Monday, July 09, 2012

Glover, Day One & Two: July 1st & 2nd

 No sooner had I rolled my rental car into Joan's in Glover when my Aunt Susan appeared with my cousin Maria and her daughter Hayley.
 First morning at Joan's - both girls piled into my bed to laze about with a book.
 Aimee brought Caroline to meet us and Darlene!
 Estelle & Heather enjoyed meeting Caroline!

 Cousins once removed!

 Monday evening:  we go to the Aldrich homestead, now owned by Rob Coleman.  This was my father's birthplace, and many generations of his family before him!
 There's Rob grilling off the back porch.
 Celena watches the girls:
 Léna explores...
 On the left, Iris Coleman, born July 21st, 2006, 3 days after Estelle.  On the Right, her little sister Reed, a few months older than Léna. 
 These 4 girls became fast friends, meeting for the first time at what was the home of their grandfathers.  Surreal.

 Reading with Joan before bed....
More to come!

2 comments:

Lil' Martha said...

Julie, you sure know how to pack it all in! So nice that you got to see Aunt Susan and Maria AND go back to the Aldrich homestead! How lovely that back porch looked with 4 princesses having a ?tea party? Know how much the girls love being read to, especially at Joanies "library!"

W,C,H said...

Love all the cozy reading in bed pictures.