Whale Watchin

this past weekend was such a fun weekend.
it began with a whale watch on Friday.

that morning Kait drove her way from Amherst to Reveahhh and soon after she arrived we headed to Gloucester, MA. there we met Mary for a whale watch.

this makes me glad for a couple reasons:

1) it now seems like tradition. last year i went on my first whale watch with Mary and Chels. after being out on the water all day, we spent our evening in Rockport - walking around, eating dinner, checking out stores and then we finished the day off with some mint chocolate ice cream. or at least i did. i don't remember what kind Chels got. but i do remember that Mary was a weirdo and didn't get any! which i reminded her about once again this past Fri! anyways, this time around we did the same thing but only instead of Chels, Kait came along. almost no difference considering they are both my freckly red head friends. but that's actually a lie. i really missed Chels this year. she would have loved it. [missed you Chels! we even sat in the same exact booth at the restaurant in Rockport! what's the restaurant name again? i was so excited to be seated in that corner booth again!] but it was a lot of fun to have Kait along because she loves this kind of thing and was just so excited to see some whales! it was a wonderful time. minus the end where i definitely got a lil sea sick! but overall, so worth it and something i want to continue to do every summer to come!
2) me and Kait get to cross off another thing on our summer "to do" list. exciting, right? very.
so far we have quite a few things crossed off that list and this trip to Gloucester and Rockport crosses off 2 things! pretty sweet :)

this time around, i was smart enough not to wear a dress that would blow up the entire time i stood on that windy boat! i didn't learn my lesson all the way because i still decided to wear a dress. but i figured this one, reaching the floor, could do no harm. i was proved right. pretty darn comfy for a whale watch. and any other kind of activity. thank you Ngozi for sharing your dresses with me when i'm home. thank you Old Navy for making such comfy maternity dresses.
why do i always seem to have a thing for maternity clothes?
hopefully this is just a glimpse of what is to come!

welcome to Rockport! such a beautiful place to be. so touristy, i know, but i love to be the tourist walking around and admiring all the beauty of the ocean and all the cute shops. every little alley i walked by i would look in and love seeing the water behind all the buildings! and i love all the bright colors of each different cafe/store building or front doors. it is so fun.

Kait trying to be serious. Mary wondering what the heck Kait is doing.

Me just so glad to have been on a whale watch earlier that day. why? because it means having spent the entire day on a boat. on the water. underneath the sun.
and now glad to be in Rockport which i think was the most exciting part of the day for me.
truly glad to just be sitting on giant rocks, be in the company of friends, staring at the ocean, enjoying the beautiful and perfect weather, hearing the sounds of the waves crashing, and being touristy. it was so relaxing.

Kait and Mary being cute. these faces are so typical to Kait and Mary.
i love Kait's eyes looking at Mary and i love Mary's smile.

me getting my head stuck between two poles. guess how long it took me to squeeze it on out?
ps- i was not so smiley on my way out.

JK. it just looks like my head is stuck between two poles. but really, it is not.
those are just random poles in the background.
kait and ngozi got a kick out of this pic of me.

check out this pic! is Kait's head photo shopped or what?!
surprisingly not!
and i just look like a goof.
and of course Mary was not playing along with us and our lil game.
she just has her Mary smirk!

Me, Kait and Ngozi cannot get enough of this picture! me and Kait died looking at it moments after it was captured. i think i actually fell to the ground laughing and Mary asked what was going on. Kait was hysterical. she likes the face i'm making. i cannot believe how her head seems totally cut out from another pic and then glued onto this body. and the best part was showing Ngozi later that night. she totally had the best response which made me and Kait laugh even harder i think.

and this year, thanks to Kait [my personal photographer, truly] i now have a picture of all these kayaks! for some reason last year when i was in Rockport and saw this row of kayaks, i flipped. i thought it would make such a sweet picture and i just loved seeing all the colors. this year i went straight for where they were and Kait snapped a few pics! i even tried to count how many there were but then I lost my count. maybe next year i'll add on a kayaking trip in Rockport to my summer 'to do' list. i call the pink kayak.

and that was the end to a wonder Friday - spent with friends and on the water - which to me, can't get any better than that.

but Friday was only the beginning to a wonderful Saturday, even more wonderful that Friday.

more to post tomorrow: graduation party