Adirondacks with friends

A couple weeks ago we spend another beautiful week in the Adirondacks New York with our dear friends the Carpenters.

The boys had a blast on and in the water. Emma learned to ride her bike without her training wheels.

There was a lot of jumping off the dock into the water going on.

The weather could not be more perfect. We spent the whole week by the water trying to stay cool.

Fil playing with the kid's toys.

Lots of action going on on the dock every day.

Jo celebrated her 3rd birthday while we were in New York.

At South Lake

Josiah is growing into and young fine man.

Jumping of the rock never gets old.Who needs toys when boxes are around.

(Alexandra peeking out)

Emma climbing on the roof.Nate in the castle for a few minutes (until it collapsed on him completely).

Bye bye house.

Feeding the ducks.

Story hour with Mr. Carpenter.

Annual family pictures.

Last week we were with ....

Fun on the 4th

I know I am like over a week late but here are few pictures from our July 4th festivities.

As you can see we spent most of it in the water at our friends pool.

What a fun day to spend it with friends.

Acadia - Wild Blueberries,Thunder Hole, Horses, Maine Friends and Big Boot

I cannot believe I did not get to post all of the pictures I wanted to post from our trip to Acadia and we left for another trip last week (I like to take pictures what can I say). I will try to post the rest of our Maine trip pictures into one blog entry.

Biking in Acadia is breathtaking what else can I say.

On our next day of biking we stopped by the side of the trail and found out that the wild blueberries were ready to be picked. It was the first day of July and the blueberries were ready. I could not believe my eyes.The girls welcomed a blueberry break and so did we.

Thunder HoleOur next stop by the ocean.

(every mom's dream to see through her lens her cute little girls climbing on big rocks in her flip flops!!!)

But daddy was right there to help.

Horses

We stopped by the stables since we were biking on carriage roads. We did run into carriages once in a while and it was fun to see some of the horses and even feed one!

And what would a trip to Maine be without stopping to see some of our good friends on the way home.

(Emma and Nate grew very close to each other in the last year)

Tonya and her family (waiting for two more from Nepal).

The big BOOT

We live in L. L. Bean country up here so another stop on the way home was to see the Big Boot.

Any child will go shopping where they have live animals (fish).

The kids looking for good deals.

And that would be it for our trip to Acadia.

Acadia - Bar Harbor and Sand Beach

Bar Harbor is one of the charming little towns in New England. Girls being silly in one of the stores.

My kids will find a place to play everywhere.

Some people will get lost even with a map in their hand:)

Fil and Jo at Sand Beach.

Sand Beach is one of the nicest beaches I have ever visited. The only problem is that the water is VERY cold.However, everybody (except mom) had to get their feet wet.

Some people preferred digging holes on the beach.

Lobster boat