Getting Ready...

To me, the first days of summer break are some of my favorite days of the year! With the whole summer ahead, there is a hope and sense of freedom that comes to my schedule of what is possible, dreaming about all that the summer will hold.

Before heading out on our adventure we have a fun-filled week of FAMILY time planned for the Adirondacks. Rebecca and Patrick are here from Thailand and Amy just arrived from LA. Shopping, packing and preparation will fill our day in hopes of pulling out tomorrow by 11AM.

Thanks goes to Liz for taking a lead role and keeping us on task and organized by setting up google docs for meal planning and scheduling. The 7 bedroom-2 bath rental house and adjacent 2 bedroom cottage on Ordway Pond (Gore Mountain) Gore Mountain House will be our get-a-way and family memory making location. With family spread out near and far we have loosely planned an every-other-year destination family retreat for catching up and making memories. This year also includes grandparents and a few extended family/cousins to allow opportunity to visit in one place.

So, plans include lots of family games, movies, campfires, walks, boating, relaxing, chasing kids, crafts, creative cooking, reading, discussions, along with sharing memories and exaggerated stories with "significant other" additions to the family! It will be the first time to meet Brian for most of us and Sam's friend Sarah will be joining us and meeting all of the "sisters." They all (Patrick, Brian & Sarah) should get a FULL dose of the Garofano clan...we'll see if they can endure!

We will eat and play with great purpose, storing up memories to carry us until our next adventure! Let the FUN begin....!

I sure hope this food fits?!?!