Vacation photos

It takes very long to download photos to this thing so I may have to do it in stages.

The photos here are of us visiting the Witches Musuem in Salem, MA, which I found disappointing. The kids didn't behave well, so that was part of the mix, for sure.

Also, we visited Paula and Frank, so we got to see my great-aunt Gracie. photo is of Me, Mom, Olivia, Aunt Gracie and Paula (both sitting). It was nice for Bryan to meet them all.

One photo is of my older three with our cousins' boys playing in the backyard.

And I threw on in there of Paige b/c this kid is so darn cute!

Last one is of the Brown kids (Ryan and Elena) with my crew at the Hancock Shaker village. Behind them is just a small part of a big estate. They were a fascinating breed of folks, for their time.

I'll post more photos in another post.

still on vacation

Well, we have survived the first of three phases of our trip to New England. As I write this, from my blackberry, we are driving to pick up our rental and then will head over to eastern Massachusetts.

Lara and Roger have been wonderful, gracious hosts. Their house is both warm and cozy and it has plenty of room for the kids to run free, both inside and out.

Now, we are giving them a four day quiet house and heading to visit Boston and all the cousins Bryan has never met. It is a once a decade trip for our family. I am sure that once school starts for me, there will be no travel and I'll owe lots of money in student loans. So this is it for a while.

Paige's wound is healing nicely. Her right eyebrow is shiny, from the glue, but otherwise looks great. I don't think there will be a noticable scar.

If I can figure out how to post pics from my phone I will do it. Otherwise we'll have to wait until we get home.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.