April / May Birthday Celebration in New Hampshire!

Saturday, May 1st was, as usual, a busy Saturday. It started out with Swimming Lessons at 9am, Anneli's soccer pictures at 10:30am, Anneli's soccer game at 11am, Christopher's soccer pictures at 11:15am and his soccer game across town at 1pm. THEN we piled in the van and headed off to Aunt Amanda & Uncle Mile's home in New Hampshire for a party!! We were celebrating a bunch of April/May Birthdays! My neice Elizabeth and nephew Bryce were turning '3' (they aren't twins, just cousins with birthdays 2 days apart!!) and Anneli was turning '5'! My brother-in-law Jeff and I were also celebrating our 30-something Birthdays on Monday too! What a bunch of birthdays!! It was a fun, but long day!

We ended up spending the night--thanks Aunt Amanda & Uncle Miles!!--and spending Sunday with the cousins! There was a Kids Festival in Portsmouth so we checked out the booths and enjoyed the city. The kids enjoyed the 'touch tanks', where they could check out some sea creatures. Always a fun thing to do while visiting the seacoast area! :)

Do ya know what this is?

It's a whale ear bone!

How about this?

It's baleen!

We took a little boat tour of Portsmouth, NH & Kittery, ME---always a fun time, but this was super fun with Shaun's two sisters, their husbands, and their kids! It's amazing how everyone is growing up SOOOOOOOOOO FAST!! :) It was a bit chilly---but a great time was had by all the kids and parents too!

These characters were waiting on the dock when we were getting off the boat. They are a little freaky, don't ya think?? They made the kids a little nervous!

We finished up our trip by Geocaching at a cool place called Fort Foster. We were looking for two caches there, but only had time for one. We'll definately be back to find that other cache--it's bugging Christopher that he couldn't find it! :)

What a weekend...