The Big 3-0!

Yes that's right. I turned 30 on April 25th. It's all down hill from here right? WRONG!

I don't adhere to those traditional thoughts that life ends once you turn 30. I feel good, am in okay shape (yes I need to start running more consistently again), have a great house, good job, and an amazing wife and friend in Kim. Another reason why I think my life is still on the way up, is the upcoming birth of our first child. (Here is a Kim at 33 weeks. What a beauty!)

Some say having kids ages you, and I am sure they believe that. I,however, think that having a kid keeps your young forever because you are seeing the world through kid eyes instead of those "old" eyes. What could be any more exciting!

Anyway, enough rambling. Kim put on a great birthday party for me this past Saturday at a local watering hole in Portland. A number of our friends came and enjoyed some good food, good "spirits" (some of us enjoyed a few to many "spirits", Rob you were there) and some good conversation and company. A couple of friends from college were able to come up and celebrate with our friends up here.

That's Nate on the left, Rob on the right, and the slightly intoxicated birthday boy in the middle. Nate's wife Beth and there two girls, Elle and Caroline, also were able to come. FYI, if you ever want to hear a Grammy award winning rendition of "Sweet Caroline" head over to the Camp homestead. We also got a chance to meet Rob's new lady, Peg, and she was officially initiated into the CSC club.

A good time was had by all.

Visit from Minnesota

Jen and Chris (Kim's twin and her husband) visited Kim and I this weekend and we had a great time exploring the coastline of Southern Maine. It is amazing that it takes a visit from family or friends to get Kim and I to see some of the beautiful parts of this great state.

We visited Perkins Cove, in Oguinquit, and walked Marginal Way which is a historic path along the rocky coast of Oguinquit. Chris, the other one (remember I am the better one:) got some great shots of the coastline. Photos are coming.

We ate lunch in Kennebunkport at a local institution, Bartley's Dockside. From the pictures on the wall, Bush Sr. and Jr. along with all the rest of the Bush clan, it looks like the two raging liberals, Chris and Chris, were a bit out of place. The only Democrats on the wall were in the back next to the bathroom's. Keep in mind the Bush's are frequent visitors of Kennebunkport as they have a vacation home here so needless to say Chris and I were constantly looking over our shoulders to make sure we weren't being followed by the big bad Republicans. :)

Yesterday we visited the Portland Head Light where we got a chance to explore Ft. Williams, which was an old maritime fort back during WW1 and WW2.

Stay tuned for some great pictures, inlcuding a couple of photos of Jen and Chris eating a fresh Maine lobster.