Happy Anniversary

Well, this Saturday I get to celebrate 11 years of being happily married to my best friend {I know this seems a bit cliche but I can't begin to tell you how very true that statement is for us}.

We don't have grand plans: Friday we are planning on ordering some dinner and dessert after the kids are in bed. Saturday I have a few plans with dear friends who are moving away {another post coming soon about that one...} and a pedicure planned{sweet}, with the evening ending at a baseball game with the hubby and kiddos{baseball is a love that we have shared since before we met so it is fitting that this is where we will be celebrating}.

While it is wonderful that we will be spending our special day together with our kids, I just have to take a moment, or many, to look back at our wonderful trip we took for our 10th.
This was the first time we were able to get away together since Jake was born so it was very important to us. It was nice to commemorate our 10th but honestly, we started dating when we were 16 and 17 years old...got married at 23 and 24 years old....so celebrating 10 years married was not the most important thing.
Getting away, somewhere new, where we could just be together was amazing! No worries about the house, no worries about the kids, oh yeah, sleeping in was kind of great too!
So with the advice of some really great friends we took a trip to Nantucket! I fell in love even before I stepped foot on the island!
{btw...I know I had these pictures a part of a post last year but they deserve another post just for them!}

Our ferry to the island

 Bye Bye Cade Cod, Mass.

 Hello Brant Point!

The Veranda House is where we called home while we visited Nantucket

The white deck is the Veranda House...this was the view from the Whaling Museum

A few pictures from our journeys....

 A creature we found on our way to 'Sconset...no one told me that we would be biking 20 +  miles going from The Veranda house to 'Sconset and back. We were exhausted but saw so many beautiful things!

UGH!!!!

The Whaling Museum...notice what is on the screen.

 Just across the street from the Whaling Museum is an adorable ice cream parlor that makes their own waffle cones as you wait...breathtaking!!!

 Brent Point Light house

 The water was FREEZING...but I just had to

 Legend has it that when you are leaving Nantucket, if you throw a penny as you are rounding Brent Point you will come back one day. So... 

We had such a wonderful time! I can not wait to return!

It's a blog summer!

So the summer has brought many fun experiences but has taken me away from the blog...and much needed organizing!!! But as I get back in the saddle I thought I would put together a little pictural of what we have been up to this summer!                                            

 Sprinkler fun!

 She didn't stop for a second!

 Not one second!

 And, he just wanted to play in the mud...such a typical boy!

 Water for the mud!

 Finally warm enough for the pool.

 Even the big brother loves the little kid pool.

 We saw an end to preschool for our little guy..which means kindergarten in the Fall!

That's him on the right with the coonskin hat...he was William Clark for the end of the year concert.

 We have also gotten some time to spend with family....cousin Carter James

My little God son swinging! 

Jake was excited to see a real plane up close...this is the plane that miraculously landed on the Hudson River in New York City. It was passing through our town on its way to North Carolina. Very impressive site to see and I got to share it with my four year old! 

 A day at Dutch Wonderland with the Holland clan...these two are twin cousins...born on the same day only hours apart. Can't believe they will be five soon. Time really flies!

 We had to spend some time at the water park.

 Ah, and the trip I had been looking forward to  for months has come and gone, but not without some amazing images to look back on!

"Oh Nantucket, if I were to get on thy soil again, I do think I'ld stay."

 Brant Point Lighthouse

 And it was everywhere! For someone who is deathly afraid of getting it again I was very careful everywhere we went. Still didn't take away from any of the absolute beauty of the island.

 Our mode of transportation.

 The sites on the streets have really inspired me. Loved the bold colors.

 Blue doors...need I say more? Coming soon to the Holland household. I just need to figure out how to paint a metal door.

 An amazing surprise to me was just how much I loved my Christmas present from my parents. As many who have known me since I was 10 know...I was obsessed with New Kids on the Block. Finally after twenty, yes I said twenty, years I got to see them in concert...with Back Street Boys. We had great seats with amazing views of the guys. I felt like that 10 year old who so wanted to see her favorite band just once...thanks Mom!

So most of my summer so far has been working in the yard with the kids. We have planted many gardens and had so many fun times together. But that is all for another post!