Some of the grandkids, Lucy, Chris and Reuben from England …. so nice to be together for cookout, s’mores and croquet (on a parched lawn)
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Category Archives: FAMILY & FRIENDS
Maine summer = enjoying visitors
Henk and Agnita’s visit wouldn’t be complete without blueberry pancakes and a trip to 3Tides!
Our Dutch kids are here!
So happy to have our Dutch family here again – after two years – especially for pizza and ‘smores – a tradition!
Summer days in Belfast with the little guys
It was a beautiful morning for a walk to Steamboat Landing and the little guys walked from the footbridge to the boathouse. Lucy and Moxie enjoyed a cooling frolic in the bay.
Back home fun in the water continued ..
A flying visit to Toronto
Only spent Wednesday evening until early Saturday morning, but we packed in quite a bit. The botanical gardens, IKEA (naturally!), a walk on the boardwalk at the Beaches, Queen Street, and Roncesvalles. It was all great!
Memorial Day weekend 2016
Kat, Ian, Moxie and the fabulous foursome were here for the weekend:)
Bryant Stove & Music Museum
These photos do not do justice to the scope of the collection and the cacophony of tooting horns, carnival music and much more that meet you at Bryant’s Stove and Music Museum in Thorndike. The stacks of piano rolls are nothing compared to the implements varying from tiny hand crank models to elaborate calliopes. We were lucky enough to have the master mind and mechanical genius, Joe Bryant, give us a tour and share his stories of this unique collection.
… and so they grow!
Visiting the greats – it’s been five months since our last visit and, especially the twins, they have grown considerably.
A few days on the west coast (FL)
East coast or west coast? I am fascinated by trying to determine how people figure out which they prefer. Both have pros and cons, of course.
So we drove from Fort Pierce to Port Charlotte by way of Rte 70 via Okeechobe and Arcadia. It is absolutely unnecessary to turn the steering wheel a degree, and one could possibly believe that you’d been transported to Texas or Oklahoma! It has a very strong western feel with lots of cattle and horses grazing in pastures, and cowboy hats, jeans and boots are the common attire.
I immediately fell in love with our Airbnb rented loft in Port Charlotte where we stayed for three nights.
We made a little trip up to Osprey to meet up with friends for lunch at Casey Key Fish House which was lovely – sitting outside on the deck at the water’s edge.
Viewing the sunset at Port Charlotte Beach Park.
A long walk on Punta Gorda’s Harbor Walk.
A couple of hours at the beach on the Gulf.
Wrapping up the week with the greats!
It’s been a pretty intense and exhausting week with school bus schedules, nap times, swim, karate, sick kids, and everything else that goes along with four active boys aged 21 months to 6 years old!
A week in NJ with the grands
No sooner had we arrived than I had two arms full of love!
Another great evening at Young’s Lobster Pound
Why don’t we come here more often???
Two weeks in August
A photo album of some of what’s been going on in the past two crazy weeks!
Kat completely tiled more than 1000 sq. ft of flooring – with the help of her brother at times. Ian was here for a week and clear cut a swath of saplings that were completely hindering a view of the pond. GG spent many hours and steps running after two active toddlers, wiping, laughing, teaching, feeding – fun, but exhausting. Grandpa worked and worked at the camp and wrestled with the kids, took the big boys for some spins in “the red car”. We even took time out for a quick sunset paddle!