First Family Vacation

We just got back from our first official family vacation!  

We rented a small house on a lake for a week up in New Hampshire for just Brian, Ellie, Winnie and I.  We were a little late in booking the place, but we were lucky to find something that allowed us to bring our dog and was in our price range.  I think we packed up our entire house (just to give you an idea of how much we packed: we had to take 2 cars.  Yup that is right....I drove up 1 car and Brian drove up another car and they were both PACKED to the brim.) Luckily the house was only about an hour and a half drive from our home!

The house was on Sunrise Lake, which is a small and quiet lake.  The house had a nice little beach where we could sit out in the sand and play in the water. 

 We spent most days hanging out at the house.  Brian and I would take turns either going for runs or biking in the mornings and then when the weather warmed up we would sit out on the beach.  

I must say that while the vacation was fun and relaxing, vacationing with a baby is MUCH different than vacationing with just Brian.  There was much less down time and we were a bit limited in activities.  That being said, I think this type of vacation was ideal for our first extended time away from home. We were able to do things at a slow pace and bring whatever we wanted with us. 

 Winnie had a lot of fun playing fetch in the water

 Enjoying my favorite beer and some wings!

 Ellie and Winnie enjoying the beach

 Ellie and Me

 Ellie feeling the sand in her toes!

 

Brian preparing the fire