Second Time is a Charm

Remember our post about our vacation to the Cape from last year? It was a tough trip to say the least.  Not a real vacation and Heath just wasn't ready to be out of his home element and in a non kid-friendly house at that time. Believe it or not we took a risk and ventured back down to the Cape again this year.

We rented a house in Eastham with Jen, Jess, and Sam. Keri, Eric, Beatrice and Hattie also rented a house during the same week. Luckily Trish and Kevin were able to join us, truly allowing us to have some real vacation time.  Heath was a gem, in fact, possibly the best behaved kid the whole trip.  Go figure, right?  We indulged in beach trips almost everyday to ponds, the Ocean and bay side.  We went bike riding and had a bonfire -- all excursions that deserve posts of their own (with oodles of pictures) to follow. It was pure bliss, with beautiful weather every day and our toughest decisions were deciding what beach to head to each day. Adults enjoyed some nights out, with great company and some spectacular food.  Now if we could just figure out an easy way to transition from vacation back to reality--always the challenge.

Thanks to all who made our vacation a fabulous one!

Here the kids reunite.  I know it's not the best photo, but it's almost impossible to get six kids under the age of 6 to get into a photo together. Note that Heath's not even really in the picture. Lex and Beatrice played as if they had never been separated. Hattie is as cute as ever and it was great to see both Hattie and Heath get in the mix with the "big kids".