Martha’s Vineyard, Part I

(Sorry for the lack of photos the last six months or so—hopefully this post will get the ball rolling for me and I’ll fill in the gap.)

We spent the last week of September in Martha’s Vineyard with Nancy’s cousin D, her hubby C, and their kids Leah and Norah.  Our first time there, and we had a really nice time.

After both booking the 3:45 ferry, we coincidentally ended up on an earlier boat together.  I somehow took only one (horrible) photo of the view from the ferry, but I feel like I should post something showing our journey over there, so here it is:

Ashley and Sutton were great on the drive and boat ride over there:

After arriving at the house we were renting and having some dinner, it was time to get the kids ready for bed.  Ashley and Leah started an (almost) nightly tradition-- brushing their teeth together in a corner behind a dresser:

And the kids all had storytime together:

The next morning, we headed up to Oak Bluffs.

Oak Bluffs has a large passenger ferry dock, and is probably the tackiest-looking place on the island.  Still, it’s pretty nice, in the offseason at least:

We walked down to the Trinity Park Tabernacle, an open-air church surrounded by a few hundred cute little gothic-style cottages, like these ones:

Not sure what these guys were talking about here, but knowing them, it was probably snack-sharing related:

After going home for naps and dinner, we went out for ice cream.  Ashley had her first own ice cream cone.  She handled it shockingly well.

That brings us up to the end of the first full day there.  Part two tomorrow.