New Blog

Had a lot of fun going through our vacation pics and posting them last night while Mike had "Bro Night"...and I'm still not done! But I have exceeded my photo limit on blogger (I might have a problem!...I know I'm camera crazy!), but this is the easiest way for me to scrapbook for our kids for their baby and prek years...so I hope I can keep it up until they go to school...has anyone else had this happen? Blogger is asking for me to buy more space...love the current free-ness on here...hmmm...might be a bit before I am back...we shall see! :)

***I set up a new blog here***
using another email address bc of the space and $ thing...good to know the $5 does buy you a lot of space though...wasn't sure bc of how camera crazy I am if the $5 would get me very far...so now 18 posts later we have a new blog!

Tim-BER!!!!

The Lumberjacks take a break...and I take over... :)

Pepere and Mike took down some trees at Pepere's...

The kids and I hung out and watched a movie while the trees were falling....

Then they found a caterpillar they named Pascal and they enjoyed playing with him...



And acting out Smurfs around his yard...

The Grumpster

This guy was a little sleep deprived on vacation...got to skip naps and stay up late and woke up earlier than when he is at home...and boy can he be GRUMPY...but going in to wake him up from naptime and seeing him sleeping...MELTS MY HEART EVERY TIME! I love my little guy!!! :)

Sleeping Beauty

Grandma took Mal and I to see Sleeping Beauty...we had some time to walk around where the theater was before the show...(more pics to come from G's camera)

Thanks for taking us out to the show! M wants to act it out all the time now! :)

Leavin' on a Jet Plane!

Mike and Carter took MiMi to Boston to fly home on Tues...it was so fun having MiMi up north with Mike's family! So glad she got to see all the places we talk about in RI and Maine! :)

Newport

MiMi's last day and it was pouring buckets! We planned on going to Newport and we went anyway! We def. made some memories as we ate our picnic lunch in the van on a street in Newport...we were disappointed not to be able to walk on the Cliff Walk...but it was fun to drive around and look at the amazing houses....To finish our outing and to make it a totally Newport-y day we stopped for some ice cream at the Newport Creamery! De-lish!

RI Beaches

We lucked out with great weather for the reunion...the next day we took MiMi to see the different beaches and it was another rainy day...but we ventured out anyway!

Put our toes in the water...

Mal enjoyed her "office"...just cracked me up to look back there and see her hard at work!

We went out for clam cakes and chowder near where K and N got married...

We had fun...

The tour guide finished the day with a trip to Del's!

Then back to G&Gs for playtime and dinner time!

Reunion

We had a wonderful time at the Reunion and getting to chat with some of Mike's family that we hadn't seen in a long time (or ever for me and the kids)...Carter got knocked over by the neighbor's dog though and twisted his ankle/leg so he was sitting with an ice pack on it upstairs at first and then sat on the porch the whole time with some of his "guys"...
We went to the playground after the reunion was over...

Carter's leg was still a little tender and he fell down often, but it was better than it was at the beg of the day...

The kids really mastered the "stepping stones" and loved walking across them this yr...

Carter wasn't in the mood to be in the pic...

One of our best fam pics to date! Yay!!! We are all looking!

Last Morning...

It was time to leave Maine on Friday morning...always sad to leave! We packed up the cabin, and then MiMi and I took the kids on a walk while Mike and Pepere finished cleaning and closing down the cabin...They picked us up down at the Ugly Moose and we were off to a big breakfast before getting on the road...Thanks for a wonderful week in Maine Ray! We all had a blast! :)

Good Eatin'

Pepere and his new camera...took a pic of this guy cookin up some din din!

Steamers and lobsters...yum yum yummy! Thanks for treating us to the delicious spread Pepere!

Hanging out before Pepere and Mike went into town to watch the Patriots play a little preseason game...good eatin and good times!

Froggin!

We went froggin in the pond next door! (Thanks for the pic Pepere!)

We found Lumpy, Bumpy, and Stumpy!

Mallory was over the moon and kissing them!

It was a froggin' good time! And they were very grateful to be released that evening! :)

Waterfall!

Our 3rd full day in Maine we took a little drive to the waterfall...we had never taken the kids yet so it was fun to take them and MiMi at the same time!

It was fReEzInG!!!!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Mike and Carter braved it though!





Us girls stayed a bit dryer!

Carter's faces were cracking me up...

Such a beautiful place!