A Nice End to a tough week

My grandmother passed away this week, and so we spent most of our week up in Boston. She was 93, and she was very alert and interactive until she passed. We had her funeral on Wednesday and she is buried near my father. Between this and some school meetings, technical issues, etc. it was a long week!

While we were up in town, we spent some time in my aunt's pool. It was neat to see Hank back in the pool that he had really enjoyed last year!

My uncle took these cute pics.

Hank floated, splashed and dunked!

We returned to the cape this morning. In the meantime I have a new computer, and I am happily blogging from my new macbook pro. I love it, but it will take a little getting use to. It is SUPER fast.

When we got to the cape, we were met by our friends Carla and Katie. We went to the Barnstable County Fair! I have an irrational love of fairs! It was a blast. We played a million games! It was great to have a kid to win for! Though Hank did reject one of my prizes (a big stuffed frog, which he slapped) we were able to trade it in and all was well!

Katie, Catherine and Carla gear up for an intense game!

We won Hank a Red Sox ball! Mama and son loved it.

We sat together in a giant chair! I have a picture of myself in this same chair at about 12. I have to go find it now.

After eating hotdogs, candy apples, root beer and more, we headed home with our goodies. After a quick dinner at Marc Antony's of pizza, we went to the beach to fly a kite!

Catherine had a lot of success at first! It was so pretty there.

By the time we left, this was as high as the kite got :)

The beach was clear and gorgeous. The sky was pink and it was a perfect place to be!

Katie helped Hank stay dry!

Hank surveys his domain.

Kites are fun :)

Kites in the air!

Carla and Hank chat and walk.

On the way home, prior to the beach, Hank showed off a bit! (and I played with my new iphone!)

He also got to try a little cotton candy!

It was just a lovely day! I think it will be nice tomorrow and Sunday, and I can't wait to get to the beach some more! It was even more perfect because we had such wonderful friends to share it with!