Julissa at the Beach

These are pictures from our second day of vacation. Julissa spent her time playing in the sand, collecting shells, and playing among the large rocks. She seemed to be afraid of the water which was okay by me.

Another Day at the Atlantic Ocean

We certainly enjoyed our time at the ocean. I believe these pictures are from our second day there. This was the day there were lots of crashing waves. It was the day following the tropical storm. Below are just some pictures from our time at the ocean.

It was interesting to watch the waves come in over the rocks and eventually cover them entirely.

Samuel removing small pebbles from his shoe and Alex building a fort.

Briana running towards the ocean.

Julissa

Curtis

Samuel

Alex still working on that fort.

My girls

The kids enjoying the rocks - looking for shells caught between the large rocks.

Kids on the rocks!

Tide coming in among the rocks.

The moon - I believe it is time to go home!

The Atlantic Ocean

We checked into our vacation rental, unloaded, and headed to the ocean. We stayed there until it started to rain and then we headed for the house. It is amazing the difference in how the ocean looks with clouds overhead to later on in the week when it is sunny. I will post some of those pictures later, but for now here are pictures from our first day at the ocean this year.


Cape Cod Bay

My husband doing what he likes best. Most every morning he was up long before the rest of us and would head to the ocean to sit for 1 - 1 1/2 hours alone.

This is looking down the beach to the right of where we came down.

This is looking down the beach to the left. Those are my kids scattered about in the distance.

Curtis

The only picture I have of Samuel from the first day. He was almost always busy and never still. The kids liked to climb on these rocks but they were most definitely slippery. We were at the ocean many times over the course of the week so we saw it when the tide was in and when it was out. It was quite fascinating. There were times that one couldn't see a lot of these rocks because of the tide being in.

Alex

I thought this sand was so interesting. As the waves would wash to shore, it would leave behind this smooth sand with black across the top. Briana must have found it fascinating as well.

Julissa

Behind her and to the right you can see the steps we walked down to get to the ocean.

Samuel and Jeff

A large house on the bluff.

Late Summer Vacation

We left on Friday the 4th of September to head to Plymouth, MA for a week long vacation. We arrived on Saturday after driving through the night Friday! We got here just hours before Tropical Storm Hannah. But all we got was wind, rain, and a short break in electricity during the night and terrific waves the next day.

The Cape Cod Home we rented in Plymouth, MA just a short distance from a private beach.

Jeff in the kitchen. We cooked all but one meal while we were here on vacation. My husband actually did a lot of the cooking. It is great to have a husband that helps out in the kitchen!

The dining room where we ate all our meals and spent some time playing games. The table is square. It was great for mealtime in providing plenty of room. But it was a little difficult to play games around. The rest of the game playing time was spent in the family room.

The family room.

The fireplace.

The bedroom where the boys slept. There were two twin beds and then we used an air mattress on the floor for the third boy.

The bedroom where the girls slept. There were two twins beds in here also.

The Master Bedroom with a King size bed.

Lunch with My Newly Married Sister

While on our way through Ohio heading to Massachsetts, we met up with my newly married sister and her husband for a quick lunch at McDonalds. They live in Florida now, so I hadn't seen her since her wedding in June. It was great to visit with her and Matt too.