The Granite State: Everything else

In between all of our big excursions we had a little down time here and there.

Grandma was able to sneak in a book or two with Jasmine and Spider Man

While Superman lounged around.

After church we took a drive to show the kids the house Ben grew up in (his parents moved right after he graduated high school).

I love that most of the addresses out there are only 2, maybe 3 digits long. Many are only 1!

Since he grew up in the middle of nowhere, it takes forever to drive to the house so the kids were getting a little restless. Ben really wanted to show Kiara the elementary school he went to so we decided to let them play on the awesome playground there. They were in heaven! There was this cool zipline-type thing that they each took turns on and every time insisted I take a picture of them. It was pretty cool!

This was Kiara's first time on it:

And this was Eve's:

It's amazing these girls get along so well since their personalities are so drastically different (ie: Eve chooses the Spiderman costume while Kiara chooses Princess Jasmine)!

Boston had to be sure to show us he was "so big!"

When Ben was 10 years old his little brother passed away from SIDS. We decided to stop at his grave on the way home so he could tell Kiara about her uncle and Eve about her brother. It was a really neat experience. 

It's tradition to go to Ben's favorite seafood restaurant, Newick's, every time we visit NH.

Ben ordered the 2lb. lobster and ate every bite of it!

Ben's mom is a concert musician and an incredible violin teacher. She used to teach at a private music conservatory in Cambridge and always has a waiting list of students wanting to be taught by her. She wanted to give Kiara her own violin and a couple of lessons while we were there. I was amazed at how focused Kiara was and how much she enjoyed the lesson. She's a natural!

She's also pretty stinkin' cute!

Finally the sad time came to say goodbye. We all stalled as long as we could and hated to leave.

We had an incredible 10 days in New Hampshire and can't wait to go back soon!