Nice day visiting with Allison’s parents, her brother and sister-in-law and her Grandparents. We went up to Nottingham, NH for a visit with Uncle Nate and Auntie Sarah and their baby girl. My niece is so cute. I am a very proud Uncle of course. We did see evidence of Eva getting jealous of the baby but she made it through.
The visit was a very nice one and we are looking forward to our trip down to Florida in September (prior to IZEAFest) to visit Dan and Marcia. We also hope to get a chance to go up and visit with Nate and Sarah later this summer and into the Fall (when it is cooler) to spend a little more time with them and our niece.
On the way up to their place we passed the BBQ place that we had wanted to try on the last visit. The sign out front said “Now Open Mondays” We had to laugh. We had wanted to try that place on our last visit but of course it was a Monday and of course it was closed that day. Did us no good today. We did stop at an ice cream and snack bar on the way home and I had Purple Cow ice cream which is Black Raspberry with chocolate chunks and white chocolate chunks as well as raspberry candy pieces. Could have done without the raspberry crunchies, they did not add to the ice cream but I do like the use of White Chocolate and regular Chocolate chips with a fruit base, I want mine in Strawberry Ice Cream though.
My cousin Nick graduated from High School today. He went to Upper Cape Technical and he’s off to college later this year. Nick is also my godson and I am so proud of him graduating. I went to the Graduation with my Mom and Dad and I, of course, took my camera. I got a pretty decent spot to catch him as he left the stage with his diploma.
After the graduation we swung by the house and picked up Allison and Eva. We then headed over to my grandfather’s house for a graduation party for Nick.
It was really weird being in the house with Grandma not there. I went into her room and expected sort of to see her in her bed. I knew that was ridiculous but it was the first time I had been over since she passed away. Grandpa is doing okay, he has a dog to keep him company, the dog is a little wiener dog named lady.
One thing that I wanted to do for Nick but things didn’t come together as I had hoped, was to give him an e-book by Ed Gerety. The book is called College Crossroads and I thought it would be a wonderful thing to give to Nick on a Flash drive along with the photos I took at the graduation. I gave nick the flash drive and the photos but had some trouble getting the book, I’ll have to give it to Nick later this summer before he heads to school. We also hooked him up with a Bookstore giftcard to help him buy books for school. If they are anything like the books I had to buy he’s gonna need all the money for them he can get.
