"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Friday, June 17, 2011

The Last Vacation Days...

On Thursday, we woke up knowing it was our last full day so we wanted to make the most of it and, luckily, the weather cooperated!  We took a morning boat ride with the boys and they got to do some more fishing.  Ben (assisted by Mommy) caught a huge carp!!! He was amazed at the big fish and talked about it for the rest of the day.  The fish was almost as long as his little fishing pole was!  We got to spend the afternoon on the beach, playing in the water.  Ben discovered what goggles are!  The boys both got to go down the big slide into the water... another first!!!  Ben went first and loved every minute of it.  I was a little worried about ConMan, but to my surprise he marched up all the stairs of that slide, looked back at Nick once, and slid down to Papa!  We had an awesome day in the sunshine and ended the night with smores!









On Friday morning, we all packed up and began the long trip back home.  It's always sad to end vacation, but it's nice to go home too.  We had such a great time.  I love that Ben and Con got to spend a week with their cousins, aunt and uncle, and grandparents.  Our favorite parts were all the times that our boys got to do something new and their faces just lit up.  It is so special to us that we get to have this time with our boys!  Thank you Mama and Papa for everything!  You not only give us this wonderful vacation, but you give us the opportunity to make all these memories with our kids and we greatly appreciate it.   It was our best vacation yet!

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