Madd Max Plays With Sparklers

Love.

Serious boys cousins.

Playing with fire.

Girl cousins, working on Insta-worthy photos.

Madd Max Does Chocorua Things

 

Painting in Taisie's studio.

 

Badminton.

 

Chopping wood.

Putting your feet (and iphone) in the lake.  Those are Jess' and Maddie's.  This was Jess' first time putting her feet in the water.  It was great.  The iphone did not like it as much.

Madd Max Watch The Trail Cam

After a rainy drive down and back to Boston for a new rental car, Sam and Jess returned home.

To this cozy meal.

Followed by s'mores in the kitchen stove.

Toasty.

Uncle David had also gone thru the trail cam (which is set up on the path to the lake) from last year.  Here's some highlights.  

Infrared moose.

Momma black bear and two cubs.

And a lynx - how cool.

Madd Max Has A Lot Of Rain

And when the rain breaks, it looks like this.

Which helps these grow.

It also means there's a lot of cozy kitchen time, since there have really only been 4 full days of sun in 2 weeks.

This means delicious meals.

Along with a lot less delicious Geometry homework.

And even less delicious Health homework.

Madd Max Celebrates The 4th Of July

On the 1st, at Wyatt's house and bonfire.

People, for scale.

This goes down as one of Jess' favorite, all-time, fireworks displays.

Madd Max Has White Gates Farm Pizza

This is not how you are supposed to swing.

The kids dined on the grass.

The adults, at the picnic table.

There was live music, and a bunch of happy diners.

Clearly, this was a lucky day to be in New Hampshire.

Madd Max Has A Second Day Of Sun

Sam pulled out the slip-n-slide.

Always a win.

Sam and Jess even got in a canoe ride.

Jess digs this photo.