So much has happened over this summer:
-Philly: Wonderful time with family, philly cheese stakes, kissing under the "love" sign. Seeing Independence hall, going to movies, and a wonderful wedding reception.
-DC with Zach: Walking the entirety of the mall. Eating a snack on the lawn of the Lincoln Memorial, seeing amazing things at the museums, seeing art, considering napping on the statues park lawn, and finally a memorable view of everything from capitol hill.
-LBI, New Jersey: sleeping in until 11, an early morning walk on the beach, outdoor
showers, rook, uh well, and stupid until 2 in the morning. So much food, such a beautiful lighthouse, and some wonderful time with Zach just watching the sun, the clouds, and the waves.
Going back east was amazing, I'm so sad that it's already over. My favorite part, other than the alone time with Zach, was spending time with the family at dinners. The stories were wonderful, the food was wonderful, the company was best.
Wisconsin:
The drive: a 2 day drive, that had everyone not so happy by the end. Walkie talkie names, Nebraska bandit mom, "S*** hole" Wyoming, and souvenirs galore. Alphabet games, direction readings, and a very mosquito infested area on the way. My favorite memory was walking with Harley, we did the honking motion to a truck and he honked for us! It made me very happy.
Family reunion: Awesome day. Picture taking, picture sharing, volleyball, trampoline jumping, ping pong playing, roasted pig, and beer. My favorite was watching Peggy and Amy sharing pictures, Dani came close to tears, and everyone was amazed at the family resemblance. I also enjoyed directing the family picture. It was crazy.
Wisconsin: We went to the Michigan lake beach, played, threw rocks, and Harley couldn't get enough. Ciara cried when we saw what looked like the Ocean. It was beautiful. Made me miss the real beach back east. We also went to downtown Milwaukee, to the HUGE library, awesome museum (I loved the live butterfly exhibit), and just seeing the sites of the area. We also went to a baseball game, which the Brewers won! and to the Zoo, which we didn't even see all of it after a very long, but fun day. Favorite memory: being in the museum, we were walking through the fertility statues and Allison looked at me and told me to stay away from them...seeing as my mother has already had 13 of us. he he.
The 4th at Marys: We had delicious food, and swam all afternoon in the little pool. Harley would not get out of the pool, even after almost 2 hours. Decidedly he is a little fish. Talked, played beanbag toss, and shared more pictures. Towards the end Dave and Ralph started stick ice down peoples shirts and pants. It was war. Awkward moment: Coming out of the house, I saw (what I thought was) Zach, and went to give him a hug and kiss. As I slide my arm around him and leaned in to kiss him I realized it was Uncle Shawn. He just looked at my brilliantly red face and started laughing. Whoopppsss.... Everyone got a good laugh out of it.
Date night!: Zach and I decided to have an us night. :D We went to the cheesecake factory, then to B&N before Green Lantern. The theater we went too was kinda creepy, it was nice and all but there was basically no one there. Entertaining moment: as I went to get the seat for our movie Zach gasped and went slightly white and said "I will be right back" and ran. Turned out the hat (Green Bay Packer hat) he had just bought, after falling in love with it (he is SO picky when it comes to hats) was at the restaurant. He had forgotten it. He got it back much to his relief and my laughter.
I loved Wisconsin, I would be lying to say it was all peachy, but time will erase the not so fun details and leave the best ones around. :D
So there. I finally wrote a little bit more about the trip. Not much in comparison to the book I could write, but something.
Now on to school stuff. Ugh...
