Summing Up of Summer

At least so far...because I'm refusing to let myself think that summer is over. Just because we've dipped into frigid temperatures and the birds are flocking and the trees are starting to get pretty doesn't mean summer's over! Anyway, lots of stuff has been happening around here, so I will now write about random fun stuff. And then I will look through my photos and stick some of them in here.

-When I wrote last, I very briefly mentioned going to MD the middle of May for Jessica's graduation. But graduate she did, and here's a picture to prove it!

-After the wedding, I went to NC for a week, the end of May/beginning of June. My grandparents who live in FL drove up here for the wedding, which means that as they went back home, they were essentially going right by the C family home. Mrs. C is an occupational therapist, and ever since March when she invited me down to job shadow her, I'd been wanting to go. So it all worked out, and I had a great time! I learned a lot job shadowing, both in home visits and clinical setting, and I had a lot of fun hanging out with their family. I learned how to play Risk, and I actually managed to win against Amy, Jonathan, and Stephen, but only cause they were nice ("how many dice do I roll? Where do I put my guys?"). I dragged all the kids on an adventure to Blue Jay Point where we ate a picnic lunch and did some (fairly legal, I'm sure) wading in a pretty lake. I visited a neat OT clinic and saw the airport terminal where Stephen and his older brother went to CAP. I went to Chick Fil A for the first time. I was there for a week, and then I flew home.

-Not long after I got back, we went on an overnight canoeing trip with a bunch of our friends. The weather was really good for canoeing, and my canoe only tipped over once :P the water was fairly frigid.

-At the end of June, our family plus Rachel drove down to MD for Jess and Kevin's second wedding reception. The drive down went fine. Rachel and I made the dangerous mistake of wandering through a Macy's on a lunch break bathroom break. Fortunately we did not have money with us. We went to a playground with all the kids (and my parents as chaperones) that night (was that Friday night? Yes, I think so...we drove down Friday night and came back Monday). Saturday, of course, was the reception. Rachel and I tagged along to the church to help set up in the morning, and then had getting ready to do when we got home. I kinda threw together a slideshow of pictures from the wedding to show at the reception, which kept me busy until right before we left. The reception was fun...we met some new people and talked and mingled and ate food.

Sunday morning was church and Sunday School. We went swimming in their pond after lunch, and when Jess and Kevin got back from work, we went to Sugar Loaf Mountain and hiked around. It was hot and humid, but the view was really nice and we had fun! And driving back Monday was fairly uneventful. 

-Annetta graduated from highschool on August 10th. We had a party :)

-A group of homeschool friends and we have been taking country dance lessons from a friend of ours! it's been so much fun, and we're so looking forward to putting our new skills in to play at Reuben and Katrina's wedding in September!

-I've been getting ready for college. I leave on the 30th, so I'm doing stuff like GET LOTS MORE CLOTHES!! :) hehe I've also been working at Billerio's Fruit Farm, and I've been cleaning for a couple we know.

-I'm sure there are tons of things I'm forgetting, but those are the highlights of my summer thus far! Stay in touch, folks...and I'll especially be looking forward to reading blog updates from you all after I head to college. And I'll attempt to blog from college and show everyone pics of my room, job, classes, the campus, etc.