maine {can we please go back?}

This is where we spent our days last week. It was just as lovely as it looks.

The scenery was beautiful. Even a cute little bridge leading to a gazebo in the yard.

And there were these funny little shell faces on random trees. Loved them.

This was the back of the house. Those three big windows with the upstairs deck were part of the master bedroom. It was an awesome room and had an incredible view, but there were no blinds on the windows. That meant that around 5:30am when the sun rose it was really bright in the room. Good morning! Our sweet friends stayed in there and gave us the room on the other side of the house that stayed dark in the mornings...because they like the mornings and watching the sun rise...and we are more of the sleeping in type of people. We just took their word for it that the sunrise was beautiful! 

Our friend Nathan found that long stick and he and the kids collected treasures from the ocean to tie onto it. They found buoys and a part of a lobster cages and all sorts of things. It was our vacation trophy. I think Nathan loved it as much as the kids because he sawed it in half and strapped it to the top of his van to take home and hang in his garage. His wife was really excited about that. :)

 In Maine there was no wind, no bugs, and the weather was cool enough to wear sweatshirts. Very un-Kansas like. So we took advantage of it and ate several of our meals outside at this picnic table.

 How often to you get to eat outside and overlook the ocean? It was awesome.

 Our friends Nathan and Kim planned all the meals and brought all the food. All we had to do was show up. It was so nice and they made us some really yummy meals...and milkshakes too!

After dinner we could just let the kids down and they could run all over the yard.

Letty is three months younger than Levi. She and Levi loved climbing off and on the chairs. I preferred just lounging in them.

 Once it started to get dark we spent most of our evenings inside the house. There was lots of room for the kids to run and play...and eat snacks.

 The organ was a big hit too. Thankfully it didn't actually work.

Owen was pretty into his Where's Waldo book. He loved trying to find Waldo with Joel. That book used to be one of my favorites too...it brought back a lot of childhood memories.

Did I mention that the house was on a little bluff and if you went down the stairs at the edge of the yard you were on the shore of Frenchmen's Bay? I'll show you more tomorrow...