Painting the Town.....AND our Shutters!

The TOWN got painted red this past week-end!

The SHUTTERS, however, are getting a makeover from already being a bee-right fire-engine red to a more subdued black. Praise the Lord. The doors will become a more bricky/farm-housey/with a little bit of cranberry perhaps/ red at a later date. One project at a time!

Anyway......

We had some friends from PA visiting with us for the past couple of days, so we decided to take them to some of our most fave spots. We had gorgeous weather and they are up for just about anything. So, on our first day we kicked it to Sunset Rock in Lucerne and had us a little picnic up top.

Afterwards, we went and explored all of the little tunnels and caves. Kaden found a salamander and three frogs, we found a few wild blueberries, and we just visited and vegged overlooking the pretty scenery until naptimes.


And then yesterday we went to Bar Harbor for the day. Last summer when they were here, the fog was the craziest we have EVER seen it to be, and - no joke - when we drove the park loop road overlooking the ocean and the mountains, we saw NOTHING! Not a thing. So, this time we conquered Bar Harbor. We hung at Sand Beach for awhile, first, and then we drove the rest of the park loop road so that they could actually see what they missed last year.

We went to The Jordan Pond House for tea and popovers. LOVE it there!


This was our pretty view during our snack!

Then, we hit a few little shops. And we ate supper at our new absolute most favorite place - Stewman's - right on the water. (I know, I know. I should hyperlink, or whatever you call it, that little restaurant name but I just don't feel like it. Check it out. It's reasonable. Fun, funky atmosphere. And the food is the BOMB. And if it flies anyone's kite - President Obama ate there when he came to Maine). It was a LATE night for my boys. We didn't get to bed until 11:00!!!

And now TODAY, we are having a project day at home and attempting to conquer our TWENTY red shutters. This is a GIFT to me from my hubby. It is slightly tedious work. He rocks. We hit shutter #10, though, and then we ran out of paint. So, the boys are doing a Home Depot run, and I am sitting here in total veg mode awaiting their return. Psyching myself up to get pumped to conquer the rest before bedtime. Whose idea was this anyway? OH wait - it was mine.......

Have a happy week-end friends!