A trip to the Woods House

On our way to New Hampshire, we stopped in Kennebunkport for some good eats

Ethan and the flowers in Kennebunkport

Little beach time with Kennebunkport sand

Ruby and the goats, friends forever...

Hello Llama

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Canoe trip with PaPa

Mommy and Ethan with the beautiful background

Out in the canoe

Happy shiny face fishing

Nothin' but weeds (that was successful)

Goodbye from the New Hampshire sunflowers...

Summer Vaca in the Fingerlakes

We stop in the Berkshires on the way

And another stop: kids, meat & cheese, and wine–perfectly pleasant

Ethan showing off his good looks

The ducks never were far away (bread crumbs may have something to do with that)

Somebody's into their book

Fishing with Grandpa Larry, with a catfish catch!

A quiet moment caught on camera

The whole family gets together (and it's Grandpa Larry's and Grandma Susie's Anniversary)

Uncle Kirk and Aunt Michelle get into a photogenic mood!

Mommy and Ethan share a moment

One last gasp of the lakefront air

FUN in WATER

On our trip to the finger lakes, we dipped into the waters edge outside our cabin.  The lake we stayed on is Seneca Lake.  Here is an adventure one of our mornings...

Ethan in taking a dip!

Splish

and Splash!

We pose like a duck

Quack! Quack!  

A New Bike for Ruby!

We're getting a test run in the parking lot

Here riding past mommy,
and we'll just see how long those training wheels last.

Remembering:

Ruby's Hot Wheelz

It's the Eeeccccllllllliiiiiiippppppppssssssseeeeee!

The eclipse shows its self

 While on vacation in the Fingerlakes with the Ridge's,

we eagerly anticipate a solar eclipse.  Grandma Susie got us glasses and film for binoculars and a telescope even to take in the solar show.

Uncle Kirk is psyched

Grandma and Grandpa on the look out....

Grandpa Larry gives it a go

It's the eclipse! The eclipse!

Eclipse fun

Tricia basking in the eclipse

Well, it wasn't this dramatic (total solar eclipse, taken in Oregon), but it was still pretty cool.

Solar Eclipse

Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Fairest of Them All?

We found our reflection today :)

Who's that?

Hey!

Hey!

Hi there!

You're handsome...

Hey there again!

Bye!

Grocery Run!

Thanks for being a big help there, Ethan!

We took our first visit to the grocery store in a cart --- looking, touching, being gawked at --- more of that in the future.  We're also rocking mommy's alma mater.