Adventure: swamp monster halloween

I am an anacondia, David is a crocodile and the kids are swamp monsters.

mimi and papa with the kids

adventure: birch climbs katahdin- yes the whole thing

Birch and David did an 11 mile hike up the mountain in Maine. These are some big boy friends he went with. Raj and Cindy and Alina went also. They did a great job. Cole and I had 11 hours of alone time. Needed more water but otherwise all went well.

travel: THE CRUISE $$$$????!!!!!

To celebrate my sis Janna's bday we took mom and dad on a cruise. The only thing missing was the little sis. I would have love to see Jeri snorkeling too. We kayaked, ate at fancy restaurants, shopped, snorkeled, ate fancy food, played bingo, bought art, drank, and ate lots of food. Overall a good time even if I felt guilty about the environmental impact I was making. I loved being with my family and having some kid free entertainment. I am trying the slide show again. peace

Lesson: summer is fun and should really be enjoyed

This summer we went to Vinalhaven, camping a million times, saw friends (Hoods, Marons, Jo and Leon) and played at home. Here are just some snapshots. The last two are of the boys after a rainy day- we had gone to see the movie with Hamster spies. this is my first attempt at adding slide shows. Music to come soon. Maybe.......

travel: vinalhaven island get away

start at the bottom of this and work up- i went backwards on my downloads
joey

our house on the sunny day we left- and a cool "pirate ship"

sun comes out as we leave

the only sun we saw all week

the fourth of July parade

While there we hiked, kayaked, saw seals, ate lobster again and again, played games, misdiagnosed Tim's toe injury ( maybe), had friends visit, went to a parade and Birch won a red vest

Good family time.

more hikes in the rain

hikes in the rain

the boat to Vinalhaven ME

travel: camping near acadia before the tourists

cute growing boys

great family time by the fire on the beach

birch finds a lobster bouy and cole finds a poison bug sprayer to spray

Lessons: help the red hen make the bread

"I won't I won't I won't"- his lines.

20 more minutes of this is you want more let me know