Monday, August 24, 2009

Mark's Jeans Will Never be the Same

It was a pretty crazy weekend. The weather was better than anticipated, we did make it to the beach a couple of times but most importantly, Mark and Melissa were able to take their engagement pictures. They were supposed to meet the photographer at 10. It was pouring all morning and even past that time but we had hope and went out to scout locations. We ended up at the pier in Ventnor as the skies cleared.

Hurricane Bill was off the coast and at high tide, there was no beach. The water went up to the street. For a brief time during the flooding, the water subsided and we were able to get on the beach with the photographer Sarah DiCiccio and make some magic!

The pictures are for Melissa and Mark to share so I will just give a behind the scenes taste.

Mel put this one up on Facebook, she likes it.

Mel looked amazing...

and Ventnor never looked so cool!

The rest of Saturday we just kind of hung out.

Saturday night, we had the same teenager babysitting for the third week in a row. She's a nice girl but this time she had a challenge. She had to put Aden to sleep. It took her about three times, which isn't bad. The four of us went to Chickie and Pete's for dinner then saw 500 Days of Summer. It was my choice. I know the girls like romantic comedies and I thought this would be one I could stomach. It was supposed to be different, a little more quirky and it was. I did enjoy it but Amy didn't. The ending upset her but it shouldn't have, it all worked out well for all the characters.

Sunday was another great beach day.

Still a little hazy. The was trash all over the beach from the floods.

Aden played with Mark...

until he got tired.



Aden is doing great getting from on place to another on his feet.





Sunday night, there was a free concert on the bay in Margate just a few blocks away from us.

Aden fell asleep, so Amy's parents stayed back and Amy and I walked over.

We shared blankets with Adam and Ellen.

It was the Gin Blossoms! They were good. We knew so many songs.

After the concert and before the fireworks, we walked over to a very crowded Dairy Bar to get some ice cream.

The fireworks were pretty good even though they were short. We packed up and went to bed for our early drive back.

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