Monday, July 8, 2013

Fun in the Sun!

The weather has finally started to feel more like summer around here.  It has been hot!! and we are enjoying the time spent in the sun.  We started with a trip to the beach one Sunday afternoon.  It is only an hour and half away, so we picked up our newly engaged friends Jim and Colleen and headed to Long Beach Island.  Unfortunately, a thunderstorm was rolling in just as we were getting there.  We had enough time though to take a couple cute photos.




 





 


 


Jared's cousin Meredith moved into a new house with a pool this past winter.  We have been dying to go over and swim in it!  So, on the fourth of July, she had the entire family over for a bbq/pool party.  We had beautiful weather and a great time!  There were plenty of willing adults there to take care of Sara inside, so Jared  and I were lucky enough to spend most of the time in the pool =)



 
The next one is clearly a joke meant to give Jared's dad a heart attack!  (Eric is a Michigan alum)



 









Finally, this past weekend, we went to Annapolis to visit our friends, Chris and Neilye.  They have a five month old son, named Tucker.  They have the best house, because it is located directly on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay.  We love to sit on their back porch and watch the sail boats go by with the breeze from the bay blowing.  During the day, we were able to get together with one of my great friends from high school, Christie and her family.  She has two sons, Nolan (2) and AJ (4 months).  We took the kids to lunch and created a stroller parking lot!  Saturday night, we took the babies on their first boat ride (just a slow cruise around the shore line).  Then, on Sunday morning, Jared and I tried paddle boarding in the bay.  We wiped out a couple of times, but it was a very cool experience!  It was an interesting weekend, because we all kept commenting on how life has changed.  We used to worry about who was bringing the booze and now we are sharing stories of our kids =)


 


 
Getting Sara and Tucker ready for bed - Sara was fascinated with the mobile over the crib!

Jared paddle boarding...


My turn...