Rich has been home since Thursday and because of all the construction we have had done around here, he had a lot of little things to finish up both in the basement and garage. He’s been working hard around the house for the past two days.
However, this morning we felt ourselves getting grouchier and grouchier and he said, “Okay, we need to get out of here for a while, let’s go somewhere.” We all immediately started feeling better and got ready to GO!
Not long ago, I met someone through my blog who used to live in New England and she messaged me to recommend a favorite ice cream/mini-golf place called Kimbell’s Ice Cream Farm. It was an hour and a half from our house but Rich and I love driving and the children are good little travelers so that’s where we decided to go today.
Besides, we all love ice cream!
We didn’t do mini-golf this time, but Rich and the kids did enjoy a round of “bumper boats”.
They also have fried seafood plates and such. Rich and I shared a lobster roll on the way home. YUM.
We also stopped at the mall and I was happy to get my purchase of the newest color fiestaware~ IVORY. I bought a luncheon plate and a small fruit bowl. Macy’s also had a nice selection of TURQUOISE and so I bought 4 small bouillon bowls (turquoise is a retired color now, and I only had one other small bowl in that color at home).
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The children all ordered “small cones”. . .ummmmmmm, no one could finish their cone.
“You can taste mine if I can taste yours” Jacob looks concerned. He shouldn’t have been, he had more than enough to share. . . . .
Ethan had chocolate raspberry-swirl.
Jacob had orange sherbet.
Rich had coconut almond chocolate chip.
Yours truly had a strawberry sundae. Christie, if you’re reading this~ this is my new shirt I was telling you about~
Grace had chocolate truffle. (She ended up not liking the chunks of chocolate~)
I put the camera on a picnic table so we could do a family picture with the self-timer.
I love it!
The bumper boats were a lot of fun for Rich and the children.
The yummy lobster roll, potato salad, and David and Caleb each got to have a slice of watermelon.
A picture of my new fiestaware~for my fellow fiesta lovers~
I hope you enjoyed the pictures. We had a lot of fun and we loved watching the children enjoy their ice cream. I definitely want to go back there again sometime. Rich and I think it would also be a nice place for a date.
Have a wonderful evening and Lord’s day tomorrow~
Love, Shanda
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Lovely Pictures! I love your new Fiestaware!Does Davie-Do have his shoes on wrong foot? y 4 yo Samuel always puts his on the wrong foot.But 2 yo Noah seems to get them on the correct foot.You look wonderful and so does your family.Love and Blessings,Angie
What fun! I love the “small” icecream cones! Yummy! Your new shirt is very cute, and you look great! Your fiesta is so pretty, I love all the different colors. Sounds like you all had a wonderful outing.
Hi. A lovely family picture of 8! (You are so cute!) Are you showing at all? I can’t tell! I sure do hope you are feeling well!
I was trying to figure out all your children’s names and I kept coming up missing… Jacob! You mentioned they were all Bible names with 5 letters and that you were on the look out for a name! I can’t wait until you reveal it!
The ice cream looks refreshing.
Oooh I love ice cream too. I love that turquoise fiestaware and the looks on Davy-do’s face in the family picture. 🙂
WOW, now that’s an ice cream cone, for sure!! =) What a happy, fun day together~
I have been wanting Ice Cream all day! This post made me want it even MORE! 😉
The Ivory Fiesta is lovely! I have 2 boullion bowls in peacock, my boys eat their yogurt out of them. They are the perfect size for little snacks!
wonderful full fam pic. you are so good at getting all of you guys in! 🙂 love that little guys expression with the big eyes ~ such life.:)a very fun post here ~ the icecream is huge and If I hadn’t just eaten the big ol’ supper I prepared, I’d be craving some myself ~ :)the children look delighted with the treats~! the dishes are DELIGHTFULLY HAPPY LOOKING together – I like that cream and blue — I’d be fine with just all my dishes being those two colors … at least for eating in the summer or spring time ~ what cheery delish dishes.
Wow, what a great place… I want to go visit! Man, those are THE biggest small cones that I have ever seen!
