The sun was bright even though the air was so crisp!
This would be a remarkable place to relax and visit if it were 25 degrees warmer.

It was a quiet morning of errands.

Marie worked for hours on a homework assignment.

 

 

 

Johanna, Katriel, Tabitha and I joined Noelle and her mom and friend in decorating the venue for the wedding.

 

 

It was cool, but dry for the rehearsal… and a lot of fun.

 

 

Western NY pizza for the win.

 

And desserts that cost an absolute fortune BUT were safe for Stewart!

 

 

 

 

We went back to the rental for some sleep before the BIG day!

 

In the “can you believe” files:

•Our family couldn’t leave rental house bc our keys were in Stewart’s pocket – and he’d already left.

•Groomsman let out of police academy training 90 minutes late therefore missed rehearsal

•Pastor couldn’t come to rehearsal bc wife stranded in Albany and he has little kids

•Photographer dropped ring between boards of deck requiring dismantling of deck to retrieve

•Bridesmaid locked keys in car

One of my favorite places in the world.
We were able to include a day trip to GCV&M while back in NY.

We hadn’t been there since before the lockdown, so it was very special to visit again.
Sadly, some of the buildings were without docents as they’d worked on the holiday (7/4) which was Tuesday and a day they’d normally have been off.  Nonetheless, it was a warm, wonderful outing.

Katriel was able to see her birthday buddy, Miss Pam.

We were happy to have Madeline visit with us.

I couldn’t resist this photos at Nan’s mirror.

We drove kids, um, places, and then I went to see my friend, Karrie, whom I haven’t seen in over a year.

In that time, she had her sweet baby girl.  Who I thought was looking at the phone when I took this.

It was a major treat to catch up with her and her sweet Hailey and CJ.

 

And I finally got to meet Nico, who looks like a super angry cat, but who is, in fact, a sweetheart.

I then drove around and around picking up kids and dropping them off until dinner time.