Thursday, July 12, 2012

Nantucket

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One of the highlights of our summer, every year, is a trip to our favorite island: Nantucket Island.

Nantucket is in the Atlantic Ocean, off of Cape Cod, and to travel there requires heavy traffic and long hours on roads, parking in Hyannis, and taking a ferry ride to Nantucket. Once we arrive to the island, usually Grandma & Grandpa are there to pick us up, and this time Aunt C, Uncle P and cousins were there, also. And all the travel is so worth it, Nantucket truly is a special place.

In the collage above, I have random pictures from the ferry, from our walks, from Fourth of July celebrations, and from kids helping Grandpa sand the fence.

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A trip to Nantucket Island would not be complete without a trip to the beach! Swimming, boogie boarding and seaweed fights were so much fun with cousins!

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Grandma and Grandpa's attic on Nantucket is a fascinating and fun place. On one side you find Lionel trains midst of mountains and villages (not pictured here), and on the other side is a puppet stage made by Grandma when she was young, including marionettes.

The cousins put together a fantastic marionette puppet show called Independence Day. Well done, all!!

And a special treat in the end. A short video of Missy devouring her watermelon piece. This shows why she was able to bring the watermelon prize home from the festivities:)



Ps. You can make the video larger by clicking the arrows on bottom right.

Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa, for the wonderful time we all had!

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Perheemme vietti upean viikon isovanhempien kesäkodissa Nantucketin saarella Atlantin valtameressä. Oli itsenäisyyspäivän viettoa, rannalla olemista, kävelyreissuja ja marionettinukke-esitys, paljon aikaa serkkujen ja isovanhempien, tädin ja sedän kanssa. Videossa Missy voittaa vesimelonin syöntikisan Usan itsenäisyyspäivän juhlinnassa Nantucketin pääkadulla. Upea viikko lempisaarellamme!

8 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness...that video is AWESOME. :) I love it. How do you make such neat collages? Is it a program you have on your computer?

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    1. Thanks, Meredith - I thought the video was fantastic:) I make the collages with my iPhone app "Pic Collage" - I think it's a free app? Love it.

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  2. I love the photo collages! I've never been but my husband and I are looking at Nantucket rentals to take our family to in late August and I;m so excited. I have heard such wonderful things and it looks like you and your family had a fabulous time.

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    1. I hope you find a place! Nantucket is amazing.

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