Our Maine vacation ~ Benjamin

Oh our Benjamin, he is a fun one. He had decided before we left for

Maine, he didn't want to go in the lake. That lasted about ninety

seconds. We could hardly pull him away once he started swimming.

Although, he spent about as much time building in the sand. He loved it.

He was also a bit nervous about the boat, but once Jacob took off,

he was convinced. He would sit in the front laughing like crazy.

I love these tubing photos so much, mostly because of the terrified look on Ben's face.

He was scared. But he did it. And there are few things that I love more as a mother.

Love this age, love this photo, love this boy.
He definitely made our vacation that much better.


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Our Maine vacation ~ Matthew

Matt boy has been full of energy from the moment he was born and that
is never more obvious than when we are outside doing fun activities.
His idea of heaven is playing outside with the family all day, every day.

He tried everything and was as brave as can be. He just

loved having so many fun options to do over and over again.

And really, isn't he just one darling boy?

Last time he was on a tube, he only wanted to ride

with his dad and keep it calm. This time...not so much.

Matt makes everything about our family life more fun and more

exciting. And our vacation to Maine was definitely no exception.


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Our Maine vacation ~ Annie

This girl just makes me smile all of the time. She was so happy with everything

(as is her nature) and just wanted to try anything and play every second possible.

She especially loves her dad and was in heaven

every time she had one-on-one time with him.

Oh this picture. I almost can't stand how much I love it.

Nathan boy absolutely adores his sister.

But I believe tubing won for her favorite activity. Very quickly, she was

flying all over that lake and begging for one more turn over and over again.

Having Annie be a part of anything we do just makes it that much
better and our vacation was no exception. This girl is amazing.


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Our Maine vacation ~ Campbell

This cute boy had so much fun on our vacation.

He tried absolutely everything and played himself into
an exhaustion coma each night. And loved every second.

This is how he spent a good part of our vacation. We've got
to get this boy to Hawaii. He would be in snorkeling heaven.

Ah, his first try at waterskiing. He thought it would be easier than it was.

But he stuck with it, even when he would rather have gone back to the tube.

And quite quickly, it paid off. He got up on his fourth try. Awesome!

This boy is so darling and fun and watching him try so many

new and brave things was such a wonderful part of our vacation.


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Our Maine vacation ~ Linn

So, um, what to say about this photo. I promised Jacob I wouldn't

delete all the pictures of me. So here I am looking at the lake. Riveting.

Do you know why this photo is so fabulous? This photo was not taken at
the end of a serious tubing run. This is before it all began. I absolutely
love tubing. But every year I get nervous to do it. And apparently
when I am scared to death on a tube, this is what I do. Lovely.

I get the tongue thing from my dad. Our kids do it too.

But see, I do have fun. Most of the time. Until I fly off, flipping

over in the water no less than seven times. And I exaggerate not.

Sarcasm aside, I do love the two photos above, just because they capture

what I truly believe I was put on this earth to do. Be a mother. I'm so grateful.

This picture only exists because Jacob forbade me from deleting it.
I'm not bitter though. After all, my boating hair looks incredible.

Okay, the sarcasm has returned.


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