We went down to Ocean City, MD with TJ's family this weekend and came back last night. It was a nice little weekend away, but defintely way too short. 

Checklist for the weekend:

We got there late friday night so we could get a full day in on Saturday. We started right in on our checklist in the morning and had breakfast at Dough Roller. After a very large meal, we decided that resting it off on the beach would be the best course of action. So, we laid in the sand by some really cool kites. I asked TJ to buy me this crab one and he said no. I thought it would like nice on our roof, he said it would make too much noise and drive the dog crazy. He's just too practical.

After resting up, we walked around on the boardwalk and went into the nearest arcade so we could get the skeeball asskicking underway. 

I tried to get a picture of my high score, but it changed over too fast. I set a new personal record, though (410) and beat TJ's high by 200 points. 

After some more fooling around at the arcade (including the way-cool photobooth pictures below), we left the beach to go meet up with TJ's parents at the house they rented. 

By the time we were all showered up and clean and had a few drinks in us, the rest of the family started to show up. We hung out for awhile before going off to find dinner. 

Sunday, we had an awesome breakfast made by TJ's dad and then headed out for some more beach time. The beach was packed and pretty hot, so we spent most of the time in the water. I don't think I've spent that much time in the ocean in years (I usually get freaked out by seaweed or something and lose my nerve). Tamara loved the water too and was so cute in the sand. She kept wanting to touch it, but then it would stick to her hands and piss her off. 

After we headed back and got cleaned up, we headed to a nearby racetrack to watch the horses and lose money. Tamara liked the big "dogs."

Afterwards, we headed to the boardwalk for more skeeball asskicking and Dumser's ice cream. I'm just a little pissed I forgot to wear my pedometer for the long walk... Oh, well. 

Yesterday, TJ's dad rented us a boat to play on for the afternoon. TJ wants to rent a boat every time we go to the beach, but pretty much always misses out, so he was pretty damn happy. 

While we were on the boat, Elmo suffered an unfortunate accident. No worries, he's ok now. Just probably needs to go through the washing machine.

Afterwards, we went out to dinner and Mary and I drank a few too many rum runners. It was a very good thing TJ volunteered to drive us home. I pretty much slept the whole way...

Meanwhile, Maddie is enjoying some quality time at Grandma and Grandpa's with her Aunt Molly. I can't wait to pick her up tonight