Visiting the East Coast in June

Time for Cooler Weather!

At the beginning of June we headed to the east coast to visit some family and get away from the heat.  First we headed to Vermont to spend some time at the farm with Uncle Jeff and Aunt Paula and to get to spend some time with Great Gramp and Claudette.  After that it was off to New Hampshire to see Shaun's cousin get married and spend time with the rest of the Moreau clan.

 

 

 The kids had a blast at the farm.  They spent their time running, chasing things, trying to drive tractors, and trying to spy that elusive bull that was playing hide and seek with us.  I think the bull won.

Fun on the porch swing with Aunt Paula.

 

 There's that sibling love!

 And maybe a little more love, this will go wrong quickly.

 

 It wasn't us!

 

 Sorry Uncle Jeff and Aunt Paula about that new lawn full

of dandelions you are going to find in the spring.

 

 What beautiful flowers!

Not sure why Mommy keeps making me smell these things.

 

 

 

Loving my Daddy!

 

 Check out my hat!

 

 Tractor time with Uncle Jeff. 

 He may not look like he is smiling, but he had a blast!

 LOVED driving the tractor!

 Check out my hat too!

 

 Posing in front of the barn.

 

 Putting out seed for all of the little creatures.

 

 Taking a little walk.

 

 Exploring the woods with Uncle Jeff.

 

 Time to chase something!!!!

It must have been good.

 

Playing a game with Uncle Jeff. 

What a great sport!

 

Look at all this grass and they had to wear jeans in June! 

The kids were in heaven.

 

No trip to Vermont is complete without stopping at Ben and Jerry's!

 

Or a trip to The Vermont Teddy Bear Factory!

 

Poor Brayden will be 20 before he actually sees the Teddy Bear Factory. 

Every time we have been he has slept through the whole thing. 

I don't think he believes it really exists!

 

What a great day. 

We got to spend lots of time loving on Great Gramp!

 

Look at that sweet family picture.

 

Hibachi dinner with Great Gramp and Claudette.

 

Visiting Grandma Carlie

 

On our way to New Hampshire.  Now some of you might think this picture looks like no fun, but I LOVE rain.  You know it only rains like once a year in Arizona so every time we go to Vermont and get rain it is absolutely fantastic!  The only thing even better was all of the family singing (yes all four of us) to kids songs most of the way there.  I'm not even joking, this was one of my favorite car trips ever!

 

Hard to tell, but that is the ocean out there.

 

A little clearer view.

 

 Getting ready for Matthew and Becca's wedding!

 

 

 It is hard to get them to both smile.

 

 

Bad picture, but here they are showing off some of their dance skills. 

What a fun reception!

Since we were so close we took a little detour to Massachusetts and stopped by to visit cousins Jeff, Lisa, Liam, and to meet our newest baby cousin Maddie.  Here is Larkin holding her before we headed back to New Hampshire.  What a sweet baby!

 

This adorable little face was my entertainment at the Phoenix airport while Daddy and Larkin went to get the car.  Good thing he was smiling because poor Daddy and Larkin were out in the 100 degree heat discovering that our car battery was dead.  Not the best way to end our vacation, but we got it jumped and drove home with the windows down just to make sure we were really readjusted to the warm weather that we had been missing!