beach house july 2013

This year we headed north to Gloucester (much easier than south to the Cape!) Our first couple of days were spent exploring near the house and going on a whale watch.

Frankie was a real trooper. She was pretty suspicious of the boat at first, but eventually go her sea legs.

Ben was super excited to see some whales, and remembered all of the details about this particular humpback whale named "Nile". He totally surprised us by using his loud voice to shout a question up to the captain! Usually he's so shy, but his love of whales overcame that. He asked "how deep do humpbacks go?" Then drew a picture of Nile and took a nap the rest of the way back to the dock.

car wash drawing for Grandpa

Happy Birthday Grandpa from Ben (it's a car wash).

Portland trip

The kids and I took a trip up to Portland to visit our dear friends Abby, Ted, Rosie and Charlie, who moved away from our block last month. We had an amazing time visiting and spending time on their neighborhood beach.

Frankie flies

fun day at the English's hot rod barn party

Grandma & Grandpa with Ben & Frankie

Just a couple more photos from Grandma and Grandpa's visit in May. We'll see you in Ohio soon!

I scream you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Actually, ice cream makes them stop screaming, temporarily. It's been so hot here, that some cold ice cream made everyone happier.

Go fly a kite!

Ben got a kite for his birthday, and he and his dad went to try it out last week.