June!

We are officially in the throes of summer, and had a great month of June!  Friday the 1st was the girls' last day of school, and was a half day.  This day is always wrought with emotion.  They want to be happy about summer, but are just so sad to be leaving their teachers and friends. 



After a celebratory pizza dinner that evening, we went over to Sunset Ridge for a family tennis event.  Anna won a prize bag in a game!  Saturday the 2nd was a very busy day, starting with their piano practice recital at the teacher's house, Bob worked a funeral at church, then we girls went to the neighborhood pool party, then Anna and Bob went to a birthday party and Erin and I went to watch Ella dance in her ballet recital downtown, followed by dinner with her family at Amedeo's.  Whew! 



Anna had a playdate at friend Sofia's house on Monday the 4th while Erin, Sawyer, and I hung out at home.  We had Anna's checkup on Tuesday and Bob also went to Tampa for two days.  The girls had their last piano lesson for the year that afternoon.  Sofia came to our house on Thursday, and we had fun ordering pizza at the pool.  We had a fun visit with Grandma A. on Friday and Saturday that week, and I got to go to Sawyer's mom Ellen's baby shower on Saturday morning.  Sadly, Erin ended up being sick that day and had to miss her piano recital that night.  I took Anna and really enjoyed watching all of the kids play and/or sing.  Anna did a wonderful job!



The following week was pretty calm, including a day out in Cary on Tuesday running several errands, tennis starting back up, and the summer dance classes starting on Wednesday the 13th.  Erin is taking ballet and Anna is taking modern dance this summer, and they are both enjoying their classes a lