Sailing in Jamestown, June 2012

 Our friend Kelly invited us to go sailing. We had no idea it would become one of our new hobbies we loved to do. What a wonderful, inspirational first sail. We have loved sailing ever since.

 View of Fort Adams in Newport.

 Ship getting ready for the Tall Ships tournament

Newport Bridge

Newport Rhode Island

 Cliff Walk in Newport. Breathtaking views both of the ocean, and the mansions along this beautiful, well kept path.

 The yard of The Elms" is our favorite place to play at the mansions. I think it looks exactly like the yard of Versailles. It is breathtaking, and a wonderland for the kids to play in.

 The Breakers is our favorite mansion. It rivals the palaces of any I have seen. It's funny to think the Golden Age was the same time the pioneers were trekking across the country, just praying for somewhere peaceful to settle.

Mystic Seaport, Connecticut June 2012

So I have no idea why my horizontal pictures flipped. My blog hasn't worked in a year so I'm just happy to have anything working on it. :) Let me know how to fix this if you know. 

 MYSTIC SEAPORT CONNECTICUT!!! What a great museum, park, playground. The seaport let's you learn all about the ships, and businesses that were developed in this area. We were also lucky enough to go to our first Lobster Fest which was a blast. We'd done lots of crab, but not lobster yet. Everyone around taught us exactly how to do it for best quality, and fun.

Watch Hill, Rhode Island

Misquamicut Beach and Festival

 Aaaaahhhhh it's so nice to be back at the beach. We honestly didn't know that RI was such a beach state. We knew that the whole south end was ocean but I guess we figured it was New England, so it would be cold water. Misquamicut Festival was our first glimpse of our new surroundings and we loved it. The water is a little bit colder than Virginia but still very nice to have some great days playing in the surf, and sand.

 Raiyah and Malakai are official ocean children. There were lots of other people at the beach, and we kept seeing the parents telling their kids they couldn't get in the water, and scared of the waves. But our kids just jumped right in and were completely soaked by the time we went back home. Already loving this ocean state.