Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Getting Ready for Coastal Sail

Pumpkin begins his Coastal Sail portion of his summer.  They will be gone for a little over a week.  This article describes the experience a bit better than I can.  I venture to say it will be a trip of a lifetime!
P. S. - It is pretty obvious he knew the photographer was watching!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Cadre Summer Complete

Pumpkin's time as a cadre is history!  He finished up on Sunday.  Perhaps, we will hear from him a bit more.  Hint!  Hint!

I enjoyed all the photos over the past three weeks.  Hope he honed his leadership skills.  Now, on to the next summer adventures...

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Lifeguarding

Peanut is working hard this summer.  We joined the Y and stopped in to get our cards.  He would not look at me.  Can you believe that?

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Cadre Summer at the Waterfront

Lots of photos these past few weeks.  I've enjoyed everyone!





Sunday, July 12, 2015

Happy Birthday!

Today, we celebrated 86 with my FIL!  My SIL arranged a nice lunch with him.  I added a cherry pie to the mix.  At this age, it appears simple is a key word.  Here's to health and happiness!


Short

Got some inches cut off!  I've been thinking about it and finally went for it.  So, far, still having fun with it.

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Best Pic

Great pic, huh?  I love the facial expression too!

Friday, July 10, 2015

The 4th in DC

We dropped Peanut off for camp and headed off on a few days of fun.  We stopped for lunch in Annapolis.  Got to sit outside.  The Big Guy enjoyed a soft shell crab sandwich, his first one ever!
 We stayed near the Pentagon and got to use the Metro for transportation.
Wow!  The American Indian Museum has great food.  We timed it right and got a seat by the waterfall. I tried a variety of sides, essentially different kinds of salads and some yummy blue corn bread.
 In the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Art, they have Jazz in the Park on Friday evenings.  It was absolutely lovely.  We were by far on the older side.  It was mainly 25-30 year olds enjoying the music and sangrias.
 Before listening to the music, we dipped our feet in the fountain.  It was a rather humid day.  The fountain was lined with folks dipping their feet.  We went for it too.  It was so incredibly refreshing.

On the 4th, we made our way back downtown to enjoy the parade.  We checked the cheese factor box by wearing the same tshirt.  They are locally designed in Collierville and we wanted to show them off.

We found a spot on the road to watch the parade.  When we left our hotel, it was pouring down rain.  We stopped and bought umbrellas and ponchos.  As soon as we made our purchases, the rain stopped!
The parade lasted for over two hours.  I was expecting a bit more.  By the end of the parade, it was time to find a bathroom.  So, back to the Art Gallery we went!

Then, we made our way to the MLK memorial.  It was very humid, there is construction on the mall, and part was fenced off for the fireworks.  It seemed like we walked forever!


We did not get to see the FDR memorial.  We got too hungry.  We went back to a favorite, The Old Ebbitt Grill.  Without a reservation, the wait was very long.  We made ourselves comfy at the bar and enjoyed the time together.

 It rained again while we ate.  We did not mind at all!  We made our way back to the hotel to watch the fireworks from there.  We had a great vantage point.  The air was heavy and there wasn't a breeze which made the firework show kind of smoky.  Even so, we enjoy it!

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Navy Cross Country Camp

Peanut's very first adventure at camp.  He went to the cross country camp at the Naval Academy.  He had a good time.  We flew up to Baltimore with him, dropped him off and spent a few days sightseeing.  It was a foreshadow of things to come, trips sans kiddos!

I am glad Peanut got to go and enjoyed the experience.  The Academy grounds are beautiful.  It gave him a very small sense of what it might be like to go to school there.