Vacation 2008 Day #1

Well as many of you know, we just returned home from a fantastic vacation to Cape Cod and Boston, Mass. We were gone for a week and boy was it a busy one. We did and saw so much. I've decided that the best way to blog our trip is one day at a time. So I'll start with day #1. After a long day of packing and 2 hours of sleep we left Lincoln at 5 am to head to Omaha for an early flight. Surprisingly we came very close to missing our flight. We didn't take into account the time it would take to park our cars and take the shuttle to the airport and only allowed 1 hour to drive to the airport. Our house to the airport is more like 1.5 hours, OOPS. So we went through security and checked bags and made it to the gate just in time for the last boarding call, YIKES! This was Coopers first time on an airpane and Katelyn's first time where she was old encough to get what was going on. The kids did fantastic on the plane. Cooper got a bit antsy but all in all did well. Katelyn was fascinated looking out the window at the clouds. Our connecting flight was right on time and again we had just enough time to cross the airport, go to the bathroom, and board the second flight. Upon arriving at the airport my sister Tiffany met us shortly thereafter and we were ecstatic to see her. Tiffany lives near Boston in Taunton, Mass. and inspired this years vacation. We wanted to see her and sightsee and heard that Cape Cod and Boston are beautiful vacation spots. We then took off to get the rental car and off to Cape Cod we went. We vacationed with my sister Misty and her two kids as well. They left with Tiffany for a pit stop in Taunton while Ryan, the kids, and I went ahead to get checked in to the resort. We stayed in Falmouth, Mass which is on the upper cape at a resort called Surfside. We had the Atlantic Ocean and Martha's Vineyard on one side and the Great Pond to the back (both spectacular views). The resort itself was pretty nice although we were a bit disappointed that the jacuzzi tub that was supposed to be in our master bedroom was in, GET THIS, the dining room. ODD! The kitchen was also quite small but considering we spent very little time in the resort it wasn't a huge deal. After checking in and unpacking for the week we took the kids to the beach by the resort to see the ocean for the first time. They were amazed and absolutely fell in love instantly. We hunted sea shells and watched the seagulls for awhile as we waited for the rest of the crew to arrive. Once they showed up we took all the kids swimming at the indoor pool and had a little R&R in the hottub. After swimming, Tiff, Misty, and I went to grab a few groceries to get us by until our larger grocery trip the next day. Let me just say that by the end of the day I was EXHAUSTED!! I don't know how I made it through the day.

Vacation 2008 Day 1