After hearing about our weekend up in Maine Brooke wanted us to take her to see some lighthouses too. Jen and I have also decided it would be a fun project to try and eventually see all the lighthouses on the Maine Coast. We figure it can be a longer term project and will give us another option for something fun and different to do on our days or afternoons off with the girls. Most of the lighthouses have either nice little parks, beaches, old forts and/or walking trails also so it should be a good thing for family trips. So with that in mind last Sunday we took the girls for a ride to Portland and saw 5 more lighthouses along the way, three of which we explored on the shore and two were visible on islands offshore. That gives us 9 in the last few weeks and gets us off to a good start towards our project of seeing the 60+ lights in the state. If you want to join us on any of the trips let us know. If it sounds like fun to anyone other than us there's a few good sites for information on them here. Lighthousefriends.com/me , mainelighthousetrail.com and visitmaine.com/attractions/sightseeing_tours/lighthouse/ .

Also, with some help from Brooke, we also had an anniversary dinner for my parents at home last weekend where we cooked a five course meal and served it to them. I paired the different courses each with a different wine and we joined them after the cooking for dinner and dessert. Brooke took their orders "diner" style, as in "What you like?! OK, What else?" and wrote out the menus. She also helped Jen serve some of it. We had a lot of fun doing it and I think they enjoyed it a lot also.

We also went apple and pumpkin picking, which is all new to Emily, and Jen took Brooke along with Chelsea and Evy to all get their nails done for Evy's birthday. I can't tell you how much fun Brooke had doing it and how excited she is to show everyone her nails whenever she sees them. Today we helped decorate the yard for Halloween. There's a few pictures of everything here if you're interested in seeing them. Trick or Treat is coming up and Brooke insists we all dress up. Hopefully if we get a nice afternoon or day off sometime we'll squeeze in another hike with the girls before it gets too cold for Em or maybe go visit another lighthouse or two. Whatever happens there will be another update and pictures coming in a little while so check back with us soon. That's all for now!