Summer Summer

Well since I haven't written anything on this blog for oh I don't know, 2 months and 4 days, I figured it was about time that I sat down (which I do a lot anyways) and take time to write about what's going on! I mean, that was the whole point of this blog, right?

So much has happened this summer, that I really can't even remember everything, so I'm just going to make a list and add to it what I want. Because this is my blog and I'm allowed to do that. So here it goes, my list of things accomplished, attempted, and otherwise done in Summer 2011:

I've been working a lot! Between LOFT and Science-U summer camps and babysitting, I've definitely had my hands full! And for some reason, I still don't have any money. How does that work?

My family (i.e. mom, dad, brother) went to a family reunion (i.e. grandparents, cousins, second cousins, great uncles) in Branson, Missouri in the middle of June. Why didn't I abbreviate Missouri? Because I can never decide if it's MO or MI. Or MS. Branson is definitely an interesting place. And by interesting, I mean that it's meant to cater towards the 65+ age group. But we were there to meet people that we hadn't seen since I was a baby so that's what we did. Mom and I went to a play about Noah's Ark (it was a little opinionated for my taste). We rented some pontoons and went tubing on Father's Day. Found out that there was incest way back when. Freaked out a little inside.

We don't always photograph so wonderfully, but we're fun!

On the boat, probably the best part of the trip

At the family reunion met a cousin (Blake) who is friends with a girl who I know that goes to Penn State. Discussed how Artsfest was awesome and then he said he was coming. Saweet, new family bonding experiences. Artsfest was awesome! And by awesome I mean people were drunk, I worked a lot, and when I did drink I puked. Success? Most likely.

The Friday of Artsfest also marked Geoffrey's last day at J&J!!! Wooo he's a big kid who just finished his first job! He also doesn't have much money as he probably would have liked. Where does this money go? Anyways, he was able to stay for the whole week after Artsfest and then I went to his house in Wallingford so that I could take the PRAXIS tests. I thought that I would get sick of having another person around for 10 DAYS straight. I haven't seen that much of him since December! But really, I didn't. Of course we needed some time to our selves, but it was just nice to see him and know that he didn't have to go anywhere.

Oh and the beach! We went to the beach the last week in June, right after our trip to Branson. I was there from Friday to Wednesday, and as usual, we had a lot of fun! Stone Harbor is a place where we all just know how to relax and we can do our own thing while still spending time with each other. We did a couple impromptu photo shoots while there and they're some of my favorite pictures!

Nick's sandman

Preggers Magee

My favorite picture of the 4 cousins

I feel like so much has happened this summer that I can't document it all! In fact, I have such a bad memory that I had to consult my planner while writing this post to make sure I didn't miss anything big and important. Speaking of big (well tiny) and important, I have another post to write a little later that has one pretty exciting event that takes place!