Our Mini-Vacation in Rangely, Maine

This was one of the views that we were "forced" to see last weekend.

Want to see another one?

Yeah. We had these views outside every window inside the cabin. It's a rough life, but someone's got to live it. Fortunately, we were able to live that last weekend.

Last Sunday right after Samantha's Birthday party, the Madore-ables, Jeremy and I drove 4 hours north to Rangely, Maine to spend the weekend with Jeremy's family who was also on vacation. Sure, we arrived super late, but isn't that part of the whole vacation experience? The girls did AMAZING on the trip up. We sang every verse of Old MacDonald Had a Farm and made up new silly versions of other songs. The girls stayed awake until about just 30 minutes before we arrived. I was able to run inside make up the girls beds real quick, and just transfered them from the car right to bed.

We stayed from Sunday night to Tuesday afternoon. Jeremy's family took turns coming and staying over night, so we were able to see most of the family which was very nice. The Madore-ables loved playing with their cousins.

We played outside to our hearts content with 0 raindrops. We toasted marshmallows. Jeremy's oldest brother, Ethan brought his motor boat up and we were able to have a ride around Rangely Lake. The girls LOVED it!

The only thing we weren't prepared for:

THE BUGS!!!


We were prepared however to:


Relax in the hammock


Play the guitar a little with Uncle Andre


Go hiking to Angel Falls

Celebrate more of Samantha's birthday!

(Special thank you's to Auntie Jessica who made Samantha's cake.)

Sarah was prepared to learn new things:

She found out what a squirt gun is!

Sarah was prepared to play outside all day in the yard and the beach to make sand castles.

My Madore-ables loved playing with their cousins. It's not often that we get together, so when we do, we make sure we go all out and have a BLAST.