August 2002 Photos
8/1....We start August with a look back at last month's trip to Detroit, when Uncle Arthur took some of us to his favorite Polish restaurant, the Krakus. One thing has bothered me ever since, however: the first word in the Krakus's sign.          
8/1....Good news for Mike     What this weekly hour-long trip into Columbus will mean to Dad's schedule is another matter.        
8/3....Sadness can be a solitary place.            
8/3....90 seconds later.            
8/4....Happy Birthday Mommy!     Time makes everything, including this photo, a lil' fuzzy.        
8/4....The Annual St. Nicholas Summer Festival.     Dad bravely stayed below, holding Thea's hand.        
8/4....Steve, caught working in a booth.            
8/4....Look at 'Mr. Cool' in the second car!            
8/4....At dusk every year Dad takes the little ones home.     Mom usually stays and socializes.        
8/4....When Dad and Tommy returned, Dad asked Tommy "Where do you think Mom will be?"     "Why, talking to Father Charlie, of course!"        
8/4....The quipsters in blue.     Redux          
8/4....Ran into Paul, Maureen, Jacob and Frankie McDonald.            
8/4....At the end of the night, one-by-one, everyone filed in and miraculously made it home.            
8/5....Reoccuring Bad Dream.            
8/6....Assembly line.            
8/6....Future fashion designer?            
8/6....Dad was looking through his archives and found this wonderful photo of Babci that Mike took last month in Greektown {Detroit}        
8/7....Auntie Ann, cousins Jamie and Jacob and John Lynch visit for a few days.     Here's little Jacob and Thea.        
8/7....Easy Rider!     A 2nd look            
8/8....Cousin Jamie swinging on an Amish farm.     Photo by Mike.        
8/8....John Lynch and Tommy checking things out.     Photo by Mike.        
8/8....Mike takes a break from taking photos.            
8/8....Mike liked this Amish window.     Photo by Mike.        
8/8....Nice photo, Mike!            
8/8....Amish kitchen.     Photo by Mike.        
8/8....Jamie reaches out.   photo by Mike        
8/8....The 80 minute ride home.     Photo by Mike.        
8/8....Cousin Erin and her girlfriend Donel joined us for dinner.          
8/11....Tommy heads back to California.          
8/11....Sunday morning Bejewelling.          
8/15....Our hard-working babysitter Jamie tries to get in some study time.   "Ewwww! That's my heart?????"        
8/16....Still finding bits and pieces from Tommy's recent trip home.          
8/17....More evidence that this is, indeed, Hooterville.          
8/21....Steve's first day of high school!   He was ready to go an hour early!!!!        
8/21....Dad made a scrumptious breakfast.          
8/21....Not everyone was happy, however.          
8/21....Faye returns from Taiwan for her fifth year with us.          
8/23....Open Wide          
8/28....Happy Birthday Faye!          
8/30....Jamie's best friend Mandy has asked Thea to be the Flower Girl in her May wedding!          
8/30....Mary's Home for the weekend.
  And she immediately chipped in to hold up the family room ceiling