We visited the Ahrens' fam this fourth of July in Ocean City, NJ as we did two years ago. The fourth is the favorite time to get together and everyone was there this time - Aunt Nancy and Uncle Fred's crowd - Mark, Joyce, and their kids, Emma and Rebecca & Greg and Allison; Aunt Judy and Uncle Gary's crowd - Michael and Rachel & Greg and Taryn; Mom and Dad A's crowd - Jeff and I & Debbie and Chris with kids, Kaitlyn and Matthew. We even had a drive-by from Aunt BJ and Bill one night too! It was great seeing everyone b/c it had been 2005 since we'd seen a lot of them. We did a bunch of old fashioned relaxing - some bike rides, lots of walks with Matthew's red car, visits to the Boardwalk, ice cream at Kessel's Korner, dinner at 4:30 pm (we're all getting up there in age apparantly!), some video solitare sessions on the couch, dominoes, a Fourth of July feast, and a beach day when it even warmed up enough for us wimpy Floridians. Great times! Notice we found the taffy and peanut representatives for Ocean City, as well as the transfiguration into flip flops for us kids. One thing that was great was the fact that Matthew would actually let Jeff and I play with him - last time we saw him when Debbie and Chris came down to our house with the kids in March, Matthew was Mr. Wiggly - don't hold me or play with me. It was also great fun playing in the sand with Emma and Rebecca and making Emma into a mermaid complete with a seaweed bikini! Next time we are bringing the puppies with us so they can join in the fun - right, Mom and Dad? Riiiight.....
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