Sunday was a Funday!

We had such a wonderful family day on Sunday. Since it's been disgustingly hot here we decided to head down to the shore on Sunday to catch some offshore breeze. We headed down to Point Pleasant Beach (Exit 98 for you locals) and lucked out with very little traffic in both directions as well as balmy 85 degrees with nice winds vs 97 degrees in no wind in the BC (that's Bergen County for you non-locals).

We left the house at 9 am and we were sitting on the beach under our umbrella a little before 11 am. We spent a couple of hours on the beach, where both girls were so good. Ella loved playing in the waves and Sofia was having a great time just chilling out on the blanket and playing with sand toys.

Yummy Apple!
Sofia looks a little self concious in her bikini. I say, work it girl!

Hi! My name is Happy Chub Chubs and this is my mom...

Daddy and Ella eating lunch

Are you looking at my pooch?

After lunch we headed to the Boardwalk and Ella rode a bunch of rides ALL BY HERSELF! What a big girl.She also requested to ride a rollercoaster and cried when it was over! It's a little bittersweet (albeit cliche) to watch Ella become a little girl.

Riding in the boats

It's takes serious concentration to drive this boat, you know

The Fishy RideThe Roller Coaster, which she had to go on twice!

This was a pretty serious rollercoaster for a 2 year old. Ricardo took a video of us riding it. I was even a little bit nervous but Ella loved it!

Always a sign of a succesful trip-two sleeping kids!

We got home around 3:30 pm, which was just enough time for Ricardo and I to get ready to go to USA v. Argentina soccer game at Giants Stadium. This was Ricardo's Father's Day gift and boy, did he like it.

We got there at 5:30pm and were re-routed to the parking lot by the race tracks. The gates to the parking lots had been open since 2:30 pm and we were told they filled up right away!

We set up shop and tailgated with our friend Pete and a couple of his friends (all Brits-try talking gas prices with Brits. We got no sympathy).

Self Portrait

The boys tailgating (it was about 96 degrees at this point)

There were over 78,000 people at this game-the largest number of attendees to a US Soccer home game EVER! We were a part of US Soccer History, and I promise you by the time the girls are 10 years old they'll be sick of hearing Ricardo tell them about it.

This is what a sold out game looks like (yes that is a red, white and blue mohawk in the corner of the picture. We picked a great section to sit! Whistles, drums, body paint, red white and blue pimp hats...really helped us to forget how hot it was)

Singing the National Anthem

Toward the end of the 2nd half we started to hear some thunder, and then the lightening started and then the pouring rain. The rain was actually welcomed by all-including the players-since it was so hot. We tried to get video of the rain but it was so humid that the camera started fogging over.

It was insanely hot and humid and there was no breeze. It was crazy, but the energy was high and the US played great. The final score was 0-0 which to non soccer fans sounds pretty lame, but Argentina is the #1 team in the world and the US is ranked #21. I really thought we would get creamed so it was quite exciting to watch such a good match.

And really, I just enjoyed watching Ricardo. He was like a kid in a candy shop.

What a great day