Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Summertime! and the Livin' is Easy.....

For the past few years Oliver, Melissa and their dog LadyBird have come up from TX to spend a chunk of their summer with us - we LOVE having them!! Here are some pics of our adventures this past month:
Oliver with our new sprayer applying an all-natural bug deterrent made from garlic
Ghost Buster Style!
Matt and Melissa at Urban Raid in Boston
The runners! Matt and BB (Melissa and I were the cheering squad!)
watching for our peeps!
here they come!
there they go!
Urban Raid is a 5k obstacle course. 
Up and Over!
The Champions!
After we met up with my parents and enjoyed lunch at the Famous Oyster House - YUM!
One rainy day I looked to my left (Reese)
center (Anne of Avonlea)
and my right (LadyBird)
Ashley had her baby girl! and we got to visit!
Mt Washington Adventure! 
our Driver (Oliver) and Navigator (Melissa)
Matt and I got to ride in the back and enjoy the views!
we stopped every now and then to take pictures
(Matt)
the views were incredible! 

out every window - no matter how small - was amazing!



nearing the top - the train is in the distance!
Oliver and I kept saying the no trees, rocks, crazy clouds all remind us of Northern Scotland

winds get so high, this building is chained down to the rock/mtn
observation tower
it cleared for a moment, but the clouds quickly came back
(Oliver and Matt)

I took some train photos for my Dad :-)

While it was chilly on the top, I enjoyed the cooler weather for a while!
One last look on the way down
It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun!
The dogs sunbathing after baths :-)
Oliver, Melissa and LadyBird are here for only a little bit longer - but we plan to squeeze as much fun into it as we can!

Friday, July 4, 2014

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day! It's raining and cloudy today but this weekend should be beautiful so we will BBQ and set off our fireworks this weekend.
I hope you all have a safe and happy 4th with friends and family!



You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.
― Erma Bombeck