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seal harbor, acadia national park

maine vacation

pattee's pond... a maine vacation

we left late on friday night. had so much to get done before we left.... but managed to check everything off the list and throw everything in the car. didn't know how it was going to work...driving overnight with two kids. would they sleep? would we make it? we were already exhausted. our trip down was a cinch. i drove the first half and matt drove the second. we arrived in maine as the sun was coming up, drove up the driveway, unpacked and relaxed away the first day. it was perfect.

we took day trips to bangor, camden, and bar harbor (our favorite place!). we got to visit a folk festival, stroll through camden and hiked (if you can call it hiking when you have two kids and a dog and it takes FOREVER to go a mile) around jordan pond in acadia national park. matt got to fish, i got to read and the kids got to play in a pirate ship in the backyard each night. we had wonderful weather and had a great time together as a family. what a great way to end the summer!

fourth of july celebration

annual party at the o'malley's. a celebration of country and granddad's birthday (we love you granddad!). i managed to dress the girls in matchy-matchy outfits, unfortunately i never managed to get a picture of the two of them together. oh well.

sunbathing

i love my preschooler. she does things everyday that make me laugh. this particular day (while her sister was napping) aubrey decided to catch some rays with her momma.

working at the car wash

spent the summer playing with some really great friends. hot summer days are the best times to break out the bubbles and let the kids go to town. we had an impromptu car wash in our backyard with the LaGarde boys and let the kids get nice and soapy.

portraits of a family

checking out pictures in our files...

and ran across some that made me laugh.

thought i would share.

another trip to the mountains

we were so excited to have daddy with us. our last trip to the mountains poor daddy had to stay home. the weather was yuck, but that didn't stop us from having a good time. spent some time indoors playing games, painting and reading. put on our rain gear and stomped around outside. it's such a blessing having the mountains to run away to. we are so lucky!

going to the dentist

i have never been more proud of my little girl. aubrey had her first dentist's appointment and she did awesome. i knew that she would be a little nervous. new things always make aubrey a little scared, but she did great. we walked into the office and she climbed up into the chair. she was polite to the doctor and did everything that she was told. she was so excited to pick out her prize and her new orange tooth brush. after her appointment she showed off her sparkling teeth to anyone who would look. no cavities! good brushing little girl!

lazy hazy days of summer.

isn't it funny how the younger one has to do exactly what the older one does. i never would have just handed Aubrey and ice cream cone at 17 months. oh, the mess.... but things change. not only have i realized the messes are inevitable, but i have also realized that leah wants to do things the same as her big sister. it doesn't matter that the ice cream in the dish is the same ice cream that is in the cone. she wants a cone too. so i tried... and she actually did a great job with it. what a cutie!