Busy Summer Part 2 - Family is Like Chicken Soup

During our trip, we attending David Jr.'s graduation from elementary school ... gosh, the kids are growing so fast, and *man* are they cute!!! This is Dave and Dan at graduation (which was a bit of a zoo!)

Being home with family is soothing...like a bowl of chicken soup when you have cold! Here are some pics of this loving bunch....

Alex and I also spent some time wandering around beautiful Scituate - and stopping for some good old American favorites - Buffalo wings and a good old fashioned, delicious, American CHEESEBURGER - a decent one just can't be found on this side of the Atlantic!

We also played some golf with the 'rents. Amazingly after having not played since we left the States, I played my best golf ever, scoring a 90 and beating hubby without a handicap. So, does this mean I need to start playing again? ... Or never play again - like walking away from the roulette wheel in Vegas after winning a few bucks....??

So, Alex spent the next couple of days golfing with his buddies after which he had to head back to Holland to go back to work :( and I rented a car and headed to Hollis, NH to spend time with my friends Anna and Bill. Unfortunately, I wasn't there long enough to get any pics (but it was a fun night out for dinner, cocktails and even a little dancing with Anna and her niece Cara...) and the next morning (ok, afternoon :) I was off visit some long-time and very dear friends - Yaz (from college!) in Maine, Brendie in Chelmsford, and Kelly (from high school!!). Stay tuned for the next entry.

A Busy Summer - Part 1

(Above: Ryan, Hailee, Dave Jr., Shawn, Dan...and Toby!)

Well, I'm just settling back into a routine after having spent a couple of weeks in the States, a couple of weeks in Holland (recovering from jet lag, unpacking, handling some AWC issues, and packing again) and then two weeks in Cyprus for a very relaxing holiday.

I'm just getting to the pictures and will begin to create films, but here are a couple of pics from the first day of the U. S. trip...

Below: Sara; Kristin & Tom

Above: Sarah, and below - my 29th birthday party :)



Alex accompanied me for the first few days of the trip to the U.S. where we spent time with family in Scituate and Norwood, and celebrated my birthday with them all. I've since been training my brain with my new Nintendo DSi ... starting out with a brain age of 78 (argh!) and as of a couple of days ago it was 33 - so I'm convinced that exercising my brain is paying off :) Thanks to everyone (Nan, Joe, Jeff, Sarah, Dave, Sara, Dave Jr., Dan, Hailee, Tom & Kristin, and uncle Denis and aunt Nancy) for the great gift!

Next up...little Dave graduates from elementary school, golfing, beautiful views of Scituate...and after that - a trip to NH, to Maine, a visit with Brenda, back to the south shore, a great baseball game and some bird watching. Then...Cyprus!