I somehow missed June, and I blame it on my kids. Hudi pretty much finished his school year months ago (he homeschools through a virtual high school), CJ is out of college, and Zeb is in college. No school days were pushing (punishing?) us through the long days of June so we forgot to stress and just enjoyed.

No graduations in our immediate family this year, no exams. We began celebrating summer in May, and I missed June. Work hard, play hard. Life sure is fun.

So here is my attempt at a catch-up. The next few posts will highlight some of our warm-season adventures.

As a summer kick-off (a month or so ago) we traipsed down to West Virginia to drop Zeb off at Camp Sandy Cove, where he is a counselor this summer. On the way, we stopped to visit with Zeb’s godparents and other family members. Such fun!!!! We also spent a day touring in Washington, DC.      (CLICK ANY PIC TO SEE IT BIGGER)

Godfather and godson

In which I learn how to open a crab. Yum!

This is all made out of beads. Impressive! Native American Tribe names are on the white lines.

This museum blew our minds

Chris got to check out some Calder sculpture he hadn’t seen before.

Amazing pancakes

Zeb was a total favorite with this awesome little dude who wanted to be wherever Zeb was.

Even trying to dance like him.

On our way out of the Maryland/DC/Virginia area, we stopped to get Zeb’s girlfriend from the airport (she’s also working at Camp Sandy Cove this summer). We dropped them off at camp with yet another friend (the one who told them about this awesome job) and headed back home.

A whirlwind tour, but lots of fun. And a really cool part was that I used my mi-fi to work while on the road so I only missed one work day, and my awesome co-workers cheerfully covered for me on that day 🙂 Lots of fun and no guilt.