Stoker Family Reunion

 In August we had our Stoker family reunion.  We went to the Yale Outdoor Education Center for this reunion.  We rented one cabin that my parents and Maia and Kendall shared and then Matt and Colleen and my family both brought tents.  It's a really beautiful facility with a lake and kayaks and rowboats that you can use.  We took a few day trips to the Groton submarine, Gillette castle, and Newport RI to see the cliff walk.    We even stopped in Mystic for a picnic lunch and watched some ships pass through a draw bridge.  When we weren't sightseeing we were watching the kids swim in the lake and play at the beach.  They also loved kayaking and were able to kayak across the lake to where a bunch of wild blueberries were growing and picked a few.  It's always great to get the family together and this was one of those great times

 Here is Brigham by the slide.  He was in love with a certain john deere tractor/4 wheeler that he loved to find and climb into.  Poor Maia had to work to keep him out of it.  He was a pretty busy guy and loved playing in the water.  

 Michelle, Maia, Kendall, and Brigham at the submarine museum.

 Samantha and Nathan pretending to use a big gun at the Groton museum.

 Michelle, Samantha, Nathan, and Joseph in front of the Submarine.

 Ranger Rick, the racoon that kept getting into our garbage.  I think the others had different nicknames for him.

One of the goats by our cabin.  The kids had a lot of fun feeding him.  For some reason I neglected to take any more pictures, so this is what you get.  Unfortunately, Justin had to work so he missed out on most of the day trips and we only saw him in the wee hours of the morning and night.  But we had fun with him on Saturday and Sunday.  I was so grateful that he came out each evening to be with us.  As for me and my family, we were set up pretty nicely in our tent.  Justin and I have a big blow up mattress and it was so comfortable.  The weather at night was perfect, not too hot or too cold in the tent.  It was a great week.