Visits Home

We were lucky to get in some good visits with family this summer.  Some shots from our various treks to Vermont, Spokane, and Waterton:

 Rock skipping in Glover

 Excavating with Topher

 Birthday candles

 Playing with Maeve near Shadow Lake

 

Dancing at the Dome

Reid runs!

 Dada

 Picking blackberries with Grandma Marie

Three generations of Waring boys

Traveling to Waterton (Reid and Liam drove there with Sal and O'Da and KQ and TW hiked in from Glacier with Bri and Anna)

Stunning Glacier

 Stunning Anna and Bri

 Day hiking (without our packs!)

 Crossing Stoney Indian Pass

 Sibs

Coming down from the pass to Waterton Lake

 Swimming in Waterton Lake

 Pirates!

 Riding Burgundy horse

 Splashin' with Sal

 Back home

 One of the four kinds of berries we picked in Maine this summer

 En route to swimming lessons

 Did you know blueberries can be raked?

 Finger painting

Toe painting.

4th of July on Nantucket

 

 We spent the 4th on Nantucket with Christine and Chris, at the Braunohlers.

There were sun-filled gardens.

Naked babies.

Booby traps.

And assorted adult shenanigans.

New parenthood with an amazingly calm and graceful little person named Avery, which incidentally means "King of the Elves."

 Liam had a crafty idea for the parade.

 

And a sweet ride, too.

The patriotism was palpable.

 Reid would also like to point out that he had a sweet ride as well.

And that he chose not to be buried alive and turned into a sand monster, like his brother.

No matter how much fun that was.

We found a number of dead squid, which was really neat.  

They make great beach toys.

And we posed for an all-baby Hawaiian shirt photo.

Thanks C&C!

North Haven Island, ME

 We visited Sara Ann and Merrick Lockwood on North Haven Island with the Kids for a few days.

  

A 2 hr drive and a 1 hr ferry ride.

 

Not bad! 

 The beach and Dorothy's Bench.

 Reid leads.

 Morning mist.

 A wonderful wooden camp, build over the generations by Lockwood folks.

 SEA WEED!

 STROLLING!

And mostly, a lovely quiet, filled more with the sounds of water and birds than people and motors.

 Liam had an awesome time.

 So did Reid (obscured by KQ, note the shoes)

 The coast was just fantastic.

 Sara Ann, walking down to the beach from the house.

 The troop.

 We look a couple handfuls of these beauties back with us.

And, wonder of wonders, we went "Musseling"!  Katie was the first to get her hands on some.

And Liam found some mussels too!

Daddy smugged like a snerk.

Reid dubbed it all disgusting.

Merrick captured a small snake that Tim and Reid got to play with. 

And life was awesome.

We steamed and ate the mussels, and they, too, were awesome.

And we spied on passing sailboats.

And used them shamelessly as props.

So, thank you Lockwoods~!