Road tripping!!!
It all began with about 10 hours of playing with these people...
::impromptu piano concerts (5 play...2 are advanced players, passing their Daddy's ability years ago; Rach is limited now only by the size of her hands. Her brother has perfect pitch. Where did this musical ability come from? I can play the radio.)
::a soccer game (We won....I think)
::a homerun derby contest that only made two cry
::stargazing...we saw Saturn's rings, and Jupiter's moons, and declared Mars actually RED
::a pizza party
....and lots and lots of hugs and giggles and cousin-bonding.
It was hard to move on.
Next stop...
Ohiopyle
and a tour of Fallingwater (Frank Lloyd Wright's home built for the Kaufmann family)
We met some friends from high school and had a perfect day...mine probably the most perfect, since Bonney shared some of the booty she received from one of her friend's yarn shop closure.
I'm still hyperventilating when I get it all in a pile. A ton of linen---the rest, dk weight wools and wool blends.
Our last day....was family reunion day....the reason for the trip.
Hubby's side of the family, but since we went to high school together, I know a whole lot of these folks, too! Many spouses and second and third generations we 'met' for the first time, though. They came from all over the world. We were color-coded (our family 'branch' is in white; as is typical, one bro is off riding his bike and missed the photo-op)
We had to divide up generationally. Wishing our son and his family could have made the trip to add 7 to the chaos. It was much fun. In fact, so much fun, my knitting never came out of the bag! (All arranged by the cousin who just retired from event coordinator for LPG events, so she knows her stuff!!!)
In total, we spent nearly 24 hours of the weekend in the car---daughter driving (since she declares me 'scary driver' and her dad a 'speed demon')
You can get a whole lot of knitting done with that kind of uninterrupted time...
- finished birthday socks
- hat for seaman's church institute, Christmas at Sea charity
- 3-colored cowl
- fingerless mitt (minus the thumb) and started the second
- washcloth (from a bit of cotton in the goodie pile)
Daughter was a real trooper doing all that driving, especially since the last leg of the trip was in a horrible thunderstorm.
She wants payment in yarn.
That sounds like an amazing weekend! Family, knitting, and major free stash acquisition.
Posted by: Caffeine Girl | 07/05/2016 at 11:53 AM
Wow. I a, already bitter that I have to do the driving for this weekends camping trip. Eight hours of potential knitting time lost. Such a shame,
Posted by: Andrea @ This Knitted Life | 07/05/2016 at 03:41 PM
Sounds like great fun! We went to St. Louis for a ballgame, shopping, and eating....drove home Sunday in a terrible thunder storm....leaving in the morning for Cape Cod...back home Sunday night...this is a travel month for us...glad you all were safe and sound and had such fun!
Posted by: Ann Denton | 07/05/2016 at 03:43 PM
I'd be bummed too. Car knitting is such a no-guilt luxury time!!!
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Posted by: steph@woolythyme | 07/05/2016 at 03:46 PM
That first photo is absolutely gold. Really sweet. I am filled with the good envy of your visit to fallingwater. so cool. The trip in itself looks like a really good time with your family.
I had a lot of car hours with minimal car knitting last week because we ended up playing cards. The knitting will come. The family time was great.
Posted by: ellen | 07/05/2016 at 07:42 PM
What fun! The photo of the grands is so cute. Families are the best!
Posted by: Jane | 07/05/2016 at 07:46 PM
What a trip!!!!!!! I can't believe my eyes over your yarn pile - amazing!! You better get to work 😉
Posted by: Caroline | 07/06/2016 at 07:01 AM
what a fab weekend at/near my home town!! whee! I loved seeing all those kids together and I bet you had the bestest time ever. Good luck with the sock knitting two at a time, I've done it but prefer the dpn....
Posted by: karen | 07/06/2016 at 07:31 AM
Car knitting is the best and I hardly ever have to drive. It looks like a wonderful weekend-very full of the best things: family and yarn! Your new yarn acquisition makes *me* hyperventilate! :)
xoxoo
Posted by: Kim | 07/06/2016 at 11:02 AM
What's more fun than someone just giving you a big pile of yarn? I've been the lucky recipient of a few of those in my time and it's the best. Also I think your daughter's got the right idea. Maybe you should see what else you can get her to do for yarn payment! Any yard work you've been dreading?
Posted by: Aoife | 07/08/2016 at 06:30 AM