Last year for spring break we planned an elaborate two week long European road trip through Austria, Slovenia and Italy (with an impromptu trip to Germany!)  We all had the most amazing time, and I took thousands of pictures that I am almost done editing:)  By the way – a blog post regarding that great vacation will be on a blog sometime in the future:)

This year we kept it very casual and stayed local with not many plans at all except for playing with friends in the backyard, visiting grandparents and cousins in Brooklyn, having lunches in town and going to the movies.  The only ‘travel’ we did this spring break was our day trip adventure to Asbury Park NJ with our friends.  I’ve never been to Asbury Park but lots of people recommended it and we figured that it would be a perfect destination for us.  And it surely was!  The weather was absolutely perfect – sunny and warm, the sights were colorful and stunning and the company (my friend and our kids) were great!  I was glad that I brought my big camera with me because this place is so picturesque as you can see for yourselves!

We took pictures of cool graffiti:

rode ripsticks on a boardwalk:

saw a million ladybugs:

ran on the beach:

and collected sea shells:

had lunch at a very cool restaurant (seriously, you gotta check out Porta if you are in Asbury Park area!)

got our fill of old fashion pinball machines at the Silverball Museum:

did some more ripsticking:

and made our way back home!

If you are anywhere in New Jersey and looking for a super fun day trip with kids I cannot recommend Asbury Park highly enough!   And if you would like to have your family or children pictures taken there let me know – I would LOVE to do a proper photoshoot in that cool place!