To conclude this series of 3 blogs about our vacation, I posted a lot more pictures and few more stories. I am not sure what the definition of 'a lot' is, but at the close of this post you will have seen 103 pictures of our vacation. Wow. And most of them are random but it is often the random, more candid ones, that come with the most memories.
The boys did a lot of wrestling. If Luke tried to wrestle with one boy, the other two came running to join in the fun.
The cabin was incredible. Each family had their own floor to live on and Leighton and McCabe each had their own cubbies to sleep in with curtains that closed and their own light switch. They even shared their little nooks with Brooks for reading time.
Bonfire on the beach. I can't remember the last time I had a bonfire. And I especially cannot remember having one that was this action packed. With six adults, six kids, a bag of s'more items, 2 buckets, 2 shovels, and 1 lantern we made the 10 minute walk to the beach just after sunset. Perhaps our first mistake taking lots of stuff and lots of kids in the dark to a fire on the beach. Luke and Brendan started the fire quite easily. We opened the marshmallows and started roasting them. And then it started raining a little. I guess our second mistake was not leaving when we first saw the clouds rolling in a few seconds after we arrived in the scene. But it was just a light sprinkle and we hadn't eaten any of our cinnamon graham cracker, dark chocolate s'mores yet so we kept roasting. And then it really started raining. So we stuffed our mouths with the s'mores, while grabbing children, throwing sand of the fire and walking back to the cabin. By this time it was really dark. Not only was it dark but we also had to walk along the boardwalk over the marsh in the dark. And McCabe was crying because he was getting wet. And remember we only had one lantern. And remember how it took 10 minutes to walk there, well it also took 10 minutes to walk back. In the dark. In the rain. I could be wrong, but I think it may have stopped raining once we finally made it inside. I enjoyed a microwaved s'more! And then we put our bonfire clothes in the laundry. In fact, the laundry took longer than the whole bonfire adventure. But at least we got one picture. And at least we have an awesome memory.
McCabe fishing with Daddy.
Leighton fishing with Grandpa.
Cousin Hayden, Leighton, and McCabe sitting on the couch.
The kids got to put little capsules into water and watch them grow into insects! Leighton and McCabe cherished those insects the whole trip.
The beach was cold but we were the only ones there.
My sister brought bubble wands. They boys spent a lot of time chasing the bubbles.
I think Luke and the boys played soccer every day we were there.
We enjoyed vacation as much as we always do. And we can't wait until the next one!
