Our August trip to Grandma's house!

Aaron, Sarah and I took a trip to visit Grandma Szymanski and my sister's families in Western New York.

We had a relaxing and fun filled week visiting relatives and experiencing the local sites including a county fair, a real maple sugar "bush", an auction and flea market where they actually sold everything from chickens to rocks, a beautiful lake side community, the local Mormon ward which is located on the Seneca Indian Reservation, and much more!

Plus we cleaned up up Grandpa Szymanski's horseshoe pit, mowed grandma's huge 3 acre lawn, were treated to a picnic at my sister's home and played bocci ball, sampled the food at the Amish cheese factory, Timmy Horton's, Buffalo Chicken Wings, Mighty Taco and fresh fruits and vegetables from the neighborhood gardens! The week went by so fast that we look must go back again soon, next spring I hope!

Below are a few photos that I managed to take, I'm sorry I didn't take more.

We began our trip on Friday morning with a stop in Minneapolis. We waited for our plane to be loaded full of peanuts and pretzels to make our flight so much fun!

After we settled in we visited a local Maple Syrup sugar bush called Maple Glen Sugar House in nearby Gowanda NY. Very authentic...

A visit to the Chautauqua Lake community of Bemus Point. I nice lakeside community with plenty of walking paths on the lake shore. The lake is just North of Jamestown, birthplace of Lucille Ball.

We enjoyed a outdoor lunch at the Beach Club, yummi food.

The fun continued at the Erie County Fair, Aaron and Sarah dared enter this space ship, spun around for a few minutes until they were almost sick.

We also watched the goat judging, did you know that a female goat is called a doe! We also enjoyed the fair food including vinegar french fries.

Aunt Jan traded cars with Grandma, so we put the top down and cruzed the highways, hold onto your hat Grandma Szymanski!

After a week of non stop activities with the Szymanski's it was time for a little rest waiting for our return flight.

Thanks to Grandma Szymanski, Julie, Rick, Janis and our cousins. We hope to see you again soon....