Drew and Sadie (Marty & Jim's oldest) - She and Drew are 6 months apart and had not seen each other in awhile, but you never would have known it. They played so well together. They spent a lot of time on the deck watering Marty's plants. Thanks to Marty and Jim for hosting us...they also have a daughter, Carson, who is 2 months younger than Grady, and they had fun too..but somehow I didn't get any pics of them that turned out well. We were also very lucky to see our friend, Jeannie, who spent part of her anniversary with us. Thanks, Jeannie! (and her husband John for letting her hang with us)
Williamsport, Penn - This is where the Little League World Series is played, and we go right by it on our way to Rochester from Marty's house. We had to stop and snap some pictures. This does little justice to explain how "out in the middle of nowhere" this town and stadium are. It's down a really steep hill too.
And now to RochVegas...we packed a lot into 1 week. We've all decided that next year, the boys and I will stay for 2 weeks like Dave's sis, Jen, did with our nephew. Dave will fly home in the middle to work then fly back to drive us home. We basically spent 4 days in the car and 6 days in NY.
July 4th - Steve's (Dave's dad) family came from Auburn, NY to cookout with us. We spent a lot of time under these trees that day because Rochester was experiencing a heat wave (the entire time we were there..seriously, it was 90+degrees the whole time and 80 degrees on the day we left.).
Grady in his play pool...he desperately wanted to be outside with the big boys, but he couldn't do all the fun stuff they did. He seemed pretty content here though.
In the middle of the week, our nephew, Caal, arrived with his mom and dad to hang out with us. He and Drew had a blast...they exhausted each other and us (ok, mostly Papa though).
Caal, Grady, and Drew
Papa playing baseball with Drew & Caal
Papa helping Drew and Caal climb the inflatable water slide that we were able to borrow from the neighbors. This was a favorite of theirs (not Papa's though). We ALL kept Papa pretty busy. If he wasn't busy with the boys, he was busy making whiskey sours.
Drew feeding the ducks at Abbott's frozen custard down by the canal
Papa covering Grady's ears at the 4th of July parade...there were a lot of loud fire trucks. Dave and I ran a race that morning then headed to the parade with his parents and the boys. It was a great way to celebrate the holiday.
Nonna with Grady playing in his pool --she was always quick to take the little man wherever he needed to be, and sometimes that was inside the cool air away from all the action, but she never complained.
We had such a great week with Dave's family. Mark, Dave's brother, brought his girlfriend, and we loved meeting her. Nonna and Papa cooked for us, made sure we had comfy beds, and all of our favorites...cinnamon bread, many things from Wegmans, whiskey sours, and lots of time in their beautiful backyard. Looks like this trip will be a family tradition...(they even watched all 3 boys, so the big kids...me, Dave, Jen, and Carlos could go to see Dave from DMB play with Tim Reynolds. It was an interesting evening to say the least. Thanks for Nonna and Papa for being such great hosts.
Grady in his play pool...he desperately wanted to be outside with the big boys, but he couldn't do all the fun stuff they did. He seemed pretty content here though.
In the middle of the week, our nephew, Caal, arrived with his mom and dad to hang out with us. He and Drew had a blast...they exhausted each other and us (ok, mostly Papa though).
Caal, Grady, and Drew
Papa playing baseball with Drew & Caal
Papa helping Drew and Caal climb the inflatable water slide that we were able to borrow from the neighbors. This was a favorite of theirs (not Papa's though). We ALL kept Papa pretty busy. If he wasn't busy with the boys, he was busy making whiskey sours.
Drew feeding the ducks at Abbott's frozen custard down by the canal
Papa covering Grady's ears at the 4th of July parade...there were a lot of loud fire trucks. Dave and I ran a race that morning then headed to the parade with his parents and the boys. It was a great way to celebrate the holiday.
Nonna with Grady playing in his pool --she was always quick to take the little man wherever he needed to be, and sometimes that was inside the cool air away from all the action, but she never complained.
We had such a great week with Dave's family. Mark, Dave's brother, brought his girlfriend, and we loved meeting her. Nonna and Papa cooked for us, made sure we had comfy beds, and all of our favorites...cinnamon bread, many things from Wegmans, whiskey sours, and lots of time in their beautiful backyard. Looks like this trip will be a family tradition...(they even watched all 3 boys, so the big kids...me, Dave, Jen, and Carlos could go to see Dave from DMB play with Tim Reynolds. It was an interesting evening to say the least. Thanks for Nonna and Papa for being such great hosts.
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