LBI

About five years ago, our friend Jim invited us to tag along with him to Long Beach Island (LBI) NJ. He explained that his brother and his brother's in-laws have a beach house. Well, of course, we took him up on the offer. And, we were blown away. It was a huge, gorgeous home a block from the Atlantic ocean and a perfectly beautiful beach!!!! And they were so welcoming to us and included us like family. So nice!

Since then, we had decided that it would be a good trip for Timm to take annually with Jim. So, they have gone out for a long weekend each August for the past 4 years. This year, it was a short trip, but Timm was able to meet Jim out there, as his commute decreased dramatically. Well, the beach house is actually two huge houses that are connected. And, the one house is rented out, while the other is shared by the family.

Once October rolls around, the rental season dies down. So, this dear family invited our family out to enjoy the rental side of this great beach house.....no charge. And, they said to just let them know when we need to get out of the city, and as long as they don't have anyone renting, we can come there to have a get-away!

COME ON!

So, since we had Monday off for Columbus day, Timm planned a trip for us to head out there after church Sunday, and stay the night. Sunday ended up being really nice, and the girls even went in the ocean! YES, ON OCTOBER 11th. We had some great family time, and we ended up getting the chance to visit with our gracious hosts. They came out for the night too. It is only 30 minutes from their home. They are just ridiculously generous and just genuinely sweet people. It was great.