since you all know my family, you know that there are a lot of us, and if there is anything going on, we are all there. (on a side note this is the best of my family: unfailing, stubborn, predictable love and affection for each other. truly, it is the best thing about us.) one of the excellent perks of having my brother marry into the davison family is that by proxy i gain a whole new family. being surrounded by family in boothbay was so wonderful. we got to spend quality time with tyler's new parents, getting to hear fun jess stories, be part of the sunday burger tradition. and in true familial style, as we were packing our stuff up, nan and chip insisted that we go stay with jammy in connecticut. jammy is the davison matriarch, and jess has told us a million amazing jammy stories. a call was made and we headed south!
jammy, (i cannot believe i didn't take a picture of her!! shame on me!!), who is in her 80s, greeted us at the driveway: "should we go hiking or kayaking? kayaking, great lets go!" she has a working farm, 400 acres that juts up on a nature preserve, with untold amounts of waterways. there is a little lake that jess' grandfather made, jammy took us swimming, we attempted to catch frogs, we grilled fish. it is so easy to imagine being a little kid, going to spend a week and grandma's house, what unbelievable fun would come? nan told us a story about how kate (jess' older sister) wrote an account of her summer vacation with jammy for school when she was young, and the teacher called nan up with concern that kate had made it all up.
we had some quick and unbelievable fun here.
and by some good fortune, these davisons are going to be my family too.
isn't that just magic?
jammy, (i cannot believe i didn't take a picture of her!! shame on me!!), who is in her 80s, greeted us at the driveway: "should we go hiking or kayaking? kayaking, great lets go!" she has a working farm, 400 acres that juts up on a nature preserve, with untold amounts of waterways. there is a little lake that jess' grandfather made, jammy took us swimming, we attempted to catch frogs, we grilled fish. it is so easy to imagine being a little kid, going to spend a week and grandma's house, what unbelievable fun would come? nan told us a story about how kate (jess' older sister) wrote an account of her summer vacation with jammy for school when she was young, and the teacher called nan up with concern that kate had made it all up.
we had some quick and unbelievable fun here. 
and by some good fortune, these davisons are going to be my family too. 
isn't that just magic?
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