catch the train to Stoney Creek, Connecticut. Friends of ours family had rented a home for the week. It was amazing! The home was a cute beach home that overlooked the ocean. There was a small private beach for us to enjoy. The kids went canoeing, fishing, and swimming. They had a slip and slide and water guns to play with. Really, the view, the weather, everything about the trip is beginning to make me fall in love with New England! If there was only a church there!!!!

We came home yesterday to rest and have dinner with Liza and Danny. It is like having dinner with family every time we see them. With a great game of Apples to Apples and incredible chip-wich sandwiches, the evening was fantastic.

I hope everyone had a wonderful fourth of July!!