Fun in Columbus, Ohio

Land of The Ohio State Buckeyes... :)

Our first stop was Tabby's, my college buddy. The girls just loved her dog Minnie. We took in a Columbus Clippers game while in town. What a nice stadium! We also went to Picnic in the Pops to see an Abba tribute band.

Fun at the ballpark




Dancing the night away to ABBA.



The girls hangin' with Minnie.

Our next stop was Tim and Jackie's, Larry's sister's place in Lancaster, OH. Yes, the girls drove Tim's John Deere tractor in their bikinis... something's wrong with that!




Larry's neice's daughter, Dana... she's a little cutie.


Dani and Elle with their cousins.

The next stop was Bob and Tayna's, Larry's brother. First was had to get in some Capuano's pizza. The next day we went to Magic Mountain for some lazer tag and go carts.

the girls with Brent and Jarrod








Our final stop in the Buckeye city was to visit Hank and Barb. Both Larry and I worked for Hank when we were in college. It was great to see them!

Fun in Raleigh, North Carolina

We picked Larry up at JFK and headed for NC to visit with his parents, Eric, Mary and their kids. Larry's mom had just had knee replacement surgery and was at a rehab center. The surgery went very well and Ginny looks great! Larry's dad took Larry and most of the kids out boating. They had a blast. The even got some tubbing in. I thought that we took more pictures of the girls with their cousins, but... I can't seem to find any. Kristen is off to college in the fall. She took us on a tour of Meridith college. We even got to see her dorm room.

We miss our dogs

Our friend Lou is taking great care of our dogs while we are away. And Larry's other scuba friends, Jackie, Annie and Ralph have been so wonderful to pitch in when Lou is away. Thanks guys!!! Here's a few shots of our dogs. They've had a couple of sleep over with us too.




Cassie has a racing stripe on her nose... cuz she is the fastest dog on the world!


Big baby Seven

Butlers are in town

Our good friends the Bulters were in town from Atlanta. So glad they could stop by West Hartford for a day to visit. The Connals hosted a party for them. It's amazing how you can bring people together and it's as if they never left.


Anabel, Julia and Dani... crazy girls back together again.




Renee, Amy, Robin, Melissa and Karen.

Hartford Museums

We spent a day at the new Science Center and the Wadsworth Art Museum. Tracy and Julia joined us at the art museum. It was a good day, but long. It was nice to see so many people in downtown Hartford.

Day at the beach

We spent a day at the CT shore at the Feigenbaum's beach house with them, the Kumpas and Gibsons. CT has had SOOOO much rain, but we did get one nice day at the beach. The girls played in the water and sand as well as went crabbing. Afterwards we had pizza by the pool at the Gibson's. What a great day....

Happy 10th Birthday Elle

Elle turned double digits today! I can't believe that she is 10... my baby is growing up. We had her party last Sunday. She invited a few friends to go to Lake Compounce which happens to be America's oldest amusement park (we didn't know that until we read a plaque in the park). It's part water park and part regular amusement park rides. The girls had a ton of fun. We rode rides first, played a few games, and then played in the water park. It was a great day!




Meg, Marissa, Jessica, Elle, Lexi and Lauren - good times!








Dani with Julia G and Julia A. She brought a couple of friends too.