It is hard to believe that 20 years have passed. But, today, Emmie and I celebrated our 20th anniversary!!! We spent a day in Charlottetown. We ate at Sims Steakhouse. And we saw Anne and Gilbert, the Musical. it was an amazing way to spend the day.
Happy anniversary Emmie!!! Thanks for 20 amazing years. I'm looking forward to many, many, many more.
Love ya!!!
We took a very action packed overnight trip to the Cape these past two days. We left on Sunday morning, beating most traffic down - though there was a lot of traffic coming off the Cape.
The first big ticket item was to go to Hobby Lobby. This store, which Emmie went to briefly in NH, was a hit with Emmie. She found a ton of stuff, as did Bri (for a spa day party). Kiff also found an ugly dogs playing poker picture in a frame that he fell in love with.
After that. we headed to the go-karts, which is aways fun. Kiff got a dud of a cart, while Bri was able to race off to first place in one of her races. Those driver's ed classes came in handy.
We went to Mark and Carols to celebrate a birthday cookout. We had a fun time, enjoying the deck and the cool air at the time (it had been cloudy and humid all day).
The following morning, we hit Hearth and Kettle. Bri actually drove us there and got the first taste of Cape traffic. Then, we did a few things including just resting and reading. We went to the beach and then trekked home.
Overall, it was a calm and relaxing overnighter.
Today we got a chance to see a sneak preview of "Fly Me To The Moon" in the theater. The movie stars Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum.
As a history and astronomy buff, I was looking forward to seeing it. But, I expected it to be a ho-hum affair. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this movie was fun, energetic, and had a lot of twists and turns. It presented the idea of the "soundstage version" of the moon landing and where it might have come from.
Although it is based on the Apollo 11 mission - and the huge PR campaign for it - the overall plot is fictional. However, the characters are fun, realistic, and believable. And the movie was great. We all loved it - and it is definitely a surprise movie of the summer.
Every year for the past several years, we try to see the Gloucester Fireworks. Traditionally, they are held the night before the fourth and are one of the best displays in the region.
This year was no exception. We went to Stage Fort Park in Gloucester and were mesmerized by the spectacular display. The fireworks were incredible. This year, they did feature food trucks, which actually made the sky brighter than normal....but that was not a problem.
The pyrotechnics themselves were splendid and captured an array of styles....and included three finales (we actually missed the final finale, thinking it had already happened). The only hiccup was one of the fireworks went low to the ground....though still out in the harbor, which seemed to be fine.
Parking was not as bad as usual, and they opened up a side gate on the grass lot, which helped immensely.
We went to Gloucester's Good Harbor beach today. It was a beautiful day for it. The tide was going out and the sun was shining.
We stopped and got a little Panera before going there. Then, we spent about two hours there.
The only hiccup was the inconsistent sunscreen. It was spray Neutrogena that did not go on smoothly. We all had slight red spots as a result of the poor spraying.
