Summer Fun

Amelia and Ava are attending Girl Scout Camp this week at Camp Catoctin.  This was the first morning before they boarded the bus.

 Jenna had some park time with us while everyone was away at camp.

 Tuesday, Grandma and Jenna went on a boat ride, shopping, lunch and ice cream date.

 Tuesday evening we went to a restaurant for a fundraiser dinner.  This was the sight the entire way home! A beautiful full double rainbow.

 Ken and his kids are here.  Lots of firepit/pool time.

 Lots of night time swimming.

 All the colors of our nighttime scene.

 Happy boys and firepits.

Today was "Wacky Wednesday" at camp.  I think Ava nailed it!  Amelia is sleeping over at camp tonight with her Junior scout friends.  Can't wait to hear all about it!

Sunflowers!

Sunflower time!  Went this morning.. a little too sunny and bright for picture taking, but still managed to get some good ones.  Jon and Mom surprised us and took our family shot. 

Summer Fun

Tuesday we visited the FCPS Planetarium and toured all of the exhibits afterwards.

Ava's friend Caitlin came over for some fun on Wednesday.

 Grandma, Amelia & Ava were headed out to board the boat in the background for the Bats and Beavers Cruise last night.  Note the dark skies... due to heavy rain, the trip was canceled.

Today, Andrew and Jenna stood tall at Marcia's PT visit today.

This Morning

Day 2 of Summer Camp for Drew.  At least he is awake today!  Getting up at 7am in the summer for camp isn't fun...

Always smiling.. Jenna came downstairs this morning with her butterfly wings on her and her doll, Meredith Flower.

Monocacy Battlefield 150th Anniversary

We visited the Monocacy Battlefield today.  Lots of demonstrations and exhibits out.

Ava trying on clothing from that era.

Kids Artillery Demostration.  Kids are in position. Jenna is the Gunner - giving the all clear.

Jenna giving the command to fire!

Summer Storm

We had an "intense storm" (as Amelia said) this afternoon.  We were all home and watching strong winds, rain and hail blow through here.

Here is the grape sized hail that fell. 

We were so worried about our pool shade that we didn't even think about the garden.  The pool shade survived.  The garden took a beating.

This is the sky after the crazy storm blew through. Leaves were everywhere.  It rained a bit more after this, but I think this is it for this storm.

Our Garden

Here is the latest from our garden!