The Scrapper Night Swims

Somewhere out there.

2 paddle boards, 4 teens.

Madd Max Has A Chocorua Day

Morning poker.

What happens when the rake you ordered is a do-it yourself assembly.

Fern weeding.

 

Tandem math.

When you have an artist as a mom, you get the fanciest of compost bins.

Birthday cake for Cathy's 17th.

Madd Max Heads To Cleveland

In the morning, Uncle Wills showed off his new hobby (which is also hearkens back to a very old hobby from his childhood) - gem cutting.

His license plate: HIPUPS.

Sibs.

Jess headed to Cleveland to meet Great Uncle Rick, Great Aunt Carole, Kristin, Iris and Bryson for lunch.

Next up, dinner at Jeannie's with Vivien, Margot and Noelle.

Cuzs.

In Burbank, Sam dined with friends at the Castaway.

Madd Max Heads To Columbus

While Max and Simon hit Lickety Splitz in North Conway for ice cream.

 

Jess got to walk the Olentangy River to dinner with Uncle Wills and Aunt Ally.

Slappy Heads To Boston College

After drop off, Sam and Jess headed out on a date.

With a short ice cream stop in the middle with the Pre-College kid.

 

Almost ready for her class in the Psychology of Art.

Jess and Sam then headed over to the Boston Museum of Science, a young Sam favorite.

 

The Tesla coil show was still great.

Meanwhile in NH, the badminton net came out.

 

And more Priorities were played with Mila and Cathy.

Slappy Goes To The Tamworth Farmers Market

Kefir and goat cheese ice cream.

Watching Jaws with Taisie.

Family laundry folding.

Madd Max Enjoys White Gates Pizza

And some spike ball.

Priorities with a view.

 

Post-dinner, a birthday celebration for Gwen.

The Scrapper Skates

Puck dog.

Hitting the ice with his cuz.

Madd Max Inner Tubes

Heading to the Saco River.

Some people know just how to relax.

Ah.

Snacks and a cold beverage clinched it.

Lunch break.

The evening rounded out with Front Row to Murder at the Barnstormers.

The theater crew.

Madd Max Climbs Chocorua And Fells A Tree

Jess, Madd and Simon headed up around 8am.

Views.

 

It was the first time any of them had the summit all to themselves.

5 hours and 10 min later, they made it back to the parking lot and home to this.

Simon joined in as well.

Felling your first tree will get you hungry.  A dinner at the Pub on Page Hill solved that.

Slappy Draws Mount Chocorua

Maddie and Gwen like to give each other drawing challenges.  This one was to draw Mount Chocorua or the people who live around it.  

Gwen's interpretation.

Maddie's interpretation (there are currently a lot of MAGA flags up in the area).

Madd Max Honors Toby

With a plaque on the rock under which his ashes were buried.

The Scrapper Turns 16!

Waking up to a pile of presents.

Eggs Benedict for his birthday breakfast.

 

Max asked to do nothing for his birthday, which meant there was time for reading on the porch.

Which was lovely.

 

Tree climbing by Simon.

A McDonald's snack.

Brussel sprout/bacon pasta for dinner.

 

Followed by birthday ice cream pie.

And more presents, NH-style.

The night rounded out with some teen gambling, courtesy of one of the birthday boy's presents.