Anne of Green Gables

Our dental school summers have always been so jam-packed that I don't actually look at the photos until much later and have never posted about summer. I'm breaking that trend by loading some pics of PEI. My mom and 2 sisters came for a life-long awaited Anne of Green Gables trip to Prince Edward Isalnd. It was FANTASTIC!

Here Anne welcomed us to PEI--the first place you reach on the island. :)

We loved doing little Anne reenactments all over the place and wearing the Anne braids.

Before leaving PEI we all got our pictures taken as Anne. Even the baby (6 mo. belly) had a turn. Honestly, after we finished our silly plan and I saw the pictures of my Anne belly I laughed so hard I peed my pants...

Sisters Shot--a view from the first cottage we stayed at by Chelton Beach.

This was the Greenwich Dunes trail. Greenwich was probably my favorite part of PEI. The dunes were amazing (way better than the main section of the PEI national park) and the trail was super fun with a long floating boardwalk (at least Ryan thought it was awesome...I got rather nauseous on it!).

We loved walking along the beach at the end of the Dunes trail. Ryan had some great naked time and loved being in the water with Grandma & Aunt Tina.

The PEI countryside is absolutely gorgeous--just gorgeous. We loved the potato fields with potatoes just starting to bud, and especially the purple lupines all along the highways.

Here's a cute little lighthouse in Victoria by the Sea. I liked the maple leaves on it. :)

When we got back from PEI we got to spend Canada Day together as a family. We went to the Citadel and had fun dressing up in soldier's attire.

Here's a sisters pic at Duncan's Cove, one of our favorite places nearby to go hiking. We've been there a dozen times, I'm sure.

Tina and Ryan played "tea party" with a shell for ages.

I took my mom and Becky to Blomidon, a fun provincial park where you can observe the tidal differences in the Bay of Fundy. We spent about 2 hours on the beach and watched the tide come in. Becky and I stood in the water to time it's rise. It went from barely touching my feet to being above my knees in about 10 minutes. Pretty neato. :)

It was so fun to share PEI & some new Nova Scotia spots with my family and we soaked up the girl time. Thanks Mom, Becky, and Tina for a fantastic vacation. We'll have to do it again in a few years!