The Best Things in Life Aren’t Things

July 3, 2019

 

Alison, Kathy, Chris, Al, Kathy and Alex

Pete

The Best Things in Life Aren’t Things

There is really nothing more important in life than family and friends. Spending time with the people you love and who know and love you is really one of the most important aspects of our lives and this is why Kathy and I treasure the opportunity to spend time in places like Marshfield, where she was born and raised and still has so many important people in her life nearby.

 

This visit wasn’t so much a vacation as a celebration of what is truly important and as such we were thrilled to attend and host gatherings while we were there that brought together so many of the important people in our lives. Almost right away upon arrival, we were keeping busy with wonderful people and fun events that celebrated memories while at the same time making new ones.

Michael and Nacho

Pete

One of our first stops was at a family get together at Kathy’s Aunt Kathy and Uncle Al’s home in nearby Scituate. There we got to meet for the first time the newest addition to the family, ten month old Pete, who is the son of Kathy’s cousin Alex and his wife Alison. I have never been much of a baby person, I mean they are cute and all, but I have always found them somewhat messy, sticky and often smelly. But this baby, along wth our friends Dakota and Andy’s baby Sloane, have pretty much made me do a 180 degree turn around. 

Alison and Pete

Kathy and Pete

Al and Jack

Pete is adorable, smiley, fun and good natured, oozing with personality and just adorable. Kathy and I were pretty much smitten right off the bat. It was such a wonderful afternoon getting to spend time with Alex, Alison and Pete along with Chris, Jim and our wonderful hosts Kathy and Al. Even Jack was able to attend and made new friends with Alex and Alison’s cute little dogs, Nacho and Nina. 

Chris

Jack is loving vacationing in Massachusetts, his freedom to roam about the beautiful wooded surroundings of Kathy’s father’s house was something completely new to him as were the myriad of smells of all the woodland creatures that call the area home. It is just such a beautiful and enjoyable setting. It is also the perfect setting for an event that we host almost every time we visit, a huge lobster feast for many of Kathy’s family and friends.

Jack

Tina and Kathy 

Bobby and Candy

This year we had to order 23 lobsters to account for all the people that were coming and sadly our favorite place to get fresh seafood, the Brant Rock Seafood Market closed down permanently since we were here last year. Thankfully the local grocery store, Roche Brothers, prepares lobsters so we went that route and I went over to pick up the lobsters just as people started arriving.

Mark, Pam and Jim

There was an abundance of delicious food and drinks as the feast was done in a potluck fashion and people seemed to go all out in adding to the meal, but the best part about it was the amount of family and friends who were able to participate. The crowd was so big that it made it tough to really get around and spend quality time with everyone who was there, but we had a fantastic evening and want to thank everyone who was on hand to celebrate with us.