Time for a recap of our amazing family trip to New England. Get excited, this is going to be fun!
First off, Avery Elizabeth did an outstanding job on the plane flights. As you may know, to fly from San Diego to Providence, Rhode Island isn't all that quick...total air time is roughly 5.5 hours. That's
a lot of time to be stuck on a plane, let alone stuck on a plane with a baby. I was really anxious the week before our flight and had unlimited daymares about various catastrophes, but Avery, the flight itself (I don't
love flying in general), and
I exceeded every expectation! (We had one 5 minute crying --screaming-- spell on the flight back to San Diego and I was handling it as best I could until I got a dirty look from an old maid one row up. I was about to throw her through a window, but Jeff held me back. Needless to say, she got an earful and the last hour of the flight was a little awkward, but no one messes with me or my family, especially after a long day of just trying to make it home.)
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| Our expert flyer! |
The first full day out there was the 4th of July...and the day we celebrated my Grandma's 80th birthday!
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| So patriotic, Miss Elizabeth! |
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| You make 80 look so good! |
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| Chatting away with Great-Great Aunt Marie! |
The next two days included walks around my Grandma's neighborhood, a dip in the Atlantic and lots of visiting with family that we don't see nearly enough.
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| Thanks, Cousin Joey, for letting us borrow your stroller! |
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| Beautiful sunset in Narragansett... |
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| BBQ with the Caparcos! |
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| Pacific Ocean, now Atlantic Ocean...what's next?! |
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| I had to include this one, because Avery's expression is priceless! |
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| Outdoor shower? Awesome! |
One of the bigger events of the week was my Aunt's wedding on Friday. In order to do things right, we had a little bachelorette party the night before...and it was so much fun to celebrate my beautiful aunt and spend time with all the girls!
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| Bride = hottie in the glasses |
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| Jeff and I had a parents-night-out for the wedding while Avery played with cousins! |
On Saturday we drove to Western Massachusetts to spend time with my mom's family. It was a short but very sweet trip!
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| Great food, great family and... yup, great photo! |
As you can tell, it was such a great visit and I look forward to seeing everyone again really soon!
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| This is the house where Bren and I grew up! |
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| Wait, is that Grandpa or an M&M with arms?! |
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| Goodbye photo-op with Great-Grandma |
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| Lots of kisses from Auntie! |
Funny picture time...
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| I'm not sure what's going on here, but it sure is cute. |
Bonus picture...because Avery has
lots of priceless expressions...
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| Can we say "family Christmas card?!" |
