So I am lying in bed in our room upstairs at the cottage we rent in Fairhaven, New York. It is late Thursday night, July 31, 2014. Our vacation began last Saturday and has simply flown. We leave Saturday morning. On this trip are: Me, Kerri, Matty and Sophie; Kerri's sister Lisa and her son Joe; our other nephews Jon and Rob Bishop and niece Megan; Kerri's oldest sister Julie and her partner Val Colby; and Kerri's parents Bill and Carol Bishop, aka Papa and Grammy. Papa has had serious health issues this year, and his presence here has been a minor miracle. We thank God that he is here with us. Also visiting this week is Heather Evans and Janessa Spooner. Heather is the daughter of Jim Evans, Lisa's boyfriend. Janessa is the daughter of Heather's boyfriend. They have been lots of fun.
I've gone in two boat rides with Captain Jon and Sophie, drank a lot of Sangria, Snapple iced tea, beer and pop, swam in the bay, ate a lot of junk and played a lot of wiffle ball. We've had two long games and will have another 9-inning affair tomorrow when Sara Mroczek (Val's daughter) arrives with her three sons. Dan Bishop (Kerri's brother) and wife Mary Lou were here last weekend and will be back tomorrow.
This is our third summer spending a week at this place. Kerri's parents sold their cottage in Sackets Harbor in 2009, and we spent a week in 2010 on Conesus Lake and a week in 2011 on Seneca Lake before finding this place. We love it. The worst part of this week has been the rain. Three days already. Yikes.
We are missing Kerri's sister Laura, who has been a regular on vacations but missed this one because she just started a job in Boston. And our nephew Tony is out of state in his job as a roofer.
Matty is 8 and about to enter third grade. He has been into organizing the wiffle ball games this week! And playing on his iPad, of course. Sophie is 4. She is up for anything. She loves the boat rides, swimming and hanging with the big girls. Such a sweetie.
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