Sorry...

Boy, it's been way too long since I've been on this blog. We've been so busy with taking care of lots of loose ends with the ending of our building project in Maine. I promise in the next few days that there will be something new to look at. I have lots of pictures on my camera to weed through. Until then.....

VACATION???

Well, the weather was less than perfect, in fact we had quite a stretch of rain on our vacation. This made getting around the house difficult because of all the mud. The banking to the house was a little difficult for Pop Pop to manage, but, with a little practice, he did make it out of the house most every day. We got a lot of little projects started and some were finished. We finished the shelving on my pantry in the kitchen. Started cleaning up the shop in the basement. Finished installation of the security system, much to the chagrin of the guy who got his van stuck in the mud. We met with lots of contractors who will be working on our garage and some about landscaping. Seems like there is still a lot to do even though the house construction is done. They are also doing final grading for our road which will be paved in the next couple of weeks. Lots of goings on and lots of equipment.
The end of the week cleared up and dried up just in time for all the kids to come and have a fun day at the lake. We weren't going to put the docks in this year, but somehow they managed to become a project of the day. We had a nice BBQ dinner and a birthday celebration for Josh.
We're leaving for another week and hope to have lots more progress to report when we get back. Enjoy the pictures!!

VACATION

We're off today for a week in Maine. Hope to have lots of pictures and lots of updates when we return....

Tri Fecta

We had a nice visit with Cindy and Josh and the kids this weekend. The National Downs Syndrome Congress National Conference was in Boston this year and Cindy and Josh took advantage of our close proximity to attend workshops on Saturday and Sunday.
The kids all stayed here for the weekend. On Saturday we discovered that the trim around our French Door leading out to the deck was rotten. Lee and Trevor spent most of the day taking off trim, reflashing the door and replacing the trim. Grandma and Grandpa came for lunch and it was nice to have another pair of hands and eyes to keep track of the toddlers. Boy.. they are speedy. Breanna spent part of the afternoon constructing a structure of sticks, leaves and flower blossoms in the driveway. She may be a budding architect!! Lucas took a marathon nap for the afternoon from 12:30 'til 4.
On Sunday Lee had to go to Maine for one of his few gigs this summer. He was also going to stop at the lake to do a few chores and check on some work that had been done during the week. I was by myself with the kids. Here's how our day went: Breanna and Lucas threw their breakfast plates on the floor for the dogs, we played blocks and cars, went upstairs to get dressed and brush teeth (that took about an hour before everyone was ready to go outside), went outside to play with the dogs and run around, chased Bre and Lucas all over the yard and down the driveway, had lunch, did a craft project.

Quote of the weekend: (As we brought Bre and Lucas back from running down the driveway)
Gammie: What ever happened to playpens?
Trevor: What's a playpen....?

The kids all fell asleep in the car on the trip back to Maine and Gammie wasn't far behind :)

NEW PICTURES OF THE LAKE

These are some pictures of the house that we took when we went for a ride with Vic and Carol in their new pontoon boat ($$$$). Wish we could be there today to cool off, but then again, we'd probably just be working on some project. Maybe next summer.....

FAMILY BBQ

Since it's WAY too HOT to do anything outside today, I can work on my pictures from the weekend. We had a great time at Cindy and Josh's house on Saturday just hangin' out and playing with the kids, eating great food and picking blueberries. Oh yeah... of course we enjoyed our time around the campfire in Josh's new fire pit until the bugs came out. Boy... it can hold some pretty big logs.
Enjoy the pics....

WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK

Went to the gym three days
Took the dogs back to agility classes
Garage foundation got poured
Had fight with painter about finishing our job.
Needed to go to Target, grocery store, Sears and buy dog food ($$$$$)
The two of us packed a lot of furniture in the trailer to go to Maine (thanks moving straps)
Bought a Bob O Pedic
Drove to Maine on Friday and unpacked a lot of furniture (Thanks Vic and Carol)
Had a great BBQ with Cindy, Josh and the kids (great fire pit)
Went to Home Depot and spent more $$ on towel bars, rings, hooks, TP holders, door mats and cleaning supplies. Boy do things add up!!!!
Installed towel bars etc. in two bathrooms and put in air conditioning outside unit.
Got up at 5 and drove home to MA.
Found out that Kevin got $$ for grad school
Read Kev and Amy's new blog!! Way to go!!