Roundup of fun with cousins

So I've mentioned we have had family visiting for 2 weeks. And man did we cover a lot of ground while they were here (they headed home to California yesterday amidst a very tearful goodbye for all the younger girls).

As you can see, we were REALLY on the move these past couple of weeks and took so many photos -- and had so much fun -- that there was no way to get it organized every night to blog about it all.

So here's a few of the other highlights of our adventures (in addition to the ones I already mentioned -  Boston,  Sticky River, Enchanted Forest and Ossipee Fair) with our family.

We made indoor s'mores because it rained the first couple of nights they were here.

Another cousin from Oregon taking a furniture making class in Rockport for a couple of weeks took a break from his project for an afternoon BBQ.

Of course, everyone was entertained by the chickens - and learned first-hand their love of ice cream cake.

No one was a lobster fan but they all loved New England clam chowder at the chowder house in Old Port.

We took the crew hiking and geocaching near Diana's Baths in the White Mountain's National Forest in NH.

And no one remembered to wear their bathing suit. Of course it didn't stop L. from enjoying the chilly mountain water.

We took several trips to swim in the Saco River (and remembered the bathing suits!) which was a lot warmer.

We managed to get some crafting time in between adventures and the girls made little backpacks for their Webkinz. They wore those packs - along with their specially designed (by them) silk-screened t-shirts all around Boston. At least we could spot them from a distance...

We did a lot of archery in the backyard.

And played some volleyball.

But my brother-in-law and oldest niece spent all their extra time fishing. C. caught the most - >and biggest - fish during their trip.

And Fino used those fish as an opportunity to have multiple campfires in the backyard.

Well, at least this time they didn't chop off this fish's head.

C. had a chance to milk a cow at Smiling Hill Farm during Open Farm Day.

And the group couldn't resist a chance to pick blueberries in Maine since they all love the fruit. I easily made cobbler 4-5 times while they were visiting along with some berry cheesecake.

I wonder how much we'll fit into next year's visit ...

This kids put together this slide show (with some help from me because it was an overwhelming number of photos for them) for our YouTube channel.

Our Summer Vacation


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