Dates

Those dates look fine right now.  Hayden's baseball will be ending around the 28th, and he is in a camp from July 23-27 (just down the street at the school).

2012 Summer Vacation Plans

Hey! I thought I would pick up where we left off on this vacation planning blog so we can all participate without endless cc'ing everyone on responses. I hope everyone remembers how to get here.

We have talked individually about dates and settled on early August. Factors that we considered were:

• Hayden's last day of baseball is July 29
• Kinsey starts school August 21
• Ben and Tiff would like to have a weekend getaway to celebrate their wedding anniversary
• Roxy and I would like to have Hayden visit HHI for a few days by himself

Here is what I propose, but I am totally open to other ideas. Give me some feedback.

1. Roxy and I would fly to MSP July 27-30. We would stay with the 3 kids while Ben and Tiff go away for that weekend.
2. Hayden would return with us to HHI on July 30 and return with his family to MSP on August 10.
3. Ben, Tiff, Marlo and Felix would fly to HHI on (or around) August 3 and return with Hayden on August 10.

There is no magic about August 10 - or any other date for that matter - but I had to start somewhere. Let me hear from you, and when we have a somewhat final plan I will go to work on all the reservations.

Dad

Countdown!

Only 4 more weeks!

OK, What To Bring

I'm excited to have this finalized.

Things we need

• Car seats for Hayden, Marlo, and Kinsey
  
• Pack and play for Marlo and Kinsey(?)
  
• Portable high chair for Marlo
  
• Sunglasses
  
• Sunscreen
  
• ?
  

Things we want

• Fun stuff
  
• ?
  

We can make more plans when everyone is here in Minneapolis (I mean Plymouth!) a few weeks.

What are you looking for?

Hey, why are you looking here? It has already been decided and reserved!

Or maybe we should convert this to a "what to bring" blog?

Whatever! I am excited and can hardly wait!

The houses in Barnstable

I'm pretty sure I found the locations of both of the houses in Barnstable on a map. The two are within a couple blocks of each other!

Here's a link to a map that's centered around the 161021 house:
House map

Here's a screen-shot with the exact houses/lots and beach access outlined:


The 161021 house was completely renovated last year, and they must have added the dormers.

The 146606 house is brand new construction in 2007, so it's just an empty lot in the picture.

Based on this picture, it seems like 161021 is MUCH closer to the beach access, which is more attractive. If the bed situation works out for that house, then I prefer that one.

2nd barnstable house

The 2nd barnstable house has only one open week available in August, and one in June.