Daisy Hides

Our RIDICULOUSLY silly dog! When you give her a bone is has to "hide" it before she'll chew on it. I hope this brightens your day! She sure makes us laugh.

A Newport Weekend

We spent this past Saturday exploring Newport. Here's our adventure in picture form :)

We drove along Ocean Avenue, which runs along the southern tip of Newport. The view is beautiful. Definitely makes you want to praise the Creator!



It's a small island, so driving along Ocean Avenue didn't take too long so we headed over to Ft. Adams State Park. The fort is closed until May, but we decided to walk around outside despite the wind!

The huge icicles hanging off the fort wall!

Nate posing by one of the gates :)

A view of the side

The Newport Bridge and Rose lighthouse

A rock that was catching some great waves :)

A house! out on a rock/island! Crazy...right?

Beautiful cemetery behind the fort

Once we'd had enough of the windy fort we headed downtown for lunch. It's an old town, so it's amazing some of the things you'll come across...

Me next to the Old Stone Mill. According to historians it was either constructed by Benedict Arnold in the 1600s as a windmill similar to one in his birthplace, Chesterton, England, or a tower built by the Vikings...

A view down a street of the Wharf (the Cookie Jar on the right has AMAZING cookies)

A sidewalk

Like I said, it's amazing what you find...

It was a really fun day and hopefully some of you can come visit and experience Newport for yourself ;)

Hawaiian Feast

If you can't spend Valentine's Day in Hawaii, you might as well eat like you're there. Hawaiian shrimp kabobs were the perfect V-day treat!

Nate manning the grill in the cold

Wine, shrimp kabobs, and grilled sweet potatoes

Delicious!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

The super sweet Marine sent his wife flowers! Hope your Valentine's Day is half as wonderful as mine :)

Chesty

For my darling nephew,

Chesty goes to school...


with your uncle Nathan!


Happy (almost) Birthday, CJ! We love you!

Love,
Uncle Nathan and Aunt Jaime

Cliff Walk

Saturday there was rain in the forecast, but when it hadn't started raining by 11 we decided to go check out the cliff walk. The cliff walk is a 3.5 mile trail that borders the shoreline and runs behind many of Newport's famous mansions (who knew?). And it starts at the beach! We only did the first part because the sky was starting to drip, but I can't wait to go back and see the rest. The views were beautiful even on an overcast day! Here are some pictures from the day.

The beach

The beautiful scenery





Enjoying our walk

The forty steps
(a place where immigrant mansion servants used to spend free time)

Mansions

Versa

On our way up to Rhode Island, while driving up I-95, a metal pipe (?) came flying up from the car in front of us, scratched the hood, broke the front bumper, did Lord only knows what kind of damage underneath, and by the grace of God did not come through the windshield. So the corolla is at the shop for several days and in the meantime we get to drive this little number.


It's a Nissan Versa. It's not a bad car, but we're definitely missing the corolla.