(Catch up) Jake & Jess' wedding August 19, 2017

This is and old one! I know somewhere I have a few photos from the ones that Jess' sent from the professional photographer, but here are the ones that I had. It was a very nice time! The weather for the rehearsal was chilly but the wedding day was really lovely. The Dellwood Barn facility where they held the ceremony and the reception was a fantastic venue!

Trip to Maine--Sept. 20-23

We were so fortunate to travel to Maine

We originally scheduled our trip for the end of the month, but then I realized that those dates conflicted with Scout's 5th Grade Eco Week trip, so I had to switch our dates. We were still so lucky--travel worked out, weather worked out, and we still got to connect with our good friend Anne and her kids (and her parents!).

Our flight was VERY early but the kids did great

A photo from our last time out east where we saw Anne (May 2010) 

All of the girls on the bench--September 2018

With Anne at her parents' place in Scarborough

Scout & little Clara

Anne brought out cupcakes & whoopie pies

At the pizza parlor in Camden

 We spent the first night in Maine outside of Camden in a place called Glenmoor by the Sea. VERY cool place. We walked down to the rocky shore and spent some time with the waves.

We drove over a bridge near Fort Knox. It's such a cool suspension bridge.

Before we got to Mt. Desert Island, we stopped at the Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound--this was the place where we got the lobsters for our rehearsal dinner.

 

After we at lunch, it was still a little early to check into our hotel in Bar Harbor. So we went into the park and hit Sand Beach--where we got married! It was pretty chilly and a little rainy, but we had the beach mostly to ourselves.

I took a few videos when we were at Sand Beach... Here and here's the one with the guy who was brave enough to dive in!

 After Sand Beach, we went to the Jordan Pond house and ate popovers and had tea. Then we had time to walk around the pond. SO nice, what a fun hike. The wet parts were a "catwalk" that they called the Bog Walk. 

We ate so much delicious food while in Maine, and we made it to the Thirsty Whale. I had a yummy salad with fried haddock on the side. Cory had a fried haddock sandwich that he's still talking about. YUM.

We went to the top of Cadillac Mountain on the morning that we were leaving Maine. We had a beautiful morning, and I just felt so sad as we pulled away from the parking spot and started our journey back to Portland to catch our flight at 6:30 pm. I didn't want the trip to end. It was SO good to spend this time together. The scenery was breathtaking and it was so fun to show our kids this place that has such deep meaning for our family. Ahhhh, Maine. My heart is full.

 Before we went to the airport, we stopped at the Portland Head Light. Such a pretty spot.