My Summer Round Up

It's been awhile since I've posted on my blog. I thought I would share some photos of the fun times we've had so far this summer.

Matt has a new job as the manager of the Vermilion Yacht Club. On Memorial Day they had a huge celebration.

Matt stands at the ready to raise the flag. 

Michael played the bass drum in the Vermilion Sailor Band.
The band was brought over on the Mystic Belle to play at VYC.

Michael and Matt after the picnic

Michael helped Matt fire the cannon for each captain
 as part of the Memorial Day ceremony.

Once school was out for summer, Michael went to Ohio State Football Camp. This year he stayed in the dorms. The camp was three days.

We're waiting in line for registration.
We were told that there was a total of 700 campers attending.

Mirror Lake

This was the introduction of the coaches in the Woody Hayes Facility.
Two of my students from Perkins also attended.

Michael spent most of his time in the Shoe. The "Bigs" worked on drills well into the evening.
But they did have time for some fun too.

Playing football in the Shoe.

Sorry it's a bit blurry. Coach Meyer spoke to the players on their first day at camp.

In June some of the ladies of the VYC held a Tea party. Each hostess designed a table for the guests who would be sitting with her. To start things off there was a raffle. While at our seats we learned Tea Party etiquette. The food and tea was divine.

Some of the items to be raffled

Michael has his eye on one of the items to be raffled. It better not be the martini set.

The men's table

We could bring our own tea cup and tea pot if we chose.

The ladies who attended the VYC Tea Party

This June Michael and I had the opportunity to travel to Tennessee with my brother Bobby and his family. It had been a long time since I had visited Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Here are a few photos from our trip.

Michael's holding a Sugar Glider. We so wanted to bring this little guy home with us.

Back row: Bobby, Michael, HopeAnn, and Jodi
Front row: Kourtney, Kaitlyn, and Krystal

The Three Musketeers 

Go Bucks! O-H-I-O

Me and my brother

Michael suits up to zip line.

Melissa, Krystal, Kaitlyn, Kourtney, and Michael

They flew on Goliath, the highest zip line on the course.

You're never to old.

On top of Old Smokey

Mining for gems

Whew! Once we returned from our vacation, Michael was off to football conditioning and then the dreaded two-a-days in August. This summer has flown by so fast.

Sunday Drive

It was such a beautiful day this past Sunday that Matt and I decided to go for a Sunday drive. We used to go quite often with my grandparents. PaPa would point the Caddy in the direction of the lake and off we'd go. MomMom would pack sandwiches and drinks to eat at her favorite spot across from Cedar Point. I miss those drives with my grandparents.

Today, however, we left PaPa's Caddy at home and went for our Sunday drive on our bikes. With a beautiful breeze coming off the water, it was nice and cool. Thank you polar vortex. We drove into the country for a ways before heading to Sherod Park. It's a beautiful park right on the water. We like to go down to the small beach to look for beach glass.

If you look way off to the horizon maybe you can just make out the sailboats. There were so many, but my camera on my phone can't zoom in that close.

After we parked our bikes against the tree we walked out to the beach. There were people swimming to the right so naturally we went to the left. There's a tiny stream of water we jumped across before getting to the other side of the beach.

The beach was made up of piles and piles of shells. That's why most people swim on the other side where there's more sand. I like to hear the crunch crunch of shells beneath my sandals.

Trees get washed ashore here.

I love how this beach is pretty much untouched.

It looks like someone tried to have a bonfire with this one.

This would make a lovely spot to rest in the shade and look out at the water.

Doesn't it look like it's pointing out to the water? The roots were the only thing left from the rest of the tree.

Matt and I miss having our boat. We'd be out there for sure if we still had it.

I just love, love, love the panoramic feature on my phone!

On our walk back to the bikes we stopped to admire the milkweed. Matt thinks we should plant some in our flower garden. Butterflies love it. When I was a little girl I would pull out the silky seeds from the pods and toss them in the air to watch them fly away.

Once we arrived at home I just couldn't go back in the house so I brought out my beach blanket and sat down on the grass to weave in the ends of my ripple blanket. I've been working on this one since Christmas break. It fits my queen size bed. All I have yet to do is crochet the border.


What a beautiful day. Thanks for sharing it with me.

Hugs,
HopeAnn