New Hampshire

When first arrived in New England we spent sometime in New Hampshire. We have a new (8 month new) niece that we had not yet met and were soooooo anxious to meet. So it had to be our first stop! 

Of course being up the beautiful mountains of New Hampshire in the middle of the summer is relaxing, beautiful, and quite a shift from what we are used to in Texas. We got to meet sweet June and have some outings including a visit to the farm, a swim in the lake, and a hike in the basin with her. She is a trooper with older cousins!Here are some pictures from our long weekend in the mountains:

Why HELLLOOOO New Hampshire. 66 degrees at 3:51 in the afternoon is at least 30 degrees cooler than where we are from!!!

While Big Sissy was helping Grandma make blueberry pancakes Cutie Pie decided she should pick a bouquet for the table from Grandma's beautiful flowers. She pointed to the ones she wanted, Daddy clipped. So pretty, right?!

Helping Grandma to pick some green beans from her garden. 

Action shot in the garden! Cupcake has great aim!

Hiking the basin one day. I loved this little snuggle bug in my back pack...and yes we have matching shoes!

More hiking at the Basin. At what age do you become sensitive to really cold water? Not 2.... 

Certainly not 4...

Cupcake was asking for a morning at Uncle Dave's farm long before we arrived. Of course he and Aunt Andrea were welcoming of our little farm lovers who have a particular interest with chickens:

Uncle Dave shows Cupcake how to harvest carrots:

 Uncle Dave is known for his garlic. This picture may be beautiful but smelling it was a DREAM! I could have laid in the grass next to this wheel barrel inhaling the rich garlic smell for hours!

Cutie Pie harvested a carrot too!

 Hiking around Grandpa's property is such a fun adventure. Here Cupcake finds the base of an old tree:

We went to Forest Lake for a swim. The water was REALLY cold....Texans you don't drink water in the summer as cold as this was. And yet these sweet girls didn't seem to mind. 

 But in the end I decided to go for it! That's me, way out there! It was still cold but I decided that it was a chance to feel really alive. It was cold, refreshing, and fun!

Sunning with my sweet girl to warm up a bit!

The mountains of New Hampshire are really beautiful in the summer. I am so very thankful we have family that draws us North from time to time. We really enjoyed our time there. As we packed up to head to the city it seemed like we could head home and still feel like we had a nice summer experience....and yet so much more was yet to come. Love and thanks to all the family that welcomed us and hosted us in New Hampshire.