Month in Review - July Part One

The first day of July was a very busy one...I drove three hours to visit my Dad and then about 30 min. more to pick M. up at Scout Camp. He left a couple nights early so we could leave for vacation the next day. All four of us made it into Baltimore - 3 of us and then Hubby much later. While waiting for hubby - M, L, MIL and I looked around the Inner Harbor. The boys loved seeing the ships. I loved the lighthouse. While L was sleeping in the van, I took pictures of M posing outside the football stadium and baseball stadium. What a neat area of town!

I already wrote some about our vacation at Butterfly Wings. In thinking back over it - Wow! We did quite a variety of things. We enjoyed seeing family and friends; our visits to DC, Skyline Drive, and hubby's grandmother's family farm; celebrating the 4th, Hubby & MIL's bdays; and just hanging out at the museum. Pictures from the farm and outside of the museum are included here. The first museum pic (where MIL lives and btw, if you're ever in New Market, VA - you should visit. You won't be disappointed.) has several flagpoles in front - it's patterned after the Lee Mansion (last picture) which we saw while at Arlington.

We took the deer picture after our hike at one Skyline Drive's stops. The hike was actually a scavenger hunt where we had to find things in the forest such as "a Twee with 3 Twunks!", "a Drinking Hole for everyone but you", and "a super duper lumpy bumpy tree". On the hike we saw deer (at a distance) and wild turkeys, but after we went back to the visitor's center another deer was having lunch.

After vacation (only three days after) M & L went to Church Camp. I'm sure they would both say go-karting was their favorite activity. I love it that they get a chance to have a little more freedom and be in an atmosphere where they can play a lot AND learn more about God. I hope they always love church camp. It's an important part of my high school memories.

This month L managed to make it to some soccer practices/scrimmages and M had his football combine. Needless to say, until November just about all we'll be doing is either soccer or football. Much, much more happened in just the last 10 days of the month. Hmm....no wonder I feel so exhausted! That will be the next post. I just had to do it that way, I couldn't upload all the pictures I wanted. Plus, I wanted you to keep reading!