Grayson 7/4/2016

Thanks to the hospitality of Granny Cartwright and the hard work of others to prepare the grey house for our visit, we enjoyed 3 nights there within a short drive of all the festivities for Grayson's christening. My brother, Steve (Father Steve to others) joined us there.

The christening was perfect, and Grayson himself seemed to enjoy is as he smiled broadly as Steve poured the christening water on his forehead.

We capped off the ceremony with a wonderful family gathering at Jenna's mom's home a short distance from the church. The weather was perfect (mid 80s, dry and sunny), the food was great (chicken barbecue and all the fixings), and Grayson smiled or slept through it all.

We were so happy that our niece, Barbara (born 1 month after Alex), came for the christening with her sons Pierce (3 years old) and Elvis (born just 2 weeks after Grayson).

Grayson and Elvis

It was great that another cousin, Kristen, also took the long drive up with her family (husband Mario and 2 children Marion and Giuliana) to celebrate with us.

Sunday we were invited to attend a Cartwright family Independence day celebration at Silver Lake in the town of Perry, NY. The party was hosted by a Cartwright cousin, Terry, and his wife Joan, whose gorgeous home sits directly on the lake. We watched as the sun set, and then were treated to an amazing fireworks display personally arranged and coordinated by Terry. It was the perfect cap to a lovely weekend. Sweet Grayson, feeling all the love around, slept through it all.