New England Trip week 2

After our week in Maine at the family reunion, we spent another week in New England visiting family and friends. First we stopped in Rye, NH to see Jon's friend from high school, Julie. It was great to meet Julie's husband and 2 boys, Cole and AJ.

We stopped by the beach near Julie's on our way out of town. Avery loved finding rocks to show me....

After a wipeout in the sand...

A big wave snuck up on Avery and soaked her. It scared her for a minute, but at least it washed the sand off her face. And before we left she was back playing in the waves again - so she wasn't scared for long....

Next we went to visit Jon's dad in Rhode Island. Here's Jon by the lighthouse in Jamestown...

Here's Avery and Grandma Elaine...

Avery and Jon on a boat...


Grandpa "Captain Bob" drove the ferry over to Newport where we spent the day....

The fog was lifting as we went across the water. The bridge looked like it just disappeared...

Here's Avery and Jon on the docks in Newport...

This picture cracks me up....

Avery had so much fun running down this little hill...

And she was so proud of herself when she was still standing at the bottom...

Next we visited the town where Jon grew up. Jon's mom will be happy to know it is the town with America's oldest public library...

We went swimming in the pool where Jon used to splash around in his speedo on the swim team...

And we played basketball on the court Jon and his brothers used to practice on...

Avery shot some free throws...

After leaving Peterborough, we drove up to visit Jon's college friend Josh and his family at their campsite in NH. It was a really pretty spot on a great lake. We did get to do a little swimming before a huge storm rolled in. Over our whole 2 week trip, we really on had this one quick storm to deal with - the rest of the time the weather was beautiful!

Josh read to Avery and his daughter Annie...

We went for a hike around the lake. Here are the Drouin's: Josh and Jen with their kids, Annie, Jack, and Carter....

Our family picture by the lake...

The next day we drove down to Massachusetts and took the kids to see Plymouth Rock...

On our last day, Al and his girlfriend Fran came to visit and we all went into Boston to visit the aquarium and have lunch. Here's Al reading to Avery....

It was a great trip! We are going to miss everyone!