Oct 23, 2010

Deason and Aidan took Doodlebug out for one last hoorah before she gets puts in Grampa's back yard for the winter. They rowed out into the harbor, dropped anchor, and tried to catch some fish! They were unsuccessful in trying to catch any dinner, but they had fun rowing around and setting the anchor multiple times.

Oct 22, 2010

It is amazing how different kids can be. When Deason was young he was fascinated by cars, trucks, and any big machinery. Dahlia loves animals, ALL animals. We went to Coonamessett farm, and Dahlia tried to feed her fingers to every animal we saw. Thankfully, we left the farm with all ten fingers attached.
While the weather here hasn't been that bad, the boat's heater is getting a good work out! The boat is quite drafty, and it doesn't help that it is resting in cold water. Which means that the heat has been on constantly for the past week, night and day. I will still be sad to leave the boat for the winter. We move into our condo this weekend, and it will be bittersweet!

Oct 21, 2010

We are between two condos, and I would have thought that at this point if we didn't have a definite place to stay I would be stressed. Strangely, I am not. It really hasn't been that bad on the boat. It gets cold walking down the dock some nights, but the heat on the boat works great. We spent a few hours at the beach yesterday. Sadly, we had to wear much more clothing than the regular beach apparel. Chris is permanently in a winter hat, but that is only because his head gets cold without hair.

Oct 15, 2010

We went out fishing with some friends on their boat. The kids had a blast. Deason got to drive the boat, and Dahlia got to hang out with Cole and play with the bait fish. She seemed to think they were great swimming around in the tank, but not so great when they flapped in her hand. She only touched them once.

What made the day even better is the fact that I was the only one to catch a fish!

Yes, I am that competitive, especially with Chris.

Oct 11, 2010

What a day! We went out for a little ride today. No sailing, our genoa is stored away and our main sail is still lashed down from when Hurricane Earl was coming. So, we just motored around for a while to check and see if the generator is in fact fixed. And...it worked great.

We went over to Vineyard Haven, poked around in the harbor for a while, and then came back. Chris and I were both tempted to just keep going.

It was great to get off the dock today, even just for a few hours!

Oct 8, 2010

Had a great visit with Grammy, Grampy, and Great Grammy! Wish they could have stayed longer, at least it stopped raining for their visit.

Oct 2, 2010

One great thing about staying in New England for the year is Cyclo-cross season. (Cyclo-cross...is literally a cross between road cycling and mountain bike racing. The bike is a road bike frame with narrow knobby tires. The race courses usually contain the following: road, narrow dirt track, sand pits, barriers, and off the bike run up hills. With all of these obstacles you can usually witness a good crash. And amazingly, watch the racers pop up equally as fast as they went down, and get right back on to the bike and keep going....truly amazing sometimes.) While Chris really misses not being able to ride and race, it is still fun to go to races and spectate, that way we get to see all the people who are still involved in racing and cheer them on.
We just went to the Gloucester cyclo-cross race, which is our favorite. The weather is always perfect, and the area is amazing. The other reason is that, because it is one of the first races of the season, we get to see everyone that we haven't seen in a year and all the kids looks so much bigger, older, and some of them are even all grown up!