New Jersey Trip - Part 1 of 6

This year we pulled together all the immediate family and went to New Jersey to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday.  It was quite the undertaking to align everyone's schedules but it was a great experience.  Dad and Emily rented a six bedroom house that was one block off of the beach in Spring Lake, NJ.  We arrived on the first day into Philadelphia and then drove straight to the house.

Being this close to the beach, it didn't matter that it was already late in the day as the kids were already off and running.  We slammed on some trunks and headed over.  By the time I had the camera out Gavin was already half way to the ocean and Gage was following closely after.

Here is Gavin getting his first taste of sea water this year and the first time experiencing the Atlantic.  He has also continued to improve at swimming which makes it slightly less stressful to let him be outside arms reach in the water.