Oguinquit, Maine our last stop

This was my favorite part of our trip!  Maine and especially by the Atlantic coast is so beautiful.  Lush green yards and tons of beautiful flowers.  Everything just grows like you have never seen before, I guess compare that to Texas and that gives you the reason why.  Moist, Salty Ocean air and tons of rain helps!!  This is the resort we stayed at.  It was really nice!  The weather was perfect.  2 of our days there the temps. were in the upper 50's and rainy.  Compare that to the over 100 degree days we were having in June in Texas.  A 50 degree temp. change was crazy to me!!

Bronc enjoying the swing in his jammies, although he looks a bit grumpy here!!

Monkey boy checking out the ocean on the table top!

The rooms

Momma and Broncers playing in the cold ocean water and sand!

 He loved it!!

This is what I mean, look at these flowers and this perfect little ocean side home!! Wowzers!!

These wild roses grew all along the ocean coast!! Really pretty! 

 Our handsome little boy!!

 See the lighthouses in the background??

We had a really nice time on our trip to the New England area!! I recommend it to you all!!

Next Stop..Concord, MA

Tyler's Sister Rachelle, planned our entire journey along the Atlantic Coast.  What a beautiful trip.  I highly recommend it.  Our next stop was Concord, Massachusett's.  What a quaint little town!!

 We stayed at this really neat B&B called the Hampton Inn.  This town is so rich in history, not that I am a history buff or anything!! I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.  Here is Bronc playing with family in the front yard of the B&B.  I have never seen anything so lush and green.  I guess because good ol' Tejas is in a major drought at this time.  It was very refreshing to be around rain, green forage and flowers!!

 This was the coolest part of Concord to me.  The story Little Women was written in this actual house by Louisa May Alcott.  We got to tour the home and 85% of the furnishings in the home were authentic.  Isn't that so cool.  Bronc was being somewhat of a pill during the tour so I didn't get to enjoy it to the fullest but I got enough of a tour to see the home and everything in it.  Recommended stop if you are ever in Concord, MA!!!

 

This is the school house that the Alcott's father built near their home.  It was really cool too!!

 While in Concord, I saw this toy store and thought it would bring Bronc great joy and fun to visit it.  He loved it.  He found a little shopping basket just his size to push around.  He pushed it all over the store, filling it up with goodies he liked!!  Silly boy!!

 Having a ball in the toy store!!

 Walden Pond was another neat attraction in Concord.  This is an actual lake that Henry David Thoreau lived at for 2 years I believe.  See there, I never remember my history.  Maybe I did though!!  Anyhoo, this is a local swimming attraction for the public as well.  It felt like I was back in time being there, it seemed that several of the people were wearing old timey bathing suits... Maybe that is why it felt that way!!  LOL!!!

Next Stop!!! Oguinquit, Maine...The most beautiful place I've been to yet!!! 

The next part of our New England Trip....Dunkin Donuts!!!

The Sun was always shining on a Dunkin Donuts...mainly because there is no lie, a bajillion of them in New England.  I just thought I would fall over every time I saw one of these.  It was really bizarre.  They were literally across the same street from one another.  I guess to make it convenient for consumers if they were driving along that side of the road just to get a silly donut or coffee.  The main reason that I was so fascinated by this is because the pink and orange letters bring so many childhood memories for me. 

My sister and I always looked forward to going to Dunkin Donuts for the Strawberry Glazed Donut, let me tell ya it was sooooo good!!!  I kept telling Linda and Rachelle on our trip we have got to stop and get me one of those Strawberry Glazed Donuts... I had to re-live part of my fondest childhood memories.  So we end up not going to any on our Drive to Maine, but Rachelle tells me I ought to save it for the last day at the airport...YES even the airport had them.   So I did, I waited my last day in New England....It was the highlight of my morning.  I get to the DD stand and much to my dismay they don't have my Strawberry Glazed Donut.  I was so sad....  I opted for Donut holes, chocolate at that.  It wasn't history, but it was satisfying enough!!  Oh, just another bit of DD history.  There is like over 60 of the Dunkin Donut stores just in Boston alone.  I bet those Cops are happy campers!!!

Neglectful....

I know that I have not blogged in ages.... I am super sorry.  Life is busy, hectic, changing...for the better!!  Are you wanting to know my secrets??? Yes I have some secrets.....but I'm not quite ready to share them just yet.  I would catch up on my blog while I am sitting here waiting for Bronc to wake up, but I bet the moment I start he will wake up.  I need to load pictures on my laptop in order to catch up.  I am not at home, so all the picts. are on my home computer.  We will see.  I promise to catch up very soon!! Sorry, hope all is well in your land.

On to Boston!!

Our flight begins on a grand ol' Southwest flight!!  I love Southwest, I fly it on a regular basis!!  We flew out of Denver straight to Boston.  It was about a 4 hour flight.  Bronc did amazingly well!!  He slept about an hour and then was awake the rest of the time, playing and snacking!

We have arrived in Boston and this is our caravan of luggage, we all thought we packed light... Doesn't look like it here!!!

This is our first hotel we stayed in, the Westin.  It was a really beautiful, huge hotel.  Not to far from the Boston Harbor.  Bronc really like looking out our big window, what a cool view!!

 

Here is a view of one of the cities awesome skylines!! 

Bronc and his Bracelet!!  This is a bracelet that Tyler made for me in 2007 out of an old poly rope.  I wore it all the time and when Bronc was born he would always hold onto it when he would nurse.  So it is kinda like his "comfort item".  He always chews on the thing and loves to hold it when he is asleep.

This is a really nice boat on the Harbor. 

We went on a Duck Tour which was really pretty cool.  As horrible as I am with history, all I can remember is that these were used in I think WWII as land vehicle as well as boat.  This Duck toured us all around the best places to see in Boston and then we plunged into The Charles River.  Bronc loved it!!!!

 Beautiful Churches in Boston

Bronc hanging with the fam reading a book

A really interesting looking bridge

This is our reflection in this glass building as we passed by.  We were in the HOT PINK DUCK!!! 

The Cheers Pub from TV!!

There are several graveyards along your path in Boston.  Right in the middle of the city.  In strange places in my opinion.  I am used to seeing cemeteries off to themselves, these however are right in town. 

This particular one Paul Revere, John Hancock and even Mary Goose aka Mother Goose are buried here.  

Isn't this so pretty!!  I love flowers and they were all over the city!!

 This is the Holocaust Memorial.  There were six different towers that were really tall and you could walk through them all.  Each one is dedicated to the 6 Death Camps.  Each tower has numbers etched in the glass for each Jew that was killed. 

6 million Jews were slaughtered and 1/2 a million of these were children.  This was really an interesting place to visit. 

 After our Duck Tour we decided to walk all over Boston.  There are several of these water attractions for children to play in.  Something different to me as well.  The city life is really interesting, you see business men and women walking all over the city. They are walking in heels and business attire.  I bet they have sore feet on a regular basis.!

That is pretty much a wrap up of Boston, we were there for one night and one day.  On to Concord next. 

Oh, and I must say there will be a post about Dunkin Doughnuts...another shocker!

Vacation Part One

Tyler's Mom and Sister had a trip planned to Boston and Maine, which was unbelievable!!  I kinda invited myself.....  Wondering if I shoulda just stayed home......But I didn't!!  We drove to Colorado to Rachelle's on a Sunday.  This is Bronc letting me know that he was tired of his car seat.  Note, he was just out for a diaper change and then right back in he went.  Bronc actually did really good on our 8 hour drive. 

 Stretching his legs, we got out for a bit to stretch and tend to another diaper!! Fun!

 Here is Bronc and Uncle Wes enjoying a muffin on the back porch!

Bronc being silly on the table!! This child loves to be on top of tables.

 Bronc and Uncle Wes looking at the Yaks. 

 I know one day Bronc won't appreciate this picture, but isn't it just so cute.  He really enjoyed Colorado in the buff!! There was actually green lush grass to play in, and the weather was cool.  Something we haven't seen around here in a year now. 

We stayed in Colorado until Tuesday and then flew out to Boston.  Next stop Massachusetts!!!