Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Cabela's

The first stop on our journey home from Maine was at Cabela's in Scarborough!

Asking for pictures on the benches...crazy kids!



They loved to see all the animals!





They loved the aquarium tank set up!

Cameron had to get his picture taken with Nala in the African exhibit!

Mommy and her babies!



Lunch at Chili's, our van got backed into, then we were on the road for the next adventure!





Monday, July 15, 2013

Pine Point 2013

The second day in our Maine beach journey we went to Pine Point to look for sea shells and sand dollars.  Finally we convinced all the kids that the water was fun and they all got in!  Aubrey was hoarding the shells whether they were broken or not and Cameron became an expert at spotting them in knee deep water.  Brady was loving that he found a ton of hermit crabs and grabbed them up and put them into his bucket of water.  Matthew was scared to death of the crabs but had a blast playing in the wet sand.  The water was warm and the day was perfect!

Ready for some fun in the sun!


CRABS!



Hey!  Check out what I have in my bucket!


 Muscle Man carrying a couple buckets!

Cameron and Daddy 

Searching for shells!

Check this one out!

Woo Hoo!  A sand dollar!

Playing in the sand!





Time for some soccer!



Getting buried in the sand! 




Daddy's turn! 

RAAAHHHH!!!

Cooling off in the water!




 We had a ton of fun in the sun but the time had come for us to set out on our journey home...we still had many surprises in store and couldn't wait to see how much fun they would have on every stop!












Sunday, July 14, 2013

OOB 2013

Ever since I got back from Hawaii the kids have been asking to go to the beach so we planned a weekend at Old Orchard Beach in ME.  They were a little disappointed that we were not boarding a plane to get where we were going and that it was a 3 hour ride!  I am so glad we drove to Disney a year ago and not now when they are constantly asking how much longer?  Is it going to be a long time?  Are we almost there?  It would have been a VERY long ride!

So we set out on our 3 hour tour and luckily they all took a little snooze on the way over which helped with the questioned mentioned above.  Five minutes from the beach we discovered we left the puddle jumpers at home so we stopped in and grabbed some arm floaties just in case.  We made it to Old Orchard Beach in time to catch some waves and Brady became an expert boogie boarder in a matter of minutes.  Aubrey was terrified of the seagulls and Matthew and Cameron were not too thrilled about going in the water with some seaweed.  Matthew eventually went in...until he got some salt water in his mouth...but Cameron was not being convinced of anything.
Yay!  We made it!


Checking out the water!

 Boogie Boarding like a pro!



Matthew and Aubrey's version of surfing...letting the tide move the sand under their feet!



...and Cameron hanging out on the beach!

Getting ready to check out the pier! 

Grabbing a quick bite to eat!

Riding some rides in the arcade!



Finally we took a walk up through some of the shops then headed to the hotel for showers and some rest before our full day we had planned for the next day!  Four little monkeys sharing a bed! 





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