On Wednesday August 8th Keith and I took the day off work to spend together. Rubix was at Angela's and Camryn came to watch Axel and Phoenix while Keith and I went for a bike ride and coffee. We stopped at a very fancy Coffee shop and I enjoyed quite the latte and cinnamon raisin roll.
We had Camryn take a picture of us after our ride before we dropped her and the kids off at the library. Keith and I then enjoyed a nice long bath and good conversation together for the next hour before we had to pick them up at the library. We enjoyed dinner out on Tuesday night at Cascal, the restaurant, where we had our first date at. Although the tapas were not as amazing as we remembered them being 12 years prior it was still a lovely evening out. I was able to enjoy a slice of Tirmasu at a little coffee shop afterwards while Keith enjoyed a decaf latte.
I picked up Grandma Susan at the train station on Wednesday night. I headed to St. Louis, MO for my first weekend of my fellowship. It was a great weekend. We were "in class" 10 hours a day except on Sunday where we got out after 8 hours so the 5 of us could catch our flights. Here is a picture from the PT lab room where we were much of the time. You can see from the window that St. Louis is a cute city. I wasn't at all sad about not seeing it as I had a blast learning and refining my movement assessment skills.
The following weekend Keith took off for Boston for work. The kids and I were solo from Sunday morning until Wednesday night when we arrived at the Boston airport. Each night the kids and I enjoyed some park time as the weather was beautiful and we were all itching to get outside and enjoy it. Here is a picture of Axel being silly!
And another one of all of them swinging.
Phoenix is such a good little mother and helped out with Rubix one morning while I was making breakfast.
We had an early morning on Tuesday with both kids in my room before 6 am. We had another rough night on Tuesday night with Rubix screaming and Phoenix getting up scared. With all of the sleep deprivation on was worried how the kids would respond to the 12 hours of travel that we were about to embark on Wednesday morning.
The Lord was awesome as always and despite being in the car by 6 am we safely and quickly made it to parking and then to the airport and then on our 5 hour flight. Rubix actually slept for an hour and a half!
Phoenix and Axel entertained themselves until the very end where they were able to watch Wild Kratts by looking through the seats at the boy's computer in the row in front of us. Everyone did great until about 30 minutes from Cape Cod. The 2 hour drive from the airport to the Cape was almost too much. We somehow made it and got everyone to bed just before 11 pm which was equivalent to 8 pm our time.
The next day we headed to Brewster where Josie and Hannah were staying. They were a short walk from the beach. Grampy Kevin and Little Grammy arrived after lunch.
The kids had an amazing time spending the day together and playing in the long beach that comes with low tide.
It was spectacular. I have never seen a beach like it!
We went back to the same beach on Friday and enjoyed a few hours of play time before headed back to where we were staying in South Dennis, MA. Grammy got to play with football with Rubix in the water during high tide in the morning.
Rubix actually played in the sand for a little bit. This was his only time during the entire trip. He really is not one for sand, unlike the other two who can play in the sand for hours.
On Friday evening we went to a park and played, played, played. The kids really needed to run around, climb and have fun and that is exactly what we did until the mosquitos came out in full force around 6 pm. We then headed to the store to pick up food for dinner.
On Saturday we headed to the Atlantic side of Cape Cod down south. The beach and water is much more like what we are used to in San Diego. Rubix ended up loving the water after Daddy coaxed him in the days prior. He went in several times while we were at the beach and loved every minute of it.
Little Grammy and Grampy Kevin met us at the beach again as well.
Daddy was able to convince both Axel and Phoenix to get in the water. Here is a picture of them both waving at me.
Phoenix actually put her head under water, but apparently didn't enjoy the salt water feel.
Afterwards we went to lunch. Phoenix and Grampy ordered hot dogs and this is what was served. As much as Phoenix likes pink she would not try them for the life of her. It took a lot of courage for me as well, but I did try them. They tasted okay, but not great by any means.
After lunch we all headed to this massive mini golf course.
Rubix slept in the car while the others played. They were just finishing up when he woke so he did a quick round himself with Axel and I in tow.
On Sunday we headed to Plimoth Plantation and Plymouth, MA to see the famous rock.
We all thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Indian reservation area and then the small pilgrim village.
From the lookout where the cannons were stored was an amazing view of the small village and ocean. It was breath taking!
At the end of the village was a cute little play house that the kids got to play in.
We were all surprised to see how small Plymouth Rock was, but apparently since its preservation in the 1940's it has no longer shrunk in size although it is twice a small as its original size.
The walk over was absolutely beautiful as you can see below.
They have a great park area and stage that the kids were able to play on and jump off of.
We even managed a family photo before we headed to the airport for our long journey home.
Like always the way home was significantly harder with all of the kids sleep deprived. Here is the a picture of the calm before the storm. We didn't get home until midnight which was equivalent to 3 am in MA. We were all exhausted, but the trip was well worth it. I think everyone enjoyed our short vacation and Keith had a very productive 3 days of work before we arrived.
