09/09/25

We had a great time visiting with the McHugh Clan in Chagrin Falls and University Heights, Ohio. Usually I would edit and limit the the number of photos I would post, but in this case, I'm going to post all the ones I found on my camera - the good, the bad and the...well, there were no ugly ones.

Tuesday evenings are "all you can eat ribs and fries" nights at Rick's Cafe in downtown Chagrin Falls - the perfect spot for ths family to gather. This was our first glimpse of John Thomas "Baby Jack" McHugh, Sean and Ashlee's four-month-old cutie and our second encounter with the mysterious redhead, Kate Hammond, the year-and-a-half old tyke of Jon and Elise.

Ah, the family grows and things change. A few years ago, BK (before kids), this type of gathering would have lasted 'til the wee hours, with plenty of shots and beers, singing, shouting and what not. I think we all left Rick's before dark. Luckily, Lauren came back to the house with us and we stayed up talking and drinking and being thankful that we don't have kids.

The next evening, Sean & Ashlee hosted a cook-out and we all gathered on their back porch and back yard for burgers, beers, babies and bean-bag tossing. I just can't bring myself to refer the the bean-bag game by its local label. I do, however, feel compelled to mention the the Penn State Alumni Team of Sean & I handily defeated Kevin & Jon, two out of two.

Yes, that's me holding two kids. Am I not a natural? I didn't drop either of them.

Here we are pitching corn, I mean bean bags.

We had a great visit and after a nice walk through the Metroparks and an excellent Mary-cooked breakfast on Thursday morning, we were off.