Oh Suzanna!

My little sis made her yearly visit to our place...only this time we've switched and our place is on the east coast and hers in on the west. She just finished up her 1st year at BYU-I and we were delighted to have her come visit. So, of course we made the most of our time...first up was the beach, only bad thing was the hurricane that was suppose to be coming. We made the 3 hour drive to the Jersey shore, and only to spend a few hours in the sun, before the storm hit. Here are some pics:

Ben was a sport and built a sand castle with the kids.

Notice them just watching how it's done? I tried to help, but got in trouble (by Maddie) for doing it the wrong way!

Me & Suzanne soaking up the rays.

{Notice my triple tongue roll...yeah, I'm pretty talented}

Had to make our mark.

Suzy & the kiddos. Cam & Hazel's first time at the beach and Maddie hadn't been since Hawaii when she was 8 months old.
{you'll have to excuse the quality of some of these pics...they were taken by my phone camera}

Geez Ben, what blinding skin you have...soon to change, believe me.

OK, whiteness doesn't get much better here either.

Loving it! Darn hurricane...wouldn't let you go in the water past your thighs.

A bit windy, eh? (I turned Canadian!)

Auntie Suzanne

We stayed the night and headed to NYC the next day...Naked Cowboy greeted us not long after arriving. We saw him from afar and Suzanne just had to get a closer look!

We watched a grandma get violated by him just before it was Suzanne's turn to get her picture taken...I was a little scared for her.

"both sides ladies"...that's what he insisted on, so of course she complied.

Hailing a cab...but we were too cheap to actually take one. Makes for a cute picture though.

Who doesn't love a crazy dancing man, dressed in women's clothing?

{Click on this pic to get the visual. Gross!}

I must say that we bring out the shoppers in each other, not that it was a secret or anything.

And we had to take some cheesy hat pics to complete the experience.

What a nerd!

Suzanne also agreed to help the kids make a castle.

Look who's doing all of the work...?

She learned to sit up (finally!) and the beginnings of an army crawl this week.

Who can resist a cute uni-brow baby?

And I had to snap some shots of her on the beach. We did the same with Maddie when we went to Hawaii a few years back. She and Hazel have so many similarities...

Our big cheese.
And lastly, we had to hit up Indian Ladder Farms for some apple cider doughnuts {to die for!}, fresh corn, and apples, and animal petting.

Windy, you think?

Is it just me or is this a theme...

Poor little guy needs a dentist.

The trip was an overall success. Thanks for coming Suzanne, we miss you already!