Hey everyone!
Ok, well I realize I've been home for almost a week now, but quite frankly its taken me that long to adjust and just chill after the crazy two weeks! So a few points to cover...

• Unfortunately with all the Olympic coverage, my family was not too motivated to play the games I talked about . But on the last night I just took out Cranium and basically made everyone play. At first it was you know, grumble grumble, but once the game got going I think they had a good time. It was very fun, and I turned out to be the "charades master" on my team! I got a card where I had to move my aunt like she was a puppet to get my team to guess "Meter Maid". So instead of having her act that out, I had her tug her ear ("Sounds Like" symbol in charades) and then had her point to my dad, Peter. My mom guess "Meter" shortly followed by "Meter Maid" within 20 seconds!
• We had EXCELLENT weather! Where I live it literally rained for the two weeks, but in New Jersey it was sunny and beautiful. Plus I got a nice tan, which is normally a rarity for my Irish skin! At the beach my brother and I got to play some beach volleyball which was a first for me. It is definately a lot harder than it looks! Especially when the sand is very hot!
• At the boardwalk down the street from my aunt's house, one weekend there was this little festival that had tents set up with carnival type foods, including one of my new favorite desserts- ZEPPOLES! For those of you who don't know, it's a ball of dough put in grease and then covered in powdered sugar. They are soo delicious; in fact, one day I decided to have them for lunch! When in Rome, right Michael? Here is a picture of them, without the powdered sugar though:
  
• We got to go to SIX FLAGS New Jersey one day which was a blast! It was me, my sister, my brother, and my cousin/godfather. I got to ride their main attraction, Kingda Ka, which is the tallest and fastest roller coaster on earth! It shoots you from 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds and then shoots you up 456 feet, then straight back down! The only way I could describe the feeling of going up was like I was in a spaceship being launched because you are so perpindicular to the ground and all you see is sky! Here's two pictures of it: Please note the size of the car in relation to the track in the second picture!
  
  
  
• Other than that we just kind of hung out, but spending time with the family was fun enough! My little cousins are so adorable. They are 4 and 2 and their dad is my godfather. Of course the vacation went by wayy to fast but I enjoyed myself. Now I'm just trying to cram in all that Latin work and finishing my summer reading. I finished the Kite Runner which was a very good book that I reccomend for those of you who haven't read it. Now I'm onto "Into the Wild" which isn't nearly as good.
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