Have you ever been to Ocean City, New Jersey?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0My family and I go every summer since I was born and it is awesome!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0This is what I look forward to every summer because I get to spend quality time with my family.<\/p>\n To begin, I always get to spend time with my family especially with my grandparents!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Me and my grandpa (Pop Pop) always play cards and I always challenge him to games like croquet and golf.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Lastly we get to go kayaking.\u00a0<\/span>Whenever I go me and my grandma (Granna) always read out on the porch in the mornings.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We also watch the sunset on the deck!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I also get to spend tons of time with my sister, Leah.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0She is always fun to hang out with and is like a best friend to me.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We get to go to the boardwalk which is like a mall but outside and it is right by the beach.\u00a0<\/span>We bring our money and go shopping but I just look at the stuff.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0She is the one who shops!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Leah and I always get ice cream when we go walking on the beach and put our feet in the water while we eat ice cream!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Another thing I do with my family is I get to spend time with my parents.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0My dad and I always play soccer in the backyard.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0My mom and I read outside and watch the birds chirp in the trees.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Also my uncle (Uncle Nathan) and I play cards and play soccer a lot.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Almost every day my whole family goes to the beach and play.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It is so fun!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Usually in the mornings we go for a bike ride and it is so pretty to see the beach in the mornings!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Sometimes we even play a few games of Hearts.<\/p>\n Next we always go to the Boardwalk and to this place called \u201cKohr Brothers,\u201d and they have the best soft serve ice cream you could ever dream of!!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0There are so many flavors like Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry Banana, Mint, don\u2019t forget Rocky Road.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0There are so many flavors I could name but not enough time.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We also\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0go to a popcorn store, Johnson\u2019s Popcorn.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Every time we go, we get the largest size there is and they have a lot of flavors like Normal Popcorn, Caramel, and White Cheddar.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We always get caramel and watch the sunset on the beach.\u00a0<\/span>Then we take the rest home and we eat inside or usually go on the deck in our PJ\u2019s and eat on the deck and talk about our day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0On some mornings we get donuts and bring them home and get orange juice and eat our donuts on the deck.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Every Saturday we make pancakes together and it is so fun!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We each do our part and it always comes out really good.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I usually mix the batter and grill them.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Sometimes we lick the batter!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0My grandma makes the batter.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0My mom and dad usually get the orange juice.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0My grandpa makes bacon and Taylor Pork Roll or sausage (sometimes all three).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sometimes our family does some excursions!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We always go to two different amusement parks on the Boardwalk, Castaway Cove and Gillian\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It is so fun!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Usually we just go on the same rides that we always go on.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong they are SUPER fun!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0There was this ride that takes a lot of tickets- like a lot a lot!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0So my sister and I made a ginormous decision.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We said that we would spend the last of our tickets on the ride.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0The ride was huge!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It went up and down, upside down, and really really fast.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It goes so high that when my sister and I were on the boardwalk it was above the fog!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0The ride was amazing!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We also went parasailing which was AWESOME!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0We went five hundred feet in the air.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Me and my sister and Granna (My Grandma) went together!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Our feet touched the water and it was freezing.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I leaned so far back in my seat it felt like I was falling.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I was almost upside down!!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It was very breezy and it felt so good when I was coming down my feet were tickled by the waves!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In summary when we are together I feel a connection that is special.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It makes me feel happy when I am with my family.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I can\u2019t wait to go again this summer!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I hope you enjoyed reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Katie Dusek of La Quinta, Calif., wrote this as part of a fourth-grade assignment and sent it to her grandfather, a resident of Ocean City, who passed it along to the Sentinel.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi All, This letter was written by the granddaughter of Jim Tweed, former President of FIT. What a great endorsement of America’s Greatest Family Resort! Posted:\u00a0Wednesday, June 26, 2019 9:46 am By Katie Dusek\u00a0|\u00a00\u00a0comments Have you ever been to Ocean City, New Jersey?\u00a0\u00a0My family and I go every summer since I was born and it …<\/p>\n