Labor Day weekend 2010

We flew out to Connecticut on Thursday, Sept. 2. We arrived only about an hour after my brother and his family and my grandma. Taya had a blast playing with her cousins (as you will see in the pictures below) and grandma Cena got to hear Taya sing ABCs about a million times. It was a wonderful treat to see my family. We arrived back home on Tuesday, Sept. 7 so we had a nice, long weekend.

This is out of order because I forgot to upload it, but this is grandma Cena at the beach. She ended up holding all of the kids stuff.
This was the first morning we were there. Taya was getting reacquainted with uncle Wade. That yellow chair was "her" chair the whole weekend.

Dunkin' Donut Saturday with cousin Jayden.

Big cousins Beau and Jayden holding Taya's hand for a walk. I don't think Beau wore a shirt the entire time...he LOVED being at the beach house.

Aunt Jillian supervising the walk.

The first day we made it to the beach it was really windy. We were getting the effects of Hurricane Earl. The kids still wanted to play in the sand though.

Look at that smile. It makes me nervous for the future...but the kids had a blast in the Barbie Corvette. Taya liked the horn best but she did drive the car a few times.

Beau was a better driver so Taya really liked to ride with him. He enjoyed driving the girls around.

Taya woke up at 6:00 pretty much every morning (except once at 7:00) but we watched a beautiful sunrise on Sunday.

A very tired Taya.

We ventured to the beach again Sunday. It was still a little chilly and windy but less than the previous day.

Not the greatest but the only family photo we got on the trip.

Beau (far left), Jayden (middle), and Jillian (right) all loved wave jumping.

Since I was taking pictures, Ethan took Taya to play.

No matter the temperature, Taya loves water!

Dad-o, Taya, and Grammy just strollin'...

After swimming, baths, and jammies it was time for a little more cruising :)

The guys in charge of grilling. We had steak and lobster (and I got my own piece of fresh Atlantic salmon, yum!).

That is Jarv's boat in the sound in front of the beach house. Monday morning he took Wade, Jillian, and Ethan out to water ski. Wade and Jillian did really well...Ethan not so much but he at least gave it a try.

The kids watching the water skiing from the porch.

You can barely see a black speck in the water to the left of the boat...that's Ethan's head.

Taya enjoyed her Grammy time.

And Grammy enjoyed her Taya time.

We (the kids and me) finally got to go on the boat Monday evening. We went up the Connecticut River.

Fun!

Uncle Wade and Taya floating on the river.

Aunt Jillian, Uncle Wade, cousin Jayden, and miss Taya

A view of part of Saybrook on our way back to the boat dock.

And that's when my battery died in the camera. We had a pretty fun time but I think Taya had the most fun seeing her family. The highlight of my trip was Jillian and I were treated to pedicures so we had an hour to ourselves.

**For those who haven't checked the blog recently, I also have two other posts from a few days ago...this post might be long enough to knock them to another page so be sure to look back if you want to see**