Sushi to celebrate the older boys up at the cottage with gramma and the family for a few nights!! 
Matt is now in his own room and proud of it!
Ben is super excited to have his own space too! (Perhaps it is time to go back to school??)
Bike riding in the house.
Sam with his helmet and "mask"! Hope everyone is enjoying the last week off! Thanks to everyone at the cottage for hosting Matt and Ben. They loved it!
Now that Matt and Ben are at the cottage and we no longer have visitors (which we do miss), mama and the younger boys went to get groceries and then promptly went to Cabot beach to enjoy a hot day! 
Thomas takes a picture!
Can't believe how many sandbars there are at Cabot this year! The kids loved it.
Tom and Sam like to play "all by themselves!" They were giggling non stop! What a beautiful day. (Papa spent the day working on the frame to hold up a huge stainless steel water tank that will collect water from the shed roof to water mama's garden. Mama is pretty lucky.) The MacNeills.
Ben's Birthday Party at Johney's Dairy Bar was a lot of fun. Kids played tag and "toilet tag" waiting for everyone to arrive!
Who will be it? Paper, scissors , rocks!!
Ben loves to mini golf!
Sam tries as well.
The boys all have fun, kind of like watching boys play hockey but they loved it.
Score!
This is a blue lego crystal cake that Ben wanted for his birthday. Caramel cake.
Funny faces!
Present time!
More fun before they went home again!
Off to Chelton Beach. Not sure why we have not been here with the kids before. 
Even papa had fun at this beach.
We found a ton of hermit crabs and filled a bucket with them.
The waves were also fun to play in. Papa, Tom and Matt and playing with Les and the Pendleton boys and Dan. Boys so love the waves.
Warming up after.
Look at me stuff my sun shirt full of sand... over and over again!
Then to the Campbell's house for a BarBQ! The kids love the backyard. 
Tom and Sam run like crazy.
Ben invents... this.
We all eat steak, lamb burgers (really tasty !!) lots of garden veggies and strawberries and some yummy salads. If only we could have stayed for the sunday ice cream bar!! (That is what happens when we run out of time and the older boys have a date with gramma that they don't want to miss. Thank you gramma, the boys are so excited to be at the cottage with you and Dale!! ) Last was soccer for mama. What a full and fun day! Thank you to everyone! The MacNeills.
Ben and Reiley at the Birthday breakfast.
Burp!
The Carlsons and the MacNeills.
Funny faces!
Reiley and Matt.
Ben and Tom!
Sam and papa!
Mama and Tante Elke with Reiley.
Helicopter seats.
Yes, I think I like this.
Watching the planes on Tante Elke.
Cool stuff from the first and second world wars.
Getting a shoulder ride.
Nice planes.
Posing for mama's many pictures.
Tante Elke likes the tractors!
Ice cream break!
Flying toys!
Machine gun.
Really big gun!
What is that?
Parachuters!
Now the air show really starts!
Getting comfortable.
Looking cool.
Sam is ready for the really loud planes!
Ben gets his presents from the Carlson Family! I think he really really liked it!
Thank you!
Blue Angels.
Dinner at McDonalds, Ben's birthday dinner wish.
Cheesecake desert!
A new Camera!
Legos...oh and more legos! Ben says thank you to everyone for all the books, legos, and his new camera! It really was a great day for him! Also, we will miss the Carlsons and thank you again for coming to visit. We really had a lot of fun! Until next time! The MacNeills.
This is a preview of Ben's lego blue crystal caramel cake. Hope he likes it!