Late birthday lunch with Uncle Thomas. Playtime at Uncle Thomas' house.

Happy Birthday!!!

Sydney gets some early birthday gifts - yes, those are dog cookies. Bryan's flower.

A fun day was had by all!!

Exercise!!!

Art there too!!

The inside of Ed's head. Andrew at the weather map

Cool HUGE operation game. Andrew didn't get eaten by the big teeth!!

We even got to learn about where Aunt Nancy and Uncle Tim live!!

They have a huge statue of a boy 'Ed' and in the back you can explore inside Ed - see brain and eyes and tons of cool stuff.

We went to a new Children's Museum - EdVenture in SC with friends

Michael works on the car repair - happy to be back in NC

Andrew at the Children's Museum - yes, we are back in NC

On the trip back from NJ we stopped at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum at Dulles. Very cool to see so many planes and a space shuttle. The building is HUGE! Boys also say an IMAX movie

Fun at Grandma's house

Trip to the beach in NJ.

Could the day get any better? Yes, with a short trip to the playground ON THE BEACH in Belmar & YUMMY pizza and garlic knots! Do you see the size of that slice??!!??

After the party we went to Mass at Uncle Father Robert's church. Michael got to walk out with Father Robert - way cool!!

Congratulations to Allison for graduating Stockton! Off to UMDNJ for graduate work!

Great to see family!!

Cool find in NJ grocery stores - goldfish bread - white and whole wheat!! too cute!!! boys (and Mom) love it!!!

A must every visit to NJ - a round or two of Mini golf!!!