Memorial Day in Cape Cod

We headed to Cape Cod for the Memorial Day holiday. Mike once again excelled at picking a spectacular house for us to stay in - this time in Wellfleet. The house was wonderful, especially because it had a private beach on Gull Pond, in addition to being only a 2 minute trip to the nearest beach.









The house also had a private boardwalk path leading to a hiking trail - Henry LOVED it:







And a much adored wooden swing (many jumps were taken off of this swing:



Unfortunately, the weather was not cooperative at first. Saturday and most of Sunday were FREEZING and raining. Not ideal beach weather. But we perservered - many board games were played, and we headed outside whenever it wasn't a downpour:













On Sunday afternoon the weather finally started to clear, and we headed out for a hike to Great Island:











Monday and Tuesday were perfect - 70 degrees and sunny. We basically filled the days with as many beaches and fried fish sandwiches as possible (photo overload!!!):































And threw in some canoeing:



Our final morning we spent at the house playing in the pond. Henry built an elabirate canal system, and Elliot learned not to eat sand:













(that last picture shows the face after he eats sand - priceless)

In spite of some bad weather, and the fact that Elliot apparently HATES his Pack N Play with a passion now, and screamed like a banshee anytime sleep was attempted (ever tried to put a cat into a bathtub full of water? It was kind of like that...) it was a great trip.





(Here is a photo by Henry):



We head back to the Cape in August, and can't wait!

Avon Walk for Breast Cancer 2013

This past weekend was the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer!

I was SO excited to Walk it again - the last time I participated as a Walker was for the Santa Barbara Walk in 2010. And while I love working as a Crew member, nothing beats participating as a Walker. I was walking with my good friend Michelle as "Team Z" in honor of Michelle's dad (know as "Z Papa") who passed away from cancer this past fall.

At Opening Ceremonies bright and early Saturday morning:





The shirts we wore Day 1, listing the names of those we were walking in honor and in memory of:



Heading out!




On the route, day 1:





26.2 miles, done!





Settling in to our tent:





Day 2 - you go a little crazy due to lack of sleep:



Houses along the route decorate for the walkers, and there are tons of kids with lemonade stations and handing out candy:







39.3 miles, done!





It was a great experience, as always. Poor Michelle had a lot of trouble with her knee (she was over compensating for a foot problem she had the past week and ended up with a bad knee), but she perserved through the entire thing and I was very proud of her.

Thank you so much to all who donatedto the Walk - the Boston 2013 walk raised $4 million, and you have helped make a difference in the fight against breast cancer!

And, as always, thanks to Mike for always supporting me in these long and tiring weekends away and taking on kid duty :)