Vacation Odds and Ends

A few leftovers from a great week....

This girl loves her purple jimmies! 

Hampton Beach 2016

The boardwalk at Hampton Beach is a place filled with childhood memories for both Lee and I.  We always take the girls for a few hours, usually on an overcast day.  This year, we met up with one of our friends (who was on vacation with his family at Hampton) and spent a few hours in the arcades, shopping and eating Blink's fried dough.  It was great.

Family at the Beach

On our last full day of vacation, Auntie Kathy and Uncle Peter were able to take a day off from work and join us.  The girls got in a lot of boogie boarding time that day and loved hanging out with them in the water.  Auntie Kathy joined us on our afternoon walk - it was so hot that day that she and I walked back, holding their stuff, while the girls swam like dolphins, in and out of the wave, for more than a 1/2 mile.  

Friends

There is nothing like vacation time with old friends, which is why we were so delighted that Ethan and Owen (and their mom) were able to make it for a visit again this year.  The tide was perfect the day they came, so Lee and the kids started their day in the tide pools near Ordiorne Point, where they found all sorts of creatures, and the we headed to the beach.  The waves were the best of any day that week and the kids spent all day in the water.

Way out in the tide pools. 

Beach bums. 

Browns 2016

As has been the tradition every summer, our family gathered together to have dinner at Brown's.  It was great that Grammy and Grandpa could both make it, as well as all of the cousins.  Everyone had a wonderful time hanging out together and eating lobster and steamers.

Elizabeth gets a bigger lobster every year.  This year, she annihilated a 2 pounder all by herself.

Chatting with Auntie Grail 

Kathleen and Peter 

Success 

Thanks to Kathleen and Peter, Grammy and Grampy made it to Brown's for the 57th consecutive year. 

Enjoying Joe's face and Peter's photobomb. 

Cousins