Our Field Trip to Nauticus

This week has been a busy one with sports, ice cream parties, field trips and more. Here are some photos I wanted to share from our visit to Nauticus, a maritime museum. The kids and I really had blast exploring. The highlight of our day was petting a shark...ok, a small shark, but still pretty darn cool!

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Aloha Friday

Greeting friends! Thanks for stopping by today. I'm sorry I haven't been around the blogosphere much lately. Life is pulling me in other directions these days. Once things settle down a bit, I hope to get back in the swing of things. I've certainly missed you all!

My question for today: Do you have a summer vacation planned? If so, where are you going?

I was hoping to visit my family's cottage again this summer. It's so peaceful and beautiful there, on Lake Michigan, what a treat! But, with baby on the way and hubs traveling, it's looks like we won't be able to vacation this year. I'm not thrilled about that, since I really could use a break from reality! What about you?

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Wordless Wednesday

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Quotable Sunday - In Honor Of Armed Forces Day

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ~José Narosky

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? ~George Canning

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick

Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic. ~John A. Logan

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
~William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, much later adapted to "So shines a good deed in a weary world" by David Seltzer for the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ~Benjamin Franklin

He loves his country best who strives to make it best. ~Robert G. Ingersoll

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
~John Dickinson


May God Bless Our Troops and Return Them All Home Safely

Aloha Friday

Greetings bloggy friends! Thanks for stopping by today. If you are new to Aloha Friday, be sure to stop by An Island Life and say hello to Kailini, our lovely hostess.

My question this week: What's your favorite ice cream novelty?

The ice cream man is back in town and I love watching the kids go nuts when they hear the familiar tune from his truck. I'd have to say my favorite item is the chipwich...yum! What about you?

A Thousand Words Thursday

'Da Boys on pizza night...

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