Maine.. why not??

It has been far too long since I have blogged, but I guess it's better late than never.. These past few months have been soo incredibly busy, I now understand why families have only two kids. Poor Zach has also been super sick ever since he was born with stinkin ear infections. We finally got the go ahead to get tubes in his ears about a month ago, and he's finally been ear infection free for exactly 30 days. Yea!

So right after he got his tubes, I took the chance of a lifetime and snuck away from my kids for a week and went on a little vacation with Shawn. He was selling security for the month of August in Memphis, so I flew into Atlanta when we was done. He drove down to pick me up and we had planned to spend a few days in Atlanta, and then slowly head back home. But of course Shawn got a wild hair and we took advantage of the no kids, and drove up to Main and spent a few days up there. We also visited Boston on the way, Palmyra, Niagara Falls, Chicago, Cape Cod, and that's about it. It was an amazing trip! We had so so so much fun, and I absolutely feel in love with Maine! I've decided it's my calling in life to retire there, and run a bed and breakfast. Let the saving begin! Here's our pics. Enjoy!

this is us enjoying the city where we fell in love ... with the food... and each other! hotlanta baby!

 this is in the center of Boston. McKenzie would love the giant mac and cheese behind us.

                                          not sure what Shawn was doing to the city of Boston.

                  on the coast in the beautiful tiny town of Gloucester, in cape cod. love it here.

                              Shawn and i lobstering. we're so good at it, we caught a whole zero!

              obviously eating the lobster someone else caught. when in Maine, must east lobster.

           in the small town of onquinquit... i will retire here. once i learn how to spell it of course.

                            in the small town of york. right next to the lighthouse. simply beautiful.

                                                               the lighthouse in york.

                                                      can you guess where this is????

 enjoying Niagara falls a little too close for my comfort. but luckily the blue ponchos do oh so much.

                                              can you guess where I'm at?? yep! that's Chicago!

                 that building to the left of the boat, is where Derek rose just bought a condo. nice.

                                                our boat ride through the city. so pretty!