2003 visit to Massachusetts00

We began our visit to  Massachusetts and New Hampshire with a short visit with Diane's sister Donna and her family in Belmont, a town just outside of  Boston. The slides begin with a day trip we took along with Donna,  to  the Ellis Mansion.  Sonny and Kay were up at their cottage  in New Hampshire at this time. A future slide show will introduce them. In the mean time we were able to get a tour of  the Ellis Mansion and property , that includes a horse barn and horse and features one dead potted tree that, I later learned that Sonny was proudly growing.   Karen, one of  Kay and Sonny's daughters, was able to meet us there to give us a tour. We then went over to her house to meet with her children and dogs.

 Following this are several pictures at Donna's house.  Tracy, Donna's youngest daughter and Mickey their pug   is shown.

We compete our visit with some pictures  of  Donna' s  older daughter  Kim and her fiancé Jeff  Checkoway. The wedding  is planned  for April 29th 2006.in Worcester Ma.  The last pictures show  Jeff  explaining how someday he will be master of the land  and all we can see.  I hope his vision is better than his Fantasy football team ( The No Names). But then I guess it is better to come in second than not come in at all.