Vacation Memories

Ok - so I haven't updated in a while. Thigns have been crazy, we were on vacation, and I'm still getting caught up since being on vacation. So much has been going on and so much has happened in the past 2 weeks. Let's try to highlight a few of the things :-)

Well, vacation was wonderful. Vince and I got horribly sunburned (Vince worse than I), and that happened the 2nd day we were on vacation. We were at the beach and Vince didn't use any sunblock, and I did use it, but we both got burned. Go figure. The ocean water up in Maine was FREEZING cold, but that's New England for ya! It was still a fun time. It was originally going to just be Vince and I and a little getaway for our anniversary (AND the only night we were going to be alone that week!). It ended up that my mom came along, my grandmother, my aunt and uncle and cousin, my sister and her husband and their 3 kids! Needless to say it was a crowd, but we had a lot of fun. We stayed that night (Vince and I) at The Union Bluff Hotel, this really old Beach front hotel. We had a BEAUTIFUL room - corner ocean view room with bay windows overlooking the ocean and a patio deck overlooking the ocean. Too bad we were both so sunburned to enjoy it. We layed in bed miserable and passed the aloe vera back and forth to each other. Such is life I suppose! Here's where we stayed!






The View From Our Room





This is a wonderful view of Vince's horribly sunburned feet, and part of my sunburn





And my niece Emma at the beach



Let's see, what else went on during our vacation? Well, my cousin got married (the main reason for going up to New Hampshire) and it was great to have my mom's whole family there. We haven't been all together in I think it was 13 years or something, so that was great to see everyone. This is a picture of all the cousins (minus 1 who was still on the road!)



My mom, my sister Amy, and me



And the bride and groom



My niece and nephew were in the wedding and they were just ADORABLE! They came over to see us before they headed to the church. My youngest niece Emma wasn't in the wedding, but she had to get dressed up when Mackenzie and Ben did, of course :-)



We had a lot of fun and I'm glad that I got to see everyone while I was home. We went to my mom's church while we were there (one of the longest days in my life!) and saw a lot of people I haven't seen in forever. At the wedding, a lot of the people from the church were there and they had to do double takes to realize it was me - LOVED THAT! One lady came up to me, and I've known her since I was really young, and she was like, "Abby, it's like you're and extreme makeover all in one!" Ha! So cute!

Here's Vince and I after church at my mom's new apartment



We hung out at my uncle's house the day before we were all leaving and that was a lot of fun. Got to do more swimming and seeing the kids. Here's some pics from there - my nieces and nephews are so cute!!

Ben & Emma being silly



Nanna (my mom), Mackenzie, and Emma



That's about the gist of my vacation. Got to spend some time with my best friend while I was up there - not nearly enough time, but we'll make up for it sometime soon (hopefully!)

Work hasn't been too bad since I've been back. I'm just about caught up and one of the doctor's and the nurse are both on vacation next week, so hopefully it will be a pretty quiet week next week.

Got my mid-year review and bonus, and surprise, a 2% raise (not much, but everything helps!). My bonus was $1500!!! This couldn't have come at a better time. We were pretty low in the bank account after getting back from vacation, so this helps out and we can pay some things off and get the new bedding I want for our bedroom! Side note on that - check out www.companyc.com. They have beautiful bedding and my cousin works there, so chi-ching! Discount! I'm so excited - I've never had really nice bedding! I mean, sheets that are normally $145 for a queen set, and I'll be getting them for about $36! COME ON!!! So, I'm excited about that!

Other than that, nothing much going on (yeah, nothing much! Ha!) Guess I should be getting back to work. I only have 2 1/2 more hours left today and I'm done, but I'm by myself today, so you never know what's going to happen! Hope everyone is having a great week!!!

Love to all!