Broke

Over the past few weeks we've gotten into mountain biking. We both love to ride on the road so this was a natural extension. 

Right before our first ride together (and my first time ever). 

A good first effort. 

The kids have been at summer camp so we've been able to sneak out to different places and try them out. 

We even put the "mountain" back in mountain biking and rode to the top of Bradbury Mountain. 

Unfortunately I started the ride up Bradbury by falling pretty hard on my right arm. I was able to make it up the mountain but had to walk the bike down. 

And after getting some x-rays, I found out I had broken my elbow. So I'm taking a forced hiatus from the trails for a bit. 

Bouquet

For Father's Day Molly went out to the garden and picked me some flowers. 

Coast kinda day

This past weekend we headed up the coast to the Boothbay Region. 

The weather started out a bit foggy at Ocean Point. 

But soon after we got there it burned off enough for an enjoyable morning. The kids had a great time scrambling around the rocks. 

Despite what this looks like, Molly did not fall face first into a rock. Thankfully she caught herself, but there were many close calls like this. 

There was even a little bench of stone to get a picture. 

Later, we had a close encounter with a shark or two. 

Thankfully these were harmless sharks at the Maine State Aquarium. The kids had a blast here. 

Wes was all about exploring the touch tank. 

And then there was this guy. Weighing in at ~14lbs, this was one big lobster. 

Katie was a bit scared of him. 

Speaking of lobsters, Molly spent part of the afternoon answering nearly every question the college interns had for the kids at their lobster talk (Molly had studied lobsters last fall. It's nice to know that at least something sunk in). 

And what day on the coast is complete without ice cream?

Camp

For the first time ever, both kids were gone for the entire day and looked after by a non-family member. In other words, they were at summer camp. 

We asked Wes what he liked the best and what he did all day, his response was "I liked having snack and lunch" and "we sat and sat some more."

Sounds like we're getting our money out of it.