On to Greenville, SC

Thought I'd finish up the summer vacation before moving on to more current things. We spent the last five days in charming Greenville with Laura, Jeff and cousins Natalie and Carlie. Garrett just adores his cousins. 11-year-old Natalie is quite the dancer and it was so cute watching her teach him the "moves." Here she is performing at the baseball game (Greenville is home to Single A baseball—the "Drive" is the name of the Red Sox farm team); she's the littlest one in the first row.Here she is, glowing after her performance. Cutie pie Carlie and her faithful side kick: Their stadium is a replica of Fenway Park. I think Jeff is the spitting imagine of Kent Hrbek, retired first baseman for the Twins. The following night we celebrated our belated July birthdays—Laura's was the 13th, Natalie's the 15th, mine on the 16th and Gman on the 20th. The dads busted for watching the little league championship game during the party.


On a downer note, there are no happy pictures of Garrett and Bob's daughter Susie. Although she did come over for dinner one night, she didn't show much interest in Garrett. (Not sure if she even acknowledged him.) My hopes for an amazing moment like we had with her brother Ryan were dashed. Maybe next time.