I threw a 70th birthday party for my mom at rather the last minute. Mid- December or so my sister texted me that since it was my mom's 70th this year we should do something to celebrate. My husband and I were leaving on our cruise the weekend of her actual birthday so I offered to host something New Year's Eve. That gave me about 2 or so weeks to prepare (thankfully I was all set for Christmas!). I immediately hopped on Amazon and found some cute and pretty rose gold 70th birthday themed decorations and sent out some e-vites. Between my sister, my step-father, and I we all agreed it was best to keep the guest list to just family. So I settled to working on the menu. We have lots of new food allergies in our family that I tried to work around while also keeping some of my mom's favorites in mind. We settled on: smoked spiral ham and some plain smoked chicken (that my husband offered to cook on the smoker) a baked potato bar with bacon, cheese, chives, sour cream, and
My husband and I have a fascination with light houses and have been to most of them in Michigan. What a great little trip!
ReplyDeleteWe have quite a few up and down the New England coast and I decided we really need to try and make an effort to see more of them.
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ReplyDeleteMy husband and I haven't been to Beavertail in such a long time. There really is no excuse as it is only about an hour from us. :-) It truly is such a beautiful place.
Thanks for sharing your unschooling field trip! It brought back nice memories of my homeschooling days. :-)
I had never been before but we will definitely be going back. Funny enough we tend to visit for Wetherill a few times each year and just never realized how close those two places were.
DeleteI love Lighthouses and this one is gorgeous, si is it´s surrounding :)
ReplyDeleteIt really was amazing out on the point like that. My boys loved walking all around on the rocks.
DeleteJoanne, what a great way to spend the day. My hubby and I love going to the historic parks anytime we travel. We've learned so much about our country and heritage xo
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It really was a lovely day!
DeleteThe views of the water look beautiful. My husband would love to see that aquarium. #explorerkids
ReplyDeleteIt really is quite beautiful there.
DeleteThose rock formations look really cool - lovely photos. Sarah #ExplorerKids
ReplyDeleteThank you! We thought the rocks were really neat too.
DeleteOh well, never mind about the museum being shut but what a beautiful day to have a walk about. Well worth while I think whether it shut or not. :) x
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It was a beautiful day and we really loved the area.
DeleteOh I do love light houses - that one does look like it is in a great place too. #explorerkids
ReplyDeleteI love them too; they're all so uniquely designed.
DeleteWe have a lot of historic lighthouses here in Maine, and we're trying to get to as many as we can.
ReplyDeleteWe have gotten to just a couple of the lighthouses in Maine.
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