The Cole Corner: August 2014

August is almost over and it has been a month of lots of family activity. First of all, we have a family picture for the first time in who knows how many years. This is a pretty impressive group, don't you think?

All of the Coles out to dinner in Fort Fairfield. Front: Ryan, Jessica, Louise, Gary, Alexander (in Bob's arms), Bridget, Gina, Emily, and Jon. Back row: Matthew, JoAnna, Andrew, Meghan, Bob, and Erin. Many thanks to Bryce Roix who acted as photographer.

We also have a nice photo of the grandchildren taken at the same time.

Aren't they a good looking bunch?

The occasion that brought us all together was the Washburn August Festival. This is probably the only time this year that we will all be in the same place at the same time. As the weekend approached the campers arrived. We had two parked in the driveway.

The morning of the parade the seats filled up on the lawn.

Bridget and Emily enjoying each others company.

Little Alex has just turned one, but he fit right in.

The evening of the August Festival we gathered as a family at Boondocks in Fort Fairfield for a meal.
Here we have Bob and Gina studying the menu while Ryan seems to have lost interest in it. The wait time was long for kids.

Here you can see the little ones at the end of the table. Alex took a couple of walks while we waited for food.

After the festival was over we took a trip to Portage with Jon, Erin and Emily for a couple of days.
Here you see Grampy reading to Emily, who enjoyed the trip.

We actually spent most of the week at the camp, the first time this summer we have been able to relax and enjoy it. Here we see Emily enjoying her first smore!