New York (without mommy)

I flew home from Boston so I could work before our last summer trip.  Kevin and the kids spent a few days in New York, where he took a few pictures for me:

At the Museum of Natural History

Scenic overlook (that's the GW bridge in the background)

cousins sharing secrets

Swinging

A visit to Hingham

It's been a while since we visited Kevin;s family in Hingham, Mass, so we decided to stop over there on our way back from the Cape. Kevin's Uncle Pete and Aunt Sean kindly hosted a lunch so we could see everyone:

Third cousins (!): Benji, Jasper Platt, Brian, Brendan, Patrick and Eddy Preston

Benji found Aunt Sean's raspberry field

In the afternoon, we visited a local farm:

Benji and grandma pet a calf

Peter, Benji, Abby, Kevin, Grandma, Pop-pop and Aunt Nancy

The Rest of the Cape

With 2 days left, we took it a little easier, spent some time at the beach and relaxed at home:

Abby-Mommy shuffleboard match

Wild turkeys walking through the yard across the street

Celebrating July birthdays

Tripoly

Grandparents and grandkids on the porch

Mini golf

Big boy dot-to-dots

Meeting up with cousin Scotty, Hattie and Josie at Dunkin Donuts

Whale Watching!

Abby at the rail

Blow hole!

The boys looking for whales

Mother and calf

This is the only head I caught on film

3 at a time!

Here's the 3 again

One whale's fin and another's tail

Super close to the boat

I love that you can see the whale underbelly beneath the water line here

Cool lighthouse as we approached Provincetown harbor on the trip back

After the whale watch, we headed to the Plymouth monument in Provincetown:

The kids are ready to climb

It was tall

Here's that same lighthouse from the top of the monument

On the way back from Provincetown, we stopped for dinner with some of Kevin's Dartmouth friends, who were also staying on the Cape that week (happy coincidence!):

Abby and Ryder Reiser

There was a trampoline.  Abby and Benji bouncing with Chris Middleton, Isa and Olie Timm, and Cameron K..