visiting family and welcoming summer...

It's been awhile since I've put up a post, but it's been a busy summer so far. Chad is working on enrolling for classes and I'm getting ready to teach hydrology this fall as an adjunct professor at the U of A. And we just recently returned from our road trip to Ohio to visit friends and family. It was a great visit and Rory got to see a bunch of her family members.

Here she is with Daddy and Grandma in GG's front yard. Grandma had a wonderful picnic/cookput for the extended family at GG's house. It was great to see everyone and we had a great visit. There was great food and Pam brought delicious homemade cakes for everyone to enjoy.

Here is the four generations of ladies picture...take 2. GG, Grandma, Mommy and Rory. We make quite a crew. And here's GG playing with Rory in her chair.

Then we had a chance to have dinner with Chad's brothers and sisters-in-law and Rory's cousins a little further south. We had a delicous lasagna dinner and enjoyed spending some time together. It had been too long since we'd all gotten together and the first time Rory got to hang out with all of her cousins at the same time.

Here she is with her Aunt Missy, playing with her favorite toy...a wooden spoon. And then goofing around with Uncle Sean.

And here she is with her Aunt Lisa and Uncle "Jungle" J.E...

...and here are her three silly nephews: Spencer, Dillon and Alan.

Finally we made it up to Lake Erie and the "camper house" to visit with Grams and Granpap. Rory's still a little young to go out on the boat, but she had a great time riding around the campground with Grams and Pap pap in the golf cart. She just loved feeling the wind in her face. Chad did have a chance to go fishing and caught us some fresh yellow perch to bring home and have for dinner.

Here she is enjoying her time with Grams, and with her proud Pap pap.

Whew! That's a lot of pictures. We'll have to post more soon. Our garden is going nuts and we have more zucchini, tomatoes, okra and cucumbers that we know what to do with. We are finally getting some hot peppers on my little Thai pepper seedlings and Chad has tested them and can tell you that they definitely are hot.

Rory's also had fun playing with her friend Rylan in his kiddie pool...I'll put up some really cute pictures of them together soon.

Hope everyone is having a good summer.