Uncle Ray and Aunt Patty let us borrow one of their mandolins. (an instrument I have always liked the sound of). We are trying to teach ourselves (so far successfully!). Here is Sarah practicing her open strings.

We went to my friend Erin's family cottages on the river for her son's birthday party while in NY. Here is Grant with his Daddy pushing him on his new 4 wheeler!

It was a cold afternoon..(thanks AJ!)

A neat picture of Grant (a 4th of July baby! ) holding the American flag with Mom looking on.

Hugging Papa

saying goodbye to Uncle Randy and family

We stopped in the Adirondacks at the cemetery near the Mineville/Moriah area (where my parents grew up). A lot of my ancestors are buried there and my grandparents on both sides. This is my great-great grandparents grave (on my mom's mom side.. whew!, it took a minute to figure that out!).

A hugs tailings pile (waste) from the old iron-ore mines that have long been closed. (pic taken from the cemetery) There is still some old equipment at the top. (we stopped here after tupper lake.. I uploaded in the wrong order yet again)

The ride home... (she makes a good pillow!) Here is Tupper Lake. Here is Eric tyring to coax Sally into the water (she's never liked water very much!). He's enticing her with the ducks floating out there.. she sees them and is watching, but she's thinking it's not worth it!

Jumping over the waves.