Thursday, September 03, 2009

our two week in town vacation: a photo essay

Although school is in full swing and I feel like we're already set in our new fall schedule I've been thinking about just a few weeks ago when our time was all ours. Don't get me wrong we were all ready for the school year to begin (the girls especially), but there is always a bitter sweet feeling of saying good bye to the carefree days of summer.

So today I'm looking back and finally sharing some, ok lots, of photos from when my sister was in town. I'm sorry there's so many, but I couldn't help it.




shopping




water fights


slip and slide


quiet time for little ones


quiet time for big ones


we spent an evening tie dyeing




and the next revealing our designs


Have you ever played the game blockus? I think it's a lot of fun as long as I'm not playing with my siblings. They did a lot of passive aggressive blocking.




celebrated a birthday


painted my toes my favorite color of blue


stuck on the chair lift with a crazy Megan heading up the mountain to ride the alpine slide.


poor Tess struggled to pull her slide along




can you believe I was actually able to take a photos while going?





Jeni on the zip line


apparently I got to ride with Megan on all the rides.


















Amy and I joked that these two are so close in personality that they are frienemies. I figured out though, if they were alone together they were the best of friends.








my family takes miniature golfing way too seriously or I should say my dad and brother do. Too bad for them, I beat them both. My 2 holes in one sure didn't hurt my score.








She was just too cool to go on the kid rides after experiencing the bigger rides so while everyone else got on, she waited.





7 comments:

Jill said...

Wow, you guys packed A LOT of fun activities into that 2 week visit. We'd be broke! It's fun that the cousins get to have such a crash course in fun. Good times.

michelle said...

Awesome slip n slide capture! We love Blokus, too. I can't believe you got photos while going down the alpine slide!

amy gretchen said...

jill I think you'd be surprised. When you add it all up it's not as expensive as going on a vacation like California. Instead of going out of town each year this is what we do.

Lucy said...

Sweet pictures! I cannot believe that you got a self portrait on the alpine slide, especially now that I know how much your camera weighs!

It all looks like fun. Then, add your photographic eye and it all looks beautiful too. Thanks for sharing. Your family is cute!

Unknown said...

aahhhhhhh, summer...

Carolyne said...

Amy loved getting a glimpse into your summer - ours is just about to start here in australia, can't wait. always enjoy your blog.

Robyn said...

Awesome photos, as usual. You guys had such a fun summer. Next year can I hang out with you?

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