Summer Yum

After eating our "Garden Dinner" tonight featuring lots of the cherry tomatoes we're harvesting right now, I realized that I this post had slipped through the cracks.

We've been blessed this summer by a neighbor with connections to a family farm who has started a micro-CSA movement in our neighborhood. She sends out an email when she's headed out to the farm and if you're interested that week, you just need to let her know and leave your payment taped to the door.

This is just what one week's box was filled with. It's been a delicious summer.

The Beach

The third annual McGee-Silvestro Beach Trip was a blast! Our newbie this year was baby Cole.

Shannon and Addie were old pros at the beach. They were both really into digging holes and seashells this year. (And they got to fly the great kite Steve brought.)

That's one of the few photos I have of Shannon at the beach because she spent most of her time out in the big waves with Daddy.

Kelly wished that she could be out there with them, but kept me on my toes in the the shallow water and the great "kiddie ocean" a sandbar created. She really wanted to go full-on swimming!

Back at the beach house, we had lots of fun too:

Yummy breakfasts

Magic carpet rides

Matching shirts!

Other fun: Mommies doing a Zumba class on the beach, naps, late-night (aka 10:00) grownup time on the balcony

Our family stayed a few extra nights so we also got to enjoy...

Playground time (and Kelly's British mod look)

Surrey ride

Playing games on the boardwalk

Listening to the music from the waterfront restaurants while watching the sun set

MORE PICTURES over on Monica's blog

Beach Faves

Sharing two favorites from our recent trip to the beach. More to come soon!