You have such a beautiful family, and I greatly enjoyed the pictures
SHANDA!!! Holy cow, I just took a step back in time! You went to Kimball’s!! I grew up going to Kimball’s, as I grew up in Mass and Southern New Hampshire…oh my word. I love it there, I have to take the kids up there sometime, now that I know it’s not too far from home. Did you LOVE their ice cream? 🙂 My Dad and I used to split the “Special”. I’m sog lad you guys had a nice day, looks wonderful. 🙂 Love ya!
I am so glad you guys had a wonderful day. I love your new shirt! Love you
Ohhh…lobster rolls!!
You guys look like a wonderful family, and I only hope one day I can have my own. *warm heart*
awww.. love this post! just real everyday life.. wish we could have been right there with you guys – – those bumper boats look super fuN – and the giant ice cream cones way too yummy!! that fiestaware is beautiful – like those colors together.. so soft. is ivory a new color? don’t know if I’ve seen it before – – makes me think I should buy some again.. this time NOT to be sold at a yard sale. :(you look pretty in your blue print top – hope you’re feeling okay and getting lots of rest ! ! !happy Sunday…almost~
I love the family pic…I love the look on David’s face!I enjoy reading about your family’s adventures. Makes me want to make my own adventures with my kids (when I have kids some day)…Thank you for being an encouraging person in my life. I have never met you, but because of our belief and relationship in Christ, we are so close…Some days, I have a hard time even practicing God’s prescence, but then I read your blog, and I am reminded of God’s good gifts…God Bless…
That looks like a wonderfully fun outing to get rid of the grouchies! Glad you had a good time!
I love the family picture the most of all. David’s look on is face is adorable.
I have never had a lobster roll before, but it looks very yummy. :o)
Kelly
That is a LOT of ice cream! David’s cone is bigger than his head! I do love that family shot. What a ham is Davey-do!
What a fun time you all had – wow those were huge ice-creams…I just have to say it – “Only in America!” What a great family photo – it surely turned out well…precious time together as a family. Blessings to you today. ~Colleen~
What fun to go along with you for ice cream! The lobster roll made me homesick for Maine.
What a great post and the pictures of your family are precious!I have never seen ivory fiesta ware, it’s gorgeous!Wishing you a blessed week ahead!
Good Morning Shanda…..Love all the pics. Love the expression on one of your boys in the family picture…lol! I noticed too about the wrong shoe on the wrong foot. Michelle my 12 yr old still does that too. Darcy does too and he is 7. Sigh. Looks everyone had a fun time finishing those “small cones!” You take great pictures. I always look forward to coming to your site. Thanks for sharing the pics and the quotes and sharing your happiness….God Bless You!!
What a lovely day! Those ice cream cones are hugh!!
ahh… I almost thought you forgot the fiesta photos of your new dishes…but…there they are! I have got to buy myself something fiesta just so every time I use it…. it will be in your honor! 🙂
wow! Those are HUGE small cones!! I love the family picture!
I love your family picture too! Sometimes the most unplanned ones turn out the best.
that was such a nice way to beat cabin fever! Yum….can I have some of that icecream?
that family picture sure turned out great for being so quick.
Your hubby sounds like a great guy!
Giant icecream cones….my husband would be in trouble….he always tries to finish off whatever can’t be eaten! (lucky him…he has a good metabolism and is lean) Happy colorful pictures….fun to see Rich and the kids on the bumper boats. A happy summer day!
That looks like so much fun! I’m glad you went out as a family. I’m longing for ice cream now…And I like that ivory color…
That sounds like a great day, wow those cones are huge! They look very good though:) So does your lobster roll. Your pictures turned out very good. The family picture did to. I like the one of Caleb & David that one is so cute.
Your family outing looks like it was so much fun! That ice cream looks wonderful! and those are HUGE cones! Wow! Yummy! Also along the lines of yummy…your new Fiesta! Oh, I love it!!! I am hoping to get mine soon!
My those are HUGE ice cream cones!Your day looks delightful. Thank you for sharing your pictures with us!
I love the blue fiestaware! what a beautiful color! Ice cream outings are so much fun! 🙂
My Mother, Grandmother and 5 of my Aunts (and myself) all collect fiestaware as well! I love searching for original pieces on eBay or in antique shops.