Family Beach When I woke up on Saturday, Joyce was reading ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0503 and Jess and Fanny were sitting in shadow (artistically) ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0504 as I ran into Claire downstairs who was about to depart ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0505 which didn't distract Ben from his solitaire game ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0506 as Joyce read the next chapter of Bronte ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0507 to Sarah and me ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0508 as Sarah watched ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0509 and Joyce read ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0510 and Jane ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0511 then Jane and Lucy gathered food ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0512 after making their cookies ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0513 so that Ben ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0514 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0515 could have his meal ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0516 and we could greet our neighbors on the way to the beach ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0517 where Ben was reading ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0518 and everyone else was sprawled out ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0519 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0520 as I started a new book ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0521 until Jessie and her boy friend arrived ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0522 and he showed off his ink ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0523 as Jess and Joyce tended to the broken chair ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0524 with Jess sitting down and getting trapped ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0525 much to Joyce's amusement ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0526 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0527 and so we passed the rest of the day at the beach ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0528 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0529 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0530 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0531 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0532 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0533 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0534 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0535 before heading back so that Fanny could read the next chapter of Bronte ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0536 to Ben ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0537 Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0538 and me (in this self portrait) ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0539 ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0540 and Devon could read the next chapter ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0541 as seen through Ben's Fruit Loops ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0542 before the corn was shucked ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0543 the meat was prepared ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0544 the burgers were made ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0545 and all was placed on the grill ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0546 including the veggie burgers ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0547 for a full grill ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0548 so that this was my plate ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0549 and this was my neighbors ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0550 and Jane had her plate ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0551 and Lucy had hers ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0552 as they posed for a Jane and Lucy photo ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0553 before Jessie's friend, Tony ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0554 and then Jessie read chapters of Anne Bronte ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0555 which Suzanne, Jane and Lucy avoided by adjourning to their chambers. ../../../Sabbat/2005/08.20-09.02.05LongBeachIsland//IMG_0556