Bonnie and I drive to Cincy

Bonnie and Gabe talked dialysis and transplant.
Gabe has a donor and is to be transplanted in next few weeks. :)

Bonnie drove out from Alexandria, Virginia on Monday and Tuesday we drove to Cincinnati to pick up some sculpture at the Malton Gallery in Hyde Park. We met Co & Gabe for dinner at the Hyde Park Tavern and sat outside. Great food followed by great ice cream at Aglamesis. :)

Ya-Ya Bonnie meets life-long best friend Co,
a Ya-Ya before there was a name for it . :)

et tu Brutus? At the Schott.....

Dennis with Army Brutus and Elvis Brutus

Had to have Brutus Brutus ;)

The Phantom Brutus is my #1 favorite

Butter Brutus ;) (I love this one!- so Ohio)

Van Gogh Brutus

Wendy Brutus :)

Lady Liberty

Jim Tressel Brutus

These were cute but expected

Woody Brutus

Drum Major Brutus

Janie and E. Gordon Gee Brutus ;)
(Thank goodness no Karen A-Hol-Brook)

Nancy & Amy visit Casa Blanka

This was our second annual August weekend where we tried to get everyone together at our lake house. Last year Amy could not be here and this year Aunt Debbie and Julie were in NYC but we did get Nancy AND Amy here from Chicago at the same time. :) Greg and Jorge also came plus Co, Gabe and Alex from Cincinnati. Tommy, Emily & Chad (plus puppy Vince) came from Columbus on Saturday. The weather was perfect for the second year in a row. :)

We went tubing again but the highlight was kayaking. Harbor Point is full of kayaks now and although ours are still on order there are plenty to borrow. :) Seven people stayed over with us so we had a house full! There were 9 of us on the boat to Smitty's for breakfast. There are several post to follow with our weekend exploits!

Breakfast at Smittys

We all went by boat to Smitty's for breakfast. It has been a special treat to have Co & Gabe with us all weekend since he is now on dialysis and going for his kidney transplant very soon. :)

The buffet is loaded with hillbilly potatoes, biscuits and gravy and a make-your-own waffle iron. Yummy! Alex is testing the waffles. :)

Aaaarrrgh! Pirates on Buckeye Lake

Saturday Cookout at the Lake

The weather was incredibly perfect. We ate and snacked all day! Dennis grilled some delicious beef and pork tenderloins. We went through an inordinate amount of beer and wine for just 12 people. ;) Aunt Co (NTCO) remembered that we used to call Pokey, our dog growing up, "Pokey Goo"! T and I had totally forgotten about that! It was a fun and silly weekend of reminiscing. We also had some funny hat pictures- what's with that??;) My great-petnephew Vince came along for the reunion but Aunt Debbie and Julie were in NYC and sorely missed. :(

Weekend Water Sports

The big kids tubed and kayaked. Emily took Vince, her little pup, along and he jumped in! She had to drag him out ;) Fortunately the water is very shallow! ;)

Bubble Blowing ;)

Hannah, Billy & Brian came over and gave us all bubbles. They were left over from Noelle's wedding last weekend.

Bob & Joan's Grandchildren

We met Bob & Joan at Bar Louie on Thursday afternoon. Bob's three grandsons, (his daughter Lisa's children) had come for a visit to the farm for a few days and were flying back to Philadelphia out of Port Columbus. They had been to COSI first and had Joan's granddaughter, Chloe (6), along (daughter of our niece Mandy who has a 3 year old, Riley Kate, at home and a new baby boy about to be born any week now!). The children were delightful! The boys are Jacob (10), Samuel (9), and Aaron (who they call Tiger) (6).