This document appears to be a collection of photos and captions from a family vacation over the summer of 2012. The vacation included visiting New York City, hiking in Lake Mohigan State Park in Connecticut, touring the Pez factory, attending a wedding at Candlewood Lake Club, and visiting various locations in New England like beaches in Maine and Rhode Island. Highlights included hiking trails, ice cream from a dairy farm, the Pez factory tour, wedding photos, dancing at the reception, and spending time with family.

1. Family Wedding Vacation 2012

2. Chad’s New Toothbrush
Chad, 15 years old, forgot to bring a toothbrush. His mother, Lizzie, was
irritated, went to CVS and got this little kid toothbrush for him mostly to pass
along the irritation. MAJOR BACKFIRE. Chad’s response: “Score, look it even
has a suction cup so it can stand up, Thanks Mom!” July 24th, 2012

3. Brent, Conchetta, Lexie and Kristina Lesser
Times Square New York City Wednesday, July 25, 2012

4. Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Kristina and Lexie in front of Monet’s Water Lilies, left my DNA on it
about 10 years ago, resisted touching this go round. July 25th, 2012

5. Kristina and Lexie, MOMA, questionable art, in our
opinion
Quote from Conchetta, “My favorite piece: Twin, by Robert Ryman. He has
SIXTEEN ALL WHITE, square canvases in many museums around the world. He
is known as a monochromatic, abstract, modern artist. REALLY?” July 25th,
2012

6. Conchetta and Liz Honer, classmates throughout middle
school and high school, reconnected in NYC
Sbarros block north of Fifth Avenue. Other dining venues throughout our trip:
Subway, Taco Bell, Chipotle, Buffalo Wild Wings, Wendy’s, Little Ceasars, etc. I
was beginning to crave fruits and vegetables. McDonald’s was reserved for
restroom use, we managed to avoid eating in any. July 25th, 2012

7. Hiking in Lake Mohigan State Park
Family friendly, dog park, meandering trails with cascades too. The kids loved it. Rich Farm
(five generation working dairy farm) about two miles away. Had the best ice cream there I
have ever had. Orange Dream – Vanilla mixed with Zested Candied Orange Peel. The place
was packed and local word is they easily serve 3,000 to 5,000 people a day. Wonderful. July
25th, 2012 and August 1st, 2012.

8. Covered Bridge, Lake Mohigan State Park, Connecticut
Ashley (Lizzie’s husband’s niece), Caitlin, Chad, Blake, Dave (Lizzie’s father-in-law), Chase,
Kristina, Ed (Brent’s uncle), and Lizzie. Covered bridges are a favorite of Conchetta’s, having
visited the bridges of Madison County, Iowa several times. Lizzie had this picture taken to
tease her since she opted out of this side trip to go into New York City instead. July 25th, 2012

9. Beautiful park, Lake Mohigan State Park
Brent, Ashley and Chad, July 25th, 2012

10. Cousins and great friends
Caitlin (16), Chad (15), Ashley (19). Log fallen across the stream at Lake
Mohigan State Park. Cascades were upstream and covered bridge was
downstream. July 25th, 2012

11. Carolyne (18), Caitlin (16), Ashley (19), Chad (15)
Teenagers finally tire of posing and this is the response to “Smile”.
Kristina posted it on each of their walls on Facebook (BOOM!). July 25th,
2012

12. PEZ factory tour
Pez Factory, highlight of Chase’s (4 year old) trip. All 18 of us visited Had never had fresh Pez before, soft and melt in your mouth. The
at one time or another and several visited twice. Half went on July factory floor was a hive of activity filling the Halloween and
25th, the other half on July 27th, second trip on Aug 1st. Christmas dispensers. Pez tablets (technical term) are compressed
sugar, flavoring, color. YUM! July 27, 2012

13. Day of the wedding – first stop Beauty Salon, hairdos
and makeup
Lexie, Izzie, Kristina and Kristina. By the way, whatever they did to mine
(supposedly a half updo) by the time we arrived at the wedding venue, my
daughters all said, “Fix Mom’s hair – they did something weird to it.” Score for
me!

14. Candlewood Lake Club Bridal Suite
Me and Lexie, Kristina, and Izabella (three flower girls, junior flower girl,
Corinne – Brent’s great-niece, had not yet arrived). July 26th, 2012

15. Junior Flower Girl and Junior Ring Bearer
Brent’s great niece and great nephew with Brent’s Aunt Judy. Corinne’s junior
flower girl dress was too long and her mother was smart enough to bring
another white dress with her – such good planning! July 26th, 2012

16. Conchetta, Brent, Kristina and Lexington Lesser
Taken before the start of the wedding, although the flower girls were
miffed they could not have flower petals in their baskets until right
before they walked down the aisle. July 26th, 2012

17. Lizzie and Chad Johnson
Still not sure why we didn’t get a photo of Lizzie and Chad with their
sons, Chad Jr (groomsman) and Chase (ringbearer). July 26th, 2012

18. My grandchildren
Back row: Blake Knox, Chad Johnson, Izabella Knox, Lexington Lesser, Caitlin Knox.
Front row: Chase Johnson, Kristina Lesser.
This was before the wedding, before fruit juice on the front of the dress, cake on the
lapel of the suit jacket, jackets on, boutonnieres in place. July 26th, 2012

19. Bride and Bridesmaids
Conchetta Lesser, Annie Manjuck, Kristina Knox, Caitlin Knox, Lizzie
Johnson. July 26th, 2012

20. Chase with flowers for Aunt Tina
Chase ready to give Aunt Tina (self-proclaimed Aunt Awesome) flowers
before the wedding, perfect timing by the photographer. July 26th, 2012

21. Perry walking his daughter down the aisle
We got this shot from at least four angles, four different cameras, and
every single one of them was a great photo. July 26th, 2012

22. Perry, Brent, Kristina and I
Directions from the photographer: Okay, ready, smile, move quickly the
storm is almost here and I have more shots I want. LOL! July 26th, 2012

23. Bridal Party (missing junior flower girl, Cory, and junior
ring bearer, Colton)
Back row: Scott, Chad, Mike, Brent, Kristina, Lizzie, Caitlin, Annie,
Conchetta
Front row: Blake, Izabella, Lexie, Teenie, and Chase July 26th, 2012

24. Kristina on waterfront for after wedding photos
The photographer was setting up a pose with Kristina looking behind her
as Brent approached, Chad was snapping and managed to capture this as
a stand alone photo. Everything about was perfect. July 26th, 2012

25. Chad and Blake
Notice: Jacket has already been removed. Standing on dock watching the
storm move in, and move in it did! Rained buckets, wind gusts around 40
mph, hailed, rained some more and then moved out – all in about an hour and
a half. July 26th, 2012

26. Wedding Dance
Father (Perry) / Daughter
Mother (Joanne) / Son (Brent) (Kristina)

27. Cha Cha Slide
Lexie standing behind her Mom so she can learn the dance steps. Papa behind
Lexie offering additional instruction. At one time there were four generations
on the dance floor, including the two grandmothers in their mid 80’s. July
26th, 2012

28. Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Thumbs up for all who know Family Guy’s “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” Kristina,
Chad, and Caitlin, of course, although Chase practiced it but by that time he
was tuckered out and refused to come onto the dance floor. July 26th, 2012

29. Car Rides 21st Century Style
Car ride entertainment, a little different in the 21st Century. I Pads, I Pods, I
At the start of the drive into NYC grandkids decided to go through my purse. Touches, Cloud computing. Brent asked what time it was and three I Pods started
Apparently I had almost all of the “OG (Old Grandma)” items necessary – including blaring, “I’ve had the time of my life (16 year old’s choice from Dirty Dancing)”,
but not limited to star mints, gum, safety pins, wet wipes, etc. Kleenex – FAIL. “Peanut Butter Jelly Time (11 year old’s choice from Family Guy) ”, and “My Time
Duct tape – FAIL. After that out came car ride entertainment. (10 year old’s choice from WWF theme song)”. They all cracked up and Brent still
was not told the time. Yikes!

30. Holy Cow! NYC with 14 in tow.
We managed. Brent, Kristina, Caitlin and Annie left earlier than planned and ended
up visiting an Urgent Care for Caitlin – $166 later they were told, “It’s viral and we
can’t do anything for her.” Started with St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Times Square, Central
Park, and ended with the Met in a drenching rain. July 28th, 2012

31. The teenagers making a devotion.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I told all of them, light a candle and say, “Thank
You” (had to get my grandmother 2 cents in). July 28th, 2012

32. Last day – Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Last stop, gift shop. Zoo animals one and all, my family! August 1, 2012

33. Brent and Teenie (Kristina) Lesser
Conchetta and her family left Connecticut on Saturday evening for a New England tour of
zoos, museums and lighthouses. They were waiting to take a Bar Harbour cruise in New
Hampshire when Conchetta took this photo. The rest of us stayed in the Milford, Connecticut
area and enjoyed it as much as we would have had we travelled about. July 29, 2012

34. Brent and Conchetta’s rental car. Car just stopped and
wouldn’t go any farther.
National Car Rental, they would be happy to replace the vehicle as long as
Brent rode with the tow truck to the rental car location. They would then
replace the vehicle with another – Rental Car FAIL! York, Maine. July 30, 2012

35. On the beach, York, Maine
Surprisingly warm water. July 31, 2012 Big sandy beach. July 31, 2012
*Footnote: Car trip to Yosemite next summer rethought. *Footnote: 2 wk vacation in Maine replacing Yosemite.

36. Conchetta, Teenie, and Lexie
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese National Headquarters, Boston,
Massachusetts, August 1, 2012

37. Misquamicut State Beach, Waverly, Rhode Island
Planes, trains, and automobiles. Can’t forget carriage rides in Central Park.
Farms, cities, beaches, factories, museums, lighthouses, laughter, and great
company always. Wedding trip has come to an end, a good time was had by
all. August 2, 2012

38. Wishing them a lifetime of love and
happiness together, Brent and Kristina