VACATION and NO INTERNET!

I apologize so much for not keeping up with the blog for the past week. However, I had every intention of blogging while away for vacation using my laptop but my laptop had other plans...again. On the 2ND we took our two labs, Buddy and JD to the new pet hotel in Petsmart in Willow Grove to begin their one week of vacation. Poor things, I always feel so sad leaving my dogs anywhere and I feel terrible looking at the sad faces looking back at me wondering why...why? Dogs really don't understand that their owners will be back for them. All they probably are thinking is that "I've been left here and my humans don't love me anymore."
After many hugs we left our dogs and went home to pack the van and begin our week away. We headed to LBI, New Jersey and stayed very close to the ocean. The kids had a great time. The boys spent much of their time in the ocean riding the waves and staying clear of the jellyfish. S was a bit cautious of the ocean when she first saw it, and clung to my leg for the first several minutes of our encounter with it last Saturday. Soon I had her looking at seagulls and playing in the sand. I tried to get her to collect shells but she really had little interest in them. She would show me pieces of shells so I don't think she had quite grasped the idea of seashells just yet. We also watched a thunderstorm come rolling in as we were playing on the beach and when it got a bit too close, we headed back for the house. The lightening was beautiful as it lit up the entire night sky.
Storms always are better down at the shore...
I tried to blog several times but connection was choppy at best the first day or two and them completed lost the rest of the week. Big B went to the Internet cafe there to catch up on some work and I just looked with sadness at my laptop which was broken ...again.
We spent the next few days at the beach...until S got sick. She kept saying she was cold on Tuesday evening and I just assumed it was due to the ocean breeze. She was up several times that night, feeling very warm and the next day I went out to buy a thermometer. Her temp was 101.4 and she was complaining of a sore throat. Mom mom came down to visit that day, S slept on the beach and we took it easy the next couple of days. Big B took the boys Fluke fishing on Thursday while S and I drove to Kohl's to look for a new bathing suit for me. She still has been running a low grade fever but plays like she's not even sick.
Yesterday, our vacation came to a close too rapidly for my liking. None of us wanted to come back home and Big B and I could feel our stress levels rise as soon as we crossed the Tacony Palmyra Bridge into Philly. We assured the boys that if we could do it again, we would rent again next year.
Even though the vacation ended too soon, it is somewhat good to be back in our home not having to worry about things getting broken or the kids making too much noise. I slept well last night and I hear S waking as I type.
I hope you enjoy the pictures from our vacation and I promise to blog again soon.
Until the next time,
J