While in Connecticut we were blessed to attend Sunday Mass as St Michael The Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church. The mass was in Ukrainian, but Mom helped Dad follow along with the English translation. The Church was beautiful and Ava liked seeing a new Church. Afterwards we met a few parishoners that knew Grandpa's father (Mom's Grandpa and Ava's Great Grandfather). We went downstairs and had refreshments afterwards. Many kind people remarked at how adorable Ava and Sarah are.
Ava played with cousin Abe. They had a great time drawing "comic books" and running around playing all kinds of games. Had a nice dinner at Uncle Roman and Aunt Stephanie's house. Also saw them at Town Day in Franconia and went with them to Sat vigil mass at St Rose in Littleton, NH.
Got to spend some time with cousins Abby and Sophia. Played with them a couple of times and had lunch once and a cookout. Ava loved playing with her older cousins.
Ava and Sarah visited Sarah's Godmother Vera and cousins Julia and Henry in New Jersey. Ava and Julia played "Tangled" and princesses and got a really good ice cream snack.
Mom, Ava, and Sarah went out to Connecticut a few days before Dad and spent some time with Grandma and Grandpa. Sarah got to meet Grandpa for the first time. It was a nice visit and the kids enjoyed seeing Grandma and Grandpa. Ava loved exploring the garden, picking blueberries, and watering the flowers. There was a fish in Grandma's frog pond that Ava named "Larry Archibald" after her two favorite characters on Veggietales. Sarah liked to crawl around and get into things and also enjoyed the attention and being held.
On our final day of vacation we visited Ann Arbor and Ava got to see Bridgette. Bridgette and her family moved away just at the end of school and it was nice for the girls to get together and play for a while, just like old times. 
Everybody has finally recovered from our family summer vacation. We spent a few days in Owosso and visited Grandma J, Grandpa Don, Mimi, Auntie Tara, Uncle John and Johnny, and Uncle Gene. Ava loved swimming in Johnny's pool. Ice cream at the Cone Zone. Grandma J treated everybody to a really nice dinner at the Wrought Iron Grill. It was especially nice for Sarah to meet Grandma J and Grandpa Don. So happy that Mimi could make the trip up from SC to be with us too. Thanks to Auntie Tara for letting us stay at her house on Saturday night.
