Beach Days!

One of our favorite things to do during the summer is hit the beach. We live about 1.5 hours from our favorite beach spots on the Jersey Shore so we make lots of weekend trips down. We're so sad to see the summer go. We've had so much fun. Below are some pictures that document some of our beach highlights!

Blake before doing his first triathlon at Long Branch beach. Unfortunately, due to the fog, they had to cancel the bike portion of the race. Blake was pretty bummed but it was still a great experience doing the run and swim.
Jen and Blake at the pavilion in Long Branch (I think this was around 6 a.m. - we had been up since 4 a.m. to drive down so we're a little sleepy to say the least!).
Blake running out of the water to start the running portion of the triathlon.
We spent a day out on TJ's boat (TJ is Nicole's fiance - Nicole is Blake's sister). TJ was nice enough to take us out on his boat at Point Pleasant for a fantastic day of fishing, tubing, etc. We had such a blast. Ethan kept telling TJ "drive faster, TJ!" so I guess he's taking things into his own hands in this picture!
Nicole and TJ bought Ethan is very own Diego fishing pole. He was so proud of the little plastic fish that kept reappearing at the end of his rod. What can I say, the kid has a gift!
This was one of the highlights of the day. We had a blast being pulled around on this floatie. Of course, everyone's ears are probably permanently damaged from my screaming. It was so much fun!
At the end of the day, we got cleaned up and boated over to a great restaurant in Point Pleasant (can't remember the name). It was the perfect end to a perfect day. Thanks Nic and TJ!
We spent a few Saturday's at the beach with some friends from church. On one of the trips, Blake rented a surf board and let Ethan have a try (on the sand). He's looking pretty cool!