Summer Highlights

They are all out of order.  But here are some photos to capture our summer.

Waiting to be pulled by pontoon boat. 

Teegan

Abs in Cali with Hannah and Kyra

Hiking The Great Smoky Mountains

Parthenon in Nashville

Beach day with some buds

Top golf

Food - eating at bar taco in Nashville

Museum tour

Fist bumping the griffin

Josh

family at the wedding

wedding

Abs in Cali with Hannah

Surfer girl

Celebration of Dawn's birthday

Hiking 

These Shea girls have captured my heart

flower girl

The happy couple

Sarah and Stephen are married!!!!

Barnegat Lighthouse

Axe throwin on a rainy night in Nashville

Athena statue

Gorgeous sunrise at our friend's home 

Beach time

17th Birthday

Kallen my nephew

fireworks display from our township

Rose and Tee at Sesame Place

July Highlights

Bird nest in our hanging plant on our front porch.

Leaving friend's house on the 4th

Brigantine Beach with Mike, Rose, and Teegan

Ocean City NJ boardwalk and famous Johnson's popcorn

Anniversary breakfast at Charcoal

This was my breakfast choice for 23 years of marriage.

The hubby

Nephew Kallen 7 months

Beach day at Belmar

Babysat some guinea pigs.  Yoshi is on top of hut and Ru is the one on the ground.  They were very interesting and the family was curious about them.  But they are NOT for me as they are pooping machines.  Cleaned the cage Every. Single. Day.

Got to see Abs ride on Admiral

Me and Tee waiting for dinner at OCNJ

Mini Vacation

I love to be able to get away as a family.  With the changing family status, that can be difficult to achieve.  

For 3 years now Abs and I have been wanted to go to Niagara Falls.  Last week, we got our chance.  

Here are some photos:

The view from the American side.  Next to the American Falls. Viewing Canada.

The Maid of the Mist boat.

ON the Maid of the Mist.

View of the Canadian Falls from the boat.

View of the Falls from our lunch spot.

I was actually able to straddle the line for 2 countries.  This is something that I have always wanted to do.

Falls at night.

Fireworks!!!

We stopped at Letchworth State Park on the way home.

Falls at Letchworth

Hiking around the park

Bill and Abs at the Upper Falls