Cape Cod

We had an amazing couple of days on the Cape this past week visiting my grandparents with my Mom, Caren and Clara!  It was really windy, but we still managed to have lots of beach time, lots of family time and many wonderful memories were made.  We feel so lucky to have family in such a beautiful area and it was really special for our kids to spend some quality time with their great grandparents! 

 Sheer joy!

 Love these three!

 Constant motion...

 One of our favorite parts about our trips to the Cape is bringing our kids to the ocean early in the morning before most of the house is awake.  It's much easier to just get them out of the house than to keep them quiet for others to sleep.  Both of the mornings we were there, we were at the ocean before 7:00am, let the kids run around for an hour and then got bagels and muffins at a favorite little store/bakery on the way home. 

 Our first morning there, we brought my Grandma Sylvia to the beach with us before everyone else was awake.  She loved seeing the beach so empty and the beautiful sun on the water and says she's definitely going to return early in the morning again soon!

 Love her...

Scott went for a little run on the beach, and came back to find us to bring us down the beach to where he saw a small shark that was dead on the sand!  It was pretty exciting for all of us, thought I didn't take a picture!

Love this one...

 Later in the day we went to Skaket (the bay side).  The kids had a blast, but it was really windy!!

 Ami and all of her grandchildren...

 Grandma Sylvia and all of her great grandchildren! 

 Sadie pretty much always wants Mama!  And Mama was behind the camera here! 

 My Mama and her girls...

 Ice cream time!

 Sadie's very first taste of ice cream!!!

Another early morning...

 Throwing rocks...

 We're so thankful for this special time with our extended family and can't wait to go back again (hopefully) soon! 

Cape Cod Catch Up

So, I know I've been majorly slacking this summer, but I have a good excuse!  Downton Abbey has been taking ALL of my free time in the evenings.  Scott and I started with the first season a month or so ago and we've been trying to finish up the third season before his school commitments start up next week!  It's been a total time suck - but an amazing one!  I'm in love with that show and really enjoying having something to watch together in the evenings.  The next few blog posts will likely be some catch-up posts of some of our summer adventures.  In early July, we headed to Cape Cod for a couple days to enjoy the ocean and visit with my Grandparents.  My Mom came along with us and we had a blast visiting all the beaches and spending time together as a family.  Here are some of my favorite pictures from our visit...

 Sadie and her Great Grandma Sylvia...

 I can't believe how much older she's already looking.  These pictures were over a month and a half ago!

 Love him!

 Ami and Camden way out at Skaket Beach!

 Love this one...

What a fun summer we've had!  More posts to come soon!  Gotta go watch Downton!  :)