TRAVELS TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD: DAY 1

Thanks to one of Mike's customers,

who let us use his home,

we were able to spend a week in Martha's Vineyard.

We packed the car on Friday night and

 left on Saturday, May 15th, at 6am...

We had 2 vomit stops, compliments of Carina

(this explains the outfit you'll see her in in the next pics)--

and 3 potty and/or food stops,

we made it to Woodshole, Mass. by 12pmish.

We had a ferry reservation for 2:30pm.

but they let us on the next boat,

Which was around 1:15ish.

Waiting on the ferry line.

On the ferry..

it was about a 40 minute ride to the island.

I'm so glad we had use of the gps, because we probably wouldn't have found the house for

hour(s) otherwise...

The house was/is quite nice..out in the "boonies" so to speak.

Very quiet.

Front view.

Let's go see what is inside!

We had plenty of room in the house..

4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (soo nice!)

huge closets..

This is the upstairs master bedroom, that Mike and I inhabited.

Hanging in the "foyer"

Upstairs landing.

The room where the kids slept.  Also upstairs.

There was one more bedroom upstairs, but I guess I didn't get a picture of it.

Michael slept on the top bunk, Carina on the bottom, and Rian got the pack n play.

They did well..though, each of them for various reasons..

(Rian screaming night #1,

Carina fell down the stairs in the middle of a night,

Michael threw up in the middle of a night)

..got to kick Daddy out of bed and spend one night with me.

Basement..

complete with makeshift ping-pong table.

Kitchen..

had everything necessary

(except a muffin tin)

Love the sink!

Living room/dining areas

We brought a bunch of toys with us..

so that is the clearest we saw the floor all week.

Downstairs master bedroom, the 2 older kids took their rests

in here and we used the bathroom off of this bedroom for the kids baths.

Saturday after we arrived and did a load of laundry

(to clean Rena's vomit-laden carseat)

we ventured out to get the few things we needed at the grocery store..

and explore a little bit.

We ended up getting some pizza and bringing it back for dinner.

Why take a picture of the pizza?

It was nearly $2k for that pizza!!!

(yes, I exaggerate a LITTLE)

It was pretty outrageous though.

The deck out back..

Dead, dried horseshoe crab.

More view of the backyard.

After dinner, it was bathtime.

Checking out the tub..

Thus began our time in Martha's Vineyard.

More to come.