End of summer fun

Well summer vacation has been winding down.  Since our return from Camp we have managed to squeeze in a few cousin parties (no pictures), a Sox game, and the Renaissance Fair .  The kids have gone back to school (no pictures) and we have one more "official" weekend of summer left!  Here are the girls in their Renn Fair costumes.  I made Maisie's Fairy Costume but Sam did her Steampunk costume completely on her own.  Check out her googles!

Happy Summer Vacation!

Well it's mid-July & summer is halfway over.  We just returned from an awesome vacation at Camp 4U in NY.  While we were there we visited Howe's Cavern.  The last time I was there was in 1982 and John was there a few years later.  Things have changed up on top since then but not too much down below.  The kids enjoyed it and Ben thinks he wants to become a cave explorer now.  Sam spent the week at Camp 4U fishing on Uncle Joe's boat with John and is officially addicted now.  As usual Maisie spent the most time in the water.  She is quite the swimmer and can catch up with the paddle boat now when the big kids are trying to escape on it.  Want to know how we know this???  As always Uncle Joe entertained the kids with tubing.  Our kids and my cousin Missy's boys had fun playing in the water together.    You'll see a few pics of Freckles at camp.  She had fun too.  She spent some time off-leash and was in the water too.  She wasn't brave enough to let her feet get off the bottom, maybe next year......

Congrats to Ben!

A fine awards ceremony today.  So much to look forward to in high school.  Congratulations Ben!

Party!

Aunt Janice was in town so we had a mini Stanek reunion this weekend.  Of the seventeen people,  11 were under age 15.  I am so regretful that I didn't get the camera out earlier in the day when the Moe's were here!  What a night!