My summer is over... :(

Well as you can see I have been very busy today adding posts to my blog. That is because today is my last day before I head back to school. Elizabeth goes back full time to daycare and I get back to work. I know all of you are jealous that I had the summer off, but I earned it, I promise, junior high kids are crazy.

I can't tell you how much I am going to miss my little munchkin following me around and not letting me get anything accomplished this summer. If it weren't for nap time, I wouldn't have a blog or a semi-clean house. I will miss the times we spent together this summer. For our last weekday together, I took her to Layton Park and we met Declan and Carol. We watched the ducks and had a picnic lunch. I think she really enjoyed her day, I know I did. Here are some pictures of the kids. They were so cute when we asked Declan to hold her hand.

Family Pictures

While we were out in Boston, we were able to spend some time with Elizabeth's Great Grandpa, and her 3 Great Great Aunts. We had a lovely lunch at their residence in Holyoke, MA. It was a fun afternoon, and Elizabeth enjoyed spending time with her family.

Whale Watching

Wow if hanging out in Boston wasn't enough, we also went whale watching. Now first I need to tell you that I have been whale watching on the Pacific Coast a few times, but I have never seen as many whales as I did on this trip. They figured we saw about 20+ whales the day we went out. Some of them were flipping their tails, blowing their spouts, or just plain hanging out. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Elizabeth loved it, she thought that the whales were waving at her, so she waved back. Here is some bad video of a few tails.

Ducks, Ducks, Ducks

Ever hear of a book called Make Way for Ducklings? Well it is about a duck family in Boston. It is so well loved, there is even a statue of the ducks from the story in Boston Commons. Elizabeth loved this statue. I think she sat on every one of those ducks. So here are a couple of cute pictures of Elizabeth trying out the ducks. I can't wait to read this souvenir book to Elizabeth when she is older and remind her she actually played with these ducks. Thanks Eric and Sarah for a great souvenir of Boston! This is one she won't outgrow for many years to come.

Finally putting some pictures of Boston onto the Blog.

I loved this picture of Elizabeth. She looks so cute. This was just after a wonderful lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Thanks to Aunt Liz for the great lunch!

Here we are about to ride the Duck Boat in the city of Boston. What a fun tour. It was a great way to see the city on land and water. Yes I did say water, we went on water in this old World War II boat. Ours was a Boston Red Sox boat. Our driver was very fun. He even let Elizabeth and I drive the boat for a short time.

We would like to thank Sarah and Eric for letting us stay with them. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed the relaxing week away from home.

Here we are on the wetter side of the tour. We sure had a great time.

This last picture is of us on the tour boat driving through town. If you look close we are in the 2nd seats back from the front of the boat.