Visitors!

Sarah & Chris decided to take the chance and travel to Ohio with girls in July. The Covid cases were at the lowest they'd been since the start of the pandemic and the airlines were doing okay on their protocols. This was the trigger for several other people. Lisa got plane tickets too, and then we ended up hosting a mini Cooper Reunion on Saturday, July 10th.

Treasure Hunt

Cleveland Tourists

Park Day

Towpath Hike

Fireflies

    

Reunion/Party

Treasure Hunt Reprise

Creek Hike

"RenFaire"


Lisa flew from Long Beach on Wednesday, July 7th.




She arrived in time for dinner out at Best Gyros.




an auspicious rainbow




The Leons took a red-eye Thursday night and arrived very early Friday morning.




we got to do a lot of fun activities with Nayla and Olivia while Sarah and Chris took a nap. Olivia eventually took one, too, but Nayla managed to keep going until 8pm.





























Shrinky-dinks with Aunt Lisa on the deck.









watching the shrinky-dinks do their amazing shrinking act in the toaster oven.




making cookies. The girls decided to play the copy game and copied everything I did, with lots of merriment.





























looking for treasure in piles of old coins.




a bit of dress-up with Aunt Lisa's cloak.




Builder Nayla models Great-Grandpa George Cooper's hard hat.




Sam and Parker arrived in town Friday and stopped by to visit a bit. We'll see more of them at the official party on Saturday.




Parker visits with Nayla.




Pizza night
























By Friday night, Jerry & Julia and Beth & John had arrived in town and stopped by to enjoy a campfire.














Saturday morning -- Glen was the focus as Lisa and the girls presented him with Father's Day and birthday gifts. and then it was time to party.




Grandpa leads a creek-crossing.









Sunday morning. Olivia and Lisa enjoy a book together.




Grandma shares her popcorn.














Sunday, while some of us were doing an improvised RenFaire, others, including out-of-town cousins, went to the Winking Lizard in Peninsula for lunch.




They were treated to a train going by, too.




That evening, the group migrated to Jen & Joe's house to watch the game and let the youngest cousins play. Jen made spaghetti for us.





























Rain! we had been so lucky to have beautiful weather for the reunion party on Saturday, but it rained on-and-on all the other days.









Lisa treated us to frozen custard at Rosati's.
























bubbles!




another visit with cousins Gianna and Sammy




they made witches' brew




deer in the yard, checking out all this unaccustomed activity









Medieval Games - Roger had resurrected the Wii so we could play


































and then it was time for the Leons to head home.




Lisa treated us to a reprise of frozen custard.









We picked raspberries in the front yard




Anne made raspberry topping sauce




we sent some back with Lisa for her to share with the Simensons




Lisa and Anne worked on making a special shirt for Aunt Wendy









Mario Golf on Roger's Nintendo Switch









Glen cracked open Lisa's geode from the Science Center.



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