So I thought I’d share a little of what we’ve been up to (hunker down 'cause this is going to be a long one)! Last year my big brother suggested that my whole family journey back to the old homestead in Connecticut where we grew up. He suggested we do it around Columbus Day weekend since both his and my Dad’s birthdays are around that time and it’d be a perfect time to enjoy New England in the fall. So we all got geared up and excited only to find out that the Marines needed him in Afghanistan during that time. Praise God that Brother is back safe and sound now, but that was a LOOONG six months! Well when October came around this year we were all so excited to make it happen...and happen it did! Oh my word, it was only 3 short days but it was such sweet family time - going back to all of our favorite places and hanging out together, laughing...there are few other places in this world that I’d rather be (if any) than laughing with my whole family! Here are some snap shots of our time in CT:
First stop - Flamig Farm! Blimp, AJ, and JM (far right) all came prepared with their "backwards EGGS" shirts but the rest of us had to buy ours so we could fit in. I left mine at home so we bought one for the little one!
(p.s. don't be alarmed that I call my skinny-minny sister "Blimp(y)" it's a long story!)
What a little pun'kin!!
Next stop: The Master's School (my old school), where we spent a half an hour acting like we were in fourth grade..it was so much fun:)
Two of my favorite people
Cutie Pies!!
Can you tell we're sisters?! OH I love her so much!!!
Then onto Tulmeadow for ice cream
K thought he'd give pregnancy a try;)
The Hubs and I decided it would be fun to make a long vacation out of it and stay in New England a bit longer, so our next stop was Nantucket. Growing up in NE, I had been to Cape Cod a number of times and even Martha’s Vineyard but I had never been to Nantucket and since K was hoping to go somewhere neither of us had been, we bought our ferry tickets and hopped on board! If you’ve never been to Nantucket we highly recommend it, especially during Oct when the touristy season is coming to an end and the weather is crisp and sunny! We loved (almost) every part of our time there and to be fair the one part that we didn’t love wasn’t even technically in Nantucket...it was somewhere in the bay between Nantucket and Cape Cod - do you see where I’m going with this? Oh. My. Word! So I’ve always been prone to motion sickness but never in my life have I actually gotten “sick” (aka vommed). This has always served as consolation to me when I’m in a moving vehicle, breaking out in a sweat and feeling like I’m about to lose my last meal - I won’t...I just know that I won’t, because I never have and I never will, right? Well here’s the part where those of you with weak stomachs might want to go ahead and scroll down to the pretty pictures below (if you’re not already grossed out). There had been a Nor-eastern the night before we were leaving with really high winds and rain so let’s just say the waves were a tad unruly. We had planned on having a leisurely morning and taking the 12pm ferry but K thought it’d be a good idea to run down the street quickly and just check at the ticket counter to make sure they weren’t canceling any ferries due to the weather. I was getting ready for the day and enjoying my scones from our B&B when K came barging through the door, out of breath, and telling me how the next ferry is leaving in 7 minutes and they don’t think it’s coming back, as he frantically started throwing things in our suitcases. So I joined him and we were out the door in 5 minutes...giving us 2 minutes to run down Nantucket’s sweet cobblestone streets to catch the last ferry. I had my purse and rolling suitcase bumbling behind me and K was carrying a backpack, our camera bag, and an almost hockey-sized bag. I really wish we had pictures of this part of the experience! Given the five minutes that we had to throw our bags together and run down three stories out the door of our B&B, I didn’t really have time to stretch out the old shins and as I rounded a corner I turned back to K to tell him my shins were killing me and I’d have to stop running. But when I turned around and saw the sweat dripping (dare I say pouring) off his face and that body bag slung over his shoulders, running at full speed, I knew there was no way that I could stop now. Luckily we just barely made it onto the ferry and luckily for all of the other passengers we were able to find seats off by themselves (we were both a mess). So the boat took off and the front of the ferry would come up out of the water and then come crashing back down like it was a small fishing boat or something. I was literally holding on to the table in front of my seat and trying to keep it together but about 40 minutes into the trip I had to make a run for the bathroom. I’ll spare you the details but I will tell you that once we got off that beast and back to our car and my wise husband had given me enough time to see straight again, he said, “Have you seen your face?” I quickly pulled down the car mirror only to see that I had popped all the blood vessels on both sides of my face and down my neck!! “What? When did this happen?!” I asked him. He went on to tell me that it was like that when I came back from the bathroom but that he didn’t have the heart to tell me until I was feeling a little better (good call!). Anywho, we really did have a wonderful time in Nantucket but next time I might see if they have a small plane we can take!
17 weeks!
We took a 16-17mile bike ride around the island - probably one of our fav memories
A last look at Nantucket - Deceivingly calm-looking waters on our way back to Cape Cod
The final leg of our journey was to Boston to see my best friend of 15 years (oh my word I had no idea it’d been that long!) and her hubby. Kiki is preggo too and due just 7 weeks before me - I mean is that two BFF’s dream come true or what?! We used to have matching rainbow glasses and speak in a code that no one understood but us and while life has changed a lot since then we still seem to get each other in a way that very few do. Kiki has been a prayer warrior and constant cheerleader for me my whole life, I honestly just wish that every person could experience a friendship so deep and a feeling of being so known - I am forever grateful to the Lord! They are having a boy and while we still don’t know what we’re having yet I know that they’ll either be best friends or get married so really it’s a win-win!!
Love, love, love!
Picking apples at an orchard
Eating apples at an orchard
Miss them already!!
