Jersey Shore Family Vacation

My husband spent a week every summer throughout his childhood at the Jersey Shore. It was the perfect combination of family fun, beach fun, pool fun and relaxation. So… when we were invited to come to Avalon, NJ and stay at the Golden Inn for the weekend, we jumped at the chance! The Jersey Shore is one place that you visit and never want to leave… it’s that peaceful and that welcoming, even to a family of 6 with 4 boys, 5 and under!

We came directly from the Atari event in NYC, so we didn’t pull into the Golden Inn until about 10PM Thursday evening. The boys were all asleep in the car… we got them all up to the room… and then, it was like they were splashed in the face with water – they were UP and ready to GO! What was amazing for us was the size of the room. We always get “nervous” getting hotels with the 6 of us because usually there’s just not enough space. Well… the Golden Inn’s oceanfront suite was PERFECT for us.

Our view…

Our Suite…

Elizabeth Norton did an amazing, amazing job bringing this all together for us… there were so many components of the weekend which made it spectacular. First off, I got to be there with some of my best blogging friends – Colleen from Classy Mommy, Whitney from Mommies with Style and Shannon from Chester County Moms.

What made the weekend, besides the gorgeous 80 degree weather every single day…

Little friends…

First Love (William’s going to kill me someday!)…

(Colleen’s beautiful little girl, Kenzie with my William)

New best buds…

(Colleen’s little guy, Kyle with my Henry)

Just the fact that we could do THIS together (RELAX!)…

Castle building…

Beach Tweet-up with residents from Cape May, NJ…

Pool time…

Ocean City Boardwalk time…

Beach access from the hotel…

Most of all, you gave us something that we can’t put a price on… FAMILY TIME TOGETHER…

A BIG THANK YOU to the Golden Inn for an amazing family vacation! The first of 2010 for us!

*We received a free stay at the Avalon Golden Inn to facilitate our review. All thoughts and opinions are based on our own honest experiences.

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3 Comments

  1. 5.17.10
    Kevin said:

    Thank for staying at the Golden Inn. We enjoyed being your host!!! I enjoyed meeting your family (in IRL-thats what Elizabeth says anyway????) but whatever 😉 You have a great family and it was our honor to be your host. See you soon??

  2. 5.18.10

    so wonderful for us to finally bring our families together. Somewhat crazy as always just like this video shows huh? love the kids surfing from bed to bed. we are already planning to book more time at the GoldenInn this summer…. kids cried leaving – seriously cried – they didn’t stop till we were leaving the island! xoxo col

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