Beach Days

We have a beautiful park that is about half an hour away that I love to go to in the summer.  Levi stayed home with Daddy while mommy and the girls sneaked about for some fun in the sun...ofcourse we had to invite aunt kee and kenzie since they are both girls!

our day started out with a picnic lunch...

then some playing in the sand...I love this pic...they remind me of an army of ants working on a project.  however i really think ants have more of a plan than kids do when they play in the sand...have you ever noticed when kiddos play in the sand there is a lot of digging, pouring of water, moving of piles but there is rarely a finished product.  :)

some picture taking

some memories being made...

and some serious 3-year old bonding...how cute is this picture~

poor Ella was cold so she decided to hang out in the sand. 

The mountains

I have always been a down south vacationing kind of girl.  However, ever since we starting going up North with Greg when he is traveling for work I have to tell you it is really growing on me!  Now don't get me wrong I would still looove to travel down south but since it is quite expensive traveling with our clan I will take our Northern getaways! This trip we headed to the mountains in New Hampshire.  It was sooo pretty. 

Before heading to the hills we first made a stop in Maine so we could hit up Kids Night at Bob's Clam Hut.  Now I have to tell you Kids Night gets this momma sooo excited.  Not only are the kids entertained with face painting, prizes, etc. but they also get to eat for $1....AND get this...the drink is included!! Oh yeah! That's right four kids...four kids meals...$4!  I H-E-A-R-T Kids night! :)

Not sure what Ella is doing with her eyes...

We stayed at a hotel right by the aiport...the girls loved that! They would always run to the window when they heard a plane taking off...

We stopped the Lost River for some sight seeing but we were SOOO not prepared.  When we pulled in we saw people decked out in their big backpacks, sneakers, hiking boots...you get the picture...

we were decked out in Matilda Jane and sandals.  We did visit the gift shop where the girls got some binoculars...they were happy. 

The next day we took a little train ride through the mountains...the girls loved it! 

We even had a picnic lunch on the ride...AND they served Diet coke...yay!

They had a guy dressed as a hobo come around and make the kids balloons...the girls loved it!

After the train ride the girls wanted to play on the playground outside of the station...

we then took a drive even further North to check out the mountains ...it was just beautiful.

The following day we headed to the beach...

Look at his little nose.

And then of course we wrapped up our little trip with the most amazing lobster rolls! Look at this thing...and this was just half...I had already ate the other half (yes I know one person should not eat that much and no that was not my mac and cheese on the side...that was Levi's!)

Cute pics of the clan...

just some cute pics of my little cuties.

after the first pic i decided ella should be in the middle...can you guess how sophie felt about that?

decided the scowl is not the look i was going for so i decided to let them run to see if i could get some smiles...

better...cute face but crazy arms....hmmm...what else could this momma use?

levi...of course.

just perfect.

Ella's special day

As I mentioned before, each of the girlies got a special day just to themselves during summer vacation.  Ella had first decided to go minature golfing but unfortunately it began to rain before we made it there so we had to change our plans.  She then decided to go to the Discovery Center.  We had a great time and since she didn't have any of her sisters with her she made me play with her...which I am happy she did!   By the time we left the sun began to shine so she was able to play with the fun stuff outside too!