At the Cape

Our house on the cape. It was actually two houses put together to make one big house that could fit the whole family. The owner told us that there are cannon ball holes in the attic from the Revolutionary war.


The kids can't get enough of the Nintendo DS



One sunny day was spent at Mayflower Beach, one of the outside beaches. An outside beach means that the water is a lot colder, but the sand is better. Hmmmm...take your pick. Wherever you go the water is plenty salty.


Ruby was the best lookin' babe on the beach with her cute sunhats and tweeny-weeny-polka-dot-bikini (not seen here).

So here is what the beach looked like when we got there in the morning...

...and then a really fat guy did a cannonball and emptied all of the water out of the bay so it looked like this. Actually this is what it looks like when the tide goes out. It doesn't even look like the same beach.

I tried to get a before and after picture of Chris' tan line but the reflection from the white part was so bright that you can't see the biker-tan very well. The after picture was never taken, but lets just say Chris went from tan and white to tan and pink.



We took a rainy day retreat to Martha's Vineyard since we couldn't go to the beach and the Bell family spent all of their years on Nantucket and most hadn't ventured to the Vineyard. Everyone voted hands down that Nantucket has more to offer. Despite the vote, we had fun seeing part of the island (mostly from the bus - as seen below).




We ate at a popular restaurant called The Black Dog and visited all of the four souvenier shops found in that area of Martha's. Although it is called The Black Dog, Paulie and Stoughton bought brown dogs. The girls were true to the name and got black puppies that they carried around tucked in their coats to keep them from getting wet.




We were able to catch a beautiful beach sunset one of the first nights there.


Still active, Lala (Grandma Bell) is tearing it up on Isabelle's bike.