Irene

July 28
Hurricane Irene visited us. Most of the roads we drove on last night where washed out. A lot of the roads in Sherwood Forest, where we were staying are washed out. We were moved not able to get to Lee or Pittsfield till late in the afternoon.
Last pictures were the road to the camping area and the playground had 5 ft of water.

wedding

The wedding

July 27,
Bambi and Jim’s wedding was a fantastic event. It was catered at the Hills Country Club in Waterbury, CT… They had an open bar that led to everyone loosing up . It was so nice to see most of the family together, dancing, laughing and having a great time.
Mike gave BAmbi away. Norene and Mark. Bambi, Our table, Jim the grome

Rhode Island

Following weekend we went to Rhode Island to visit Gene’s sister Betty and Brother Donnie and all Betty’s and Johns family. Their kids, kids kids, etc. We went to a beautiful light house in Narragansett and ate at Iggy’s, which is a great little fish restaurant off the beach. We had baked fish and clam chowder, along with their famous crab cakes. Diner was outside under the trees with a cool ocean breeze adding to the ambiance. We also visited Beavertail Lighthouse the 3rd oldest in the America’s.
All the Begin family managed to make it down for the weekend and the first day Gene’s sister Joan was with us. Surprisingly the weather was great all weekend since rain was predicted. We visited some rock beaches and watched the sail boats going out from the bay.
As we drove home the rain came down and we talked of the great time we had.

Reunion

FAMILY REUNIONDawn and Jeff arrived from Texas on Aug. 11, and surprised us getting to the campground early. Since we found that Jackie’s pop up trailer had some major water problems, we decided to have Jeff and Dawn stay in our camper. Dawn was so funny when she first arrived she was so thrilled with the cool weather and that we could sit outside at the picnic table. After about an hour she went in and got her zippered hoodie. After about another hour she went in for a sweatshirt to put under the hoodie. She had experienced a more than 50 degree temperature change in just a few hours. Jeff on the other hand went into the trailer and took a nap. He had been working long hours the past few days.The reunion was great with a majority of our kids, their kids, grandkids and great grandkids and families. The weather was great all weekend then monday morning it poured. Most everyone got out before the rain on Sunday night. Monday Laurie and 3 of her kids, along with Dawn, Jeff, Norene, so we had a breakfast in our trailer for 9 or so of the family and let them dry off.  We then sent them on their way, two to the airport and the rest home to Connecticut.
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AUGUST HAPPY BIRTHDAY'S

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO; DAWN, MARK, ANDREA, BONNIE, KURT, MARISTA

PICTURES OF TANGLEWOOD

Another Week in the Berkshires

OUR WEEK WAS A BUSY ONE. TICKETS WERE BOUGHT FOR A TANGLEWOOD CONCERT ON THURSDAY FOR A CONCERT ON TUESDAY AUG. 2. ON SATURDAY WE PLAYED RUMMY WITH KRISTA AND LAURIE AND THEN WE WERE TAKEN OUT TO DINER BY DANILLE AND GENE ON FRIDAY AND THEN LAURE, MIKE AND KRISTA TOOK US TO DINER ALONG WITH BAMBI, JIM AND KIDS ON SATURDAY.
GENE, DANIELLE, MARK, JOAN, KIT, GENE & I HEADED FOR BOSTON AGAIN ON THURSDAY THE 28TH. FOUR OF US WENT ON A WHALE WATCH AND THE FIRST THREE WENT ON A BUS TOUR OF BOSTON. I TOLD GENE NOT LET ME GO ON A BOAT AGAIN. I HAD THE PATCH ON, DRAMINE, AND BONINE AND STILL GOT SICK. THERE WHERE A LOT OF HUMBACK WHALES BUT THE BOAT WAS TO FULL TO WALK FROM ONE SIDE TO OF THE OTHER TO SEE ANYTHING. IT WAS ONLY WHERE WE WERE STANDING. OUR VIEW WAS LIMITED. BESIDES THAT I WAS TRYING TO KEEP FROM GETTING SICK. NEVER AGAIN…
TUESDAY, AUG. 2 WE WENT TO THE TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER FOR AN AMAZING DAY OF MUSIC AND SINGING. WE ARIVED AT 2:00 PM AND WENT TO THE BEAUTIFUL OZAWA HALL TO HEAR BEETHOVAN AND DVORAK. GENE & I WALKED THE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS AND WAITED FOR THE BIG SHOW AT 8PM. THERE WAS MUSIC BY THE CENTER ORCHESTRA, BOSTON SYMPHONY AND BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA’S. WHAT AMAZING SOUNDS CAME FROM THE LARGE ORCHESTRA’S? THE BIG SHOW WAS WAGNER’MEISTERSINGER’S OVERTURE, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS WITH 16 SOLO VOICES, TCHAIKOVSKY’S ROMEO & JULIET OVERATURE, WITH MORE OF JOHN WILLIAMS PIECES, INCLUDING E.T., AND THE BIG FINALLY WAS TCHAIKOVSKY’S 1812 OVERTURE INCLUDING THE CANYONS. THE DESERT WAS A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SHOW. AS WE WERE LEAVING GENE SAID “HOW CAN WE TOP THIS”. SORRY, THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. MAYBE LOW 80’S WITH A BREEZE THAT GAVE ME CHILLS.
GLEN, HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?
ENJOY HEARING FROM THE BROOKHAVEN GANG. HOPE YOU ARE STAYING COOL.
BY THE WAY THE CAPSLOCK KEY IS STUCK.