Duxbury Fun

We got to explore Duxbury today.  Betsy and James’ good friend Jamie has a family cottage on the Duxbury coast (south of Boston).  Despite a foggy, cold, San Francisco like day, we all enjoyed our time there.  We drove for mile out a long sand spit to reach Jamie’s cottage.  We had stopped in downtown Duxbury to pick out some lobsters for lunch.  We steamed them and ate them.  Then, we got to visit a great old lighthouse in full force thanks to the foggy day.  Duxbury is a great quaint New Englandy seaside town.  I hope we get to go back someday.

Duxbury Lighthouse and all of us.

Lobsters!

LUNCH!

Ian and Audrey

Nicky and Ben

Boston

Feel like I’ve come home!  We’re in Boston staying at Betsy’s.  We’ve had a chance to get to the Museum of Science and tour around downtown.  Betsy’s two kids, Aurdrey (10) and Ian (7) have been wonderful hosts to Ben and Nicky.  They have made us feel most at home in their house.

Nicky, Audrey, Me, Ian, Ben and Boston Harbor.

I got to celebrate my birthday with Betsy and family.  Betsy bought me a huge cake at Costco to enjoy at a summer party Marianne and Scotts’.  We had my birthday lunch at Costco – it was a blast!

Betsy, James, Audrey, Nicky, Ian, Ben. Costco Birthday Lunch for Me!! 🙂

Punxsutawney

We’re resurfacing from Punxsutawney.  We had a great trip visiting Mom and Papa Don, Todd and Jackie and Dawson and Keagan. Enjoyed some down home cooking at mom’s and at Nick’s Grill (we have hamburgers, cheeseburgers and grilled cheese.  Everything is served on a hot dog roll).

Lunch at Nick's

We had a great time seeing our cousins Dawson (4 1/2) and Keagan (2).

The Cousins - Keagan, Ben, Dawson, Nicky

It was fun to be at Grandma Joyce’s and Poppa Don’s home.

Mom's house

Cold.

Today we went to Boulder to see my friends Bryce and Mandy.  I haven’t seen them in some time.  It was a great time to catch up with them and hear what they are doing.

My other mission in trekking out to Boulder was to bring the boys a bit closer to the Colorado Rockies.  We took a great hike on the Table Mesa Trail.  This river was a the start of the trail.

Denver!

We are reunited with Dave and happy to be with family in Colorado.  Today we spent Father’s Day at Coors Field.  Well, actually, half way thru the game we realized Father’s Day is next weekend, but we kept celebrating.  It was an eventful game:  Dave caught a game ball, a tornado watch stopped the game for over an hour (and chased us out of the stadium), and the Rockies swept the Mariners.

Heading to Coors Field

Game On! Jeremy and Caroline join us.

Dave got a ball!!

Tornado Watch!!

Los Gatos!

Nicky and Carter

Elan, Dakota and Ben

Nate, Corey and Ben

Our house

The Neigh-bors

Team Kelley

Second stop on the world tour: Team Kelley’s house in Belmont. So great to see our old friends.

Here are the boys celebrating the Penquin’s winning their third game in the Stanley Cup Finals:

And here Nicky and Rylan enjoy some time in the tub:

We had  a great, cool day at Indian Springs park where Andrea, Isabella and Oliver joined us.

The Original Little Wonders Crew

First Stop – San Francisco!

We’re HOME!  We are in San Francisco and the cool weather is splendid!  We just fell into the arms of Naomi, Tess and Noa and Karl.  Good to be here!

What’s a visit to S.F. without a view of the Golden Gate.  Nicky, our designated family photographer snapped this shot:

Picture by Nicky - The Golden Gate Bridge

Last Day of School

Last Day of Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten at the SAS