A Few Summer Notes

I don't have too many pictures from TX on this computer -
It was a good, but fast, summer, split into sections by trips to various places.

Jason and I went to the DC area with Mom and Dad so that Jason and Daddy could go to the US Open. Mom and I went to see Wicked at the Kennedy Center while they were at the tournament. During that trip, Luke stayed home with his aunts and uncle.

A few weeks after that, I went to NYC for a writing conference, where I got to see my Caracas teaching friends and also our friends Jill and Sascha.

Andy and me in Times Square:
I saw my first two Broadway shows - and I hope to see many more! I got to see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Book of Mormon. I loved them both, though here is what I told my mom about Book of Mormon: "It was wonderful. I hope you never see it." It was so fun, lighthearted, sweet, serious, touching, and over-the-top offensive, all at the same time.



The writing conference plum wore me out, though.

After I got back, we had just a few weeks before leaving again. We tried to cram in all we could! We never get to see as many people as we hope to, though.

Some highlights of the summer:

Luke learned to ride his bike (see previous post)
Luke learned to dive and flip off the diving board
We visited the planetarium in Dallas (Luke loved it!)
Luke read 100 books for the summer reading challenge
(I know I'm missing other stuff - Mom, remind me!)

We got to see cousins, friends, and family as much as possible - here are some of my favorite pictures (that I have access to on this computer!):

Dad and Luke watching Roy Rogers together

Luke and George swimming in the pool

Lots more great pictures from the summer - but maybe on a different memory card, which I will investigate at some point...probably next summer when I update the blog again. ;)