May 21-25 2026 - After a few days in Indianapolis, getting unpacked and reacquainted with our house, we packed up again and headed to Sebring for a quick visit with Mom, for her 91st birthday!
We enjoyed a ride down to the lake in the golf cart
pretty sunset
baby waff and some eggs for breakfast
Sandy Springs for lunch
and we got to see my cousin Julie
Ann & Erich were also there for the weekend, so we decided to go to Piccadilly Parlour, in Canfield, for lunch to celebrate Mom's birthday.
We're sure missing Marilyn, but we're happy for FaceTime!
Kev's grilling dogs on the front porch
May 27, 2026 - Aunt Gerry & Uncle Gene are driving from Springfield and we'll all 4 of us drive together to Annapolis, for Casey & Rebecca's wedding.
We stopped at the Candle Co Outlet Store for a bag lunch on their front porch
We drove about 5 hours and stayed at a Springhill Suites outside of Wheeling WV. Pre-dinner drinks in the hotel room, a little different than usual for us!
We had dinner at Alpha Tavern and AG and I found some scooters out front we needed to pose on
Google made a water color painting out of the photo
May 28-29, 2026 - It was another 5 hour drive from Wheeling to Annapolis where we're staying at a VRBO (25 Brewer Ave). The house is huge with 6 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. Steven & Kelly get here later tonight and Meg & Maddy get here tomorrow. There is a big back deck out back and a wrap around front porch. It's located just a half a mile from downtown, so we'll be able to walk if we want to.
Gotta have a fireball shot!
Kelly and I went for a walk and found the water
Kev getting ready for his toast at the rehearsal dinner
Meg's here! She had Amtrak trouble, but finally got here. Maddy's stuck in Baltimore.
Casey and his Rolla buddies
AG & UG
Cousins!
Rebecca & Meg
May 30, 2026 - It's wedding day! But first we're headed downtown to meet up with Kev's cousins Christine and Todd for a little sightseeing around Annapolis and lunch. Then we'll head to Whitehall for the wedding and reception
That looks like good syrup (Anderson syrup!)
We did a tour of the state house
hmmmm???
The gang out front of the state house
Next we walked to the Naval Academy
We left after a quick walk through the Naval Academy Museum and headed to lunch
We had lunch at the Annapolis Market House
Headed back to the State house where we parked the car
We clean up pretty nice...
A fireball shot while we wait for the Uber
Maddy steps in to take some photos of Rebecca's family
Where did those come from?
golf cart rides
everybody's here
drone shots of the wedding!
photo ops
pretty flowers on the tables
and those hanging flowers are amazing
pretty sunset
Todd & Chris
Time for some dancing
We had so much fun
Everybody was dancing
the band was so good!
not sure where he found those...
Next we took a bus to the after party in downtown Annapolis (with lots of singing on the way!)
Such a fun time
May 31, 2026 - We're starting our drive home today. We decided to stop for a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright house, Fallingwater near Ohiopyle, PA.
We're packing up and heading out
Fallingwater
The iconic photo of Fallingwater
The view from the bridge, as we were walking to the entrance. You can see the stairs that go down to the Bear Run Stream (an arm of the Youghigheny River) that runs under the building
The living room
Fallingwater was built for Edgar Kaufman Sr, who owned the Kaufman's Dept store in Pittsburgh. It was built on land the Kaufman's owned in the Laurel Highlands and had used as a "camp" in the summers. Edgar Kaufman Jr went to school in Europe and came home and apprenticed under Wright. The Kaufman's hired Wright in 1934 to design a house for them. The Kaufman's moved into the house in Nov 1937 and then requested the building of a guest quarters, which was finished in Apr 1939. The final cost of the house and guest wing was $155,000 (about 2.7 million in 2024 dollars) about 4 times the original budget.
the dining area in the large living room
the stairs in the living room, down to the stream
I loved this model (that moves) of the sun, with earth moving around it and the moon moving around earth.
the covered walkway to the guest house
there are lots of hanging porches in this house
a view of the waterfall
one last view!
June 12, 2026 - Deb & Chuck came for a weekend visit in Indianapolis.
we went downtown to the Ratskeller for an afternoon of music in the beer garden
Ballet class above the beer garden. They were enjoying the view instead of dancing
lunch on the canal, at Flatwater
A White River selfie, after a walk to town
June 20-21 2026 - We just saw Deb & Chuck last weekend, but we need to move some stuff to the shabin for some long term storage. We might as well do some fishing on the Bourbeuse while we're there!
We're dropping off Tiny and 2 of our kayaks
Kev was the only one that caught anything
Deb & Chuck kayaked
It's always a nice day on the river
Nice spot for a break
Deb's got a lot of onions!
pretty back porch
We headed home during a tornado watch!
We hit a lot of weather on the way home
