We had a perfect day at the Beach.  Our choice location was Indian River in DE.  The kite surfers were out and they were fun to watch.  We were also close to a marina and could walk down to see the boats come in.  It was a great day for fishing and a lot of fishermen were catching sea bass and we even saw a beautiful flounder being reeled in!  It was a little windy in the afternoon but we all decided that we would take wind over rain any day!

Lala, Abby and my sister Bev.

Yes, I proved that I still had it in me to ride the waves....even though ....little did I know within a matter of minutes I'd be eating sand with that stupid boogy board smashing me in the face!  I guess it was all worth it!  It had been a long time since I had jumped waves with my daughter!

Breakfast at Perkins and stopping for dinner at Bob Evans helped to break up the long drive.

A great day for making memories!

 These pictures show the last few weeks of activity at our house.  We are enjoying every minute!  Summer vacation starts for me next Tuesday!

Jr/ Sr Banquet Pictures Downtown

Volleyball Tournament in Pitt

We had the early wave so we went to the zoo!

The Team

Graduation 09

Next: Getting ready to send one off on a Sr Trip to outer banks.  When he gets back next week, they both leave for Guatemala for a missions trip.  I can tell already that the summer is going to just fly by!

Schools around here have a tradition of the yearly prom/banquet.  It is tradition to ask your girlfriend in a creative way to attend the event.  Just when you think all the best ideas have been used...someone pulls a really good one!  This year, balloons have been arranged in the word "Banquet" and presented at a soccer game....bathtubs/showers have been decorated to give the unsuspecting early riser a surprise....puzzles have been given etc.  I thought my son had a brilliant idea when he ordered custom made soda bottle and on the back label he wrote a poem asking his girlfriend to go to the banquet.  He presented this to her one evening as they were fishing (bless her heart!) and he got her a drink!  She said yes ....they have been together for almost two years.

Now, many of these relationships will be just for the evening and they will fizzle and die...some may continue forever.......but this auspicious occasion brings out the romance in all of us !  I was reminded what CS Lewis wrote about Love.

To love at all is to be vulnerable.  Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.  If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one....not even an animal.  Wrap it up carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements: lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.  But in that casket---safe, dark, motionless, airless---it will change!

Below is a picture of the soda bottle that Andrew gave as an invitation.