Hard to believe we have been home since June. Besides the crazy Pandemic, we have had an incredible time with family and friends following social distancing and wearing masks. We were determined not to let the virus cause us to "not live" our lives. . We celebrated many milestone birthdays such elebrating Dad's 93rd birthday, Morgan's 15th, Maddy's 18th and Mom and Dad's 70th Wedding Anniversary Wednesday family dinners at Judy's with Mom and Dad helped me improve my culinary skills. Judy already had those skills. Thank you Ava Garner. We all looked forwarded to being together fo hours of talking and eating. )
MOM' S BIRTHDAY
THEIR 70 th ANNIVERSARY
DAD'S 93rd BIRTHDAY
THEIR 70 th ANNIVERSARY
DAD'S 93rd BIRTHDAY
I can't figure out what happened to that last sentence. The Ipad demon has taken over and won't let me fix it. So, " we all looked forward to being together for hours of chatting and eating. (Some debating).lol
MADDY'S BIRTHDAY
A fun memory popped up on my phone. We loved having the girls on TOMFOOLERY. There was never a dull moment!
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Contact with the Sullivans and Muriel overnight was always fun. Spending time at the beach, painting, playing games, planting, hunting for crabs at Byc, and creating things from nothing with enthusiatic Muriel is always a treat. We read books together as she read Bedtime Stories via Facetime with Leo and Stella, such happy adorable faces!
MURIEL, LEO, AND STELLA PREPARE FOR HALLOWEEN NEXT WEEKEND
THE CUTEST PIRATE EVER AARAUGH
THE CUTEST PIRATE EVER AARAUGH
THE MOST HANDSOME SCUBA DIVER AND MOST ADORABLE UNICORN
Weekly Mah Jahn with the Shirley and Carol followed by dinners with the boys has helped all of us keep sane and connected. The game was the catalyst - thanks to Cathie for teaching us. The memories are forever. We all enjoyed cooking or supporting restaurants with Take Out. We even branched out and began playing the game with quarters as it was intended to be played: lots of laughs, a bit of luck, and much strategic planning. With so many rules, some of which we don't like, we had to use our minds! lol- sometimes , though, our conversation and laughing distracted us! Perfect!
Dinners with Sharon, Stephanie and the boys sharing travel stories by land and sea, on BIG BLUE, GLEAM, and TOMFOOLERY , kept travel on our minds inspite of the fact that Covid 19 erased or altered the plans of many. We are so fortunate to be able to share experiences with each other. As of moments ago, we texted each other for updates and are planning to visit each other in Florida. BIG BLUE is hoping to visit us in November in Fl. We look forward to seeing everyone. After January we hope to see GLEAM.
Friday morning walks and Monday night walks with my "3 sisters" followed by dinners with the boys always presented a variety of topics of interest. Our Town Walkabout usually found us bringing home treasures from local shops. Great walks and supporting local small businesses was fun. We met many interesting people. A walk didn't go by without someone bringing attention to the fact that " you must ALL be sisters". Our daily 5 AM Quad workouts together with a walk before or after helped us stay fit inspite of all those great dinners. I truly miss that time together when we are away.
THE SOUL SISTERS DAILY MORNING WORKOUT
Because we never seem to get enough exercise (lol) , Judy and I pulled out our bikes on Saturday and Sunday mornings after going to the gym, of course, to explore different areas of Bristol and Warren. And, again, of course, a meal was involved either at Chez Clancy or Chez Perrotto where the boys would be waiting to see what we would create for breakfast. Many Friday nights we would explore on foot, with the pitter patter on Jameson's little feet leading the way, different areas of Bristol traveling the neighborhoods noting things and places we had never seen. Need I say it, dinner followed .
WE HAVE BIKED ALL OVER BRISTOL AND TOUISSET
MANY OF THOSE PLACES WERE ON MY BUCKET LIST
Zoom calls, texts, and phone calls with Geri, Joan, and Debra helped us stay connected to those we could not see because of Covid 19. We do hope to see each other in Florida since we are all 20 minutes apart but that depends on the state of this awful virus.
Our trips to Buffalo and our 10 camping trip with Leo and Stella were amazing. The kids are growing so quickly. They love everything so we shared many experiences: swimming, painting, race car driving, biking, roller blading, and making an incredible variety of shaped pancakes and flavored Jellos.
We sailed aboard MANDATE one day and hoped to do more but summer ended. Although it surely was a different summer, we had fun and made the best of an unusual situation (to say the least)
I had not expected to recap the passed few months, but there you have it! I know I left out so many things. Forgive me, lol! It is only 8:30 am.
Our disappointment was not being to get to Texas to see all there. We havent seen tgem in so long! We are watching them grow through photos for now. Damn virus!
THE OSTIGUYS WE MISSED SEEING
Our plan now is to head to Texas in the spring. We pray the virus doesn' t impede our journey once again. We should have been celebrating Thanksgiving with them. So disappointing. Everyone is growing so quickly.
MIKE AND POLINA ARE NOW ENGAGED
MIKE AND POLINA ARE NOW ENGAGED
Mike shared the good news. Great to hear this for sure!
We arrived at Jonestown Hershey KOA at 2:08 pm. The weather was exa tly the way it was here on our last visit this spring: Cold, damp, rainy= Too freaking cold! The heat and fireplace are both on. I do not want a repeat of the last visit, though. We spent a lot of time running, well, driving around to find a tire repair service. Do not need that again. Believing/ trusting our instruments is important.
OUR SPOT AT THE KOA
Today we left Bristol at 6:17 am and arrived in Hershey KOA at 2:06 pm after traveling 352.2 statute miles ( no more nautical miles, lol).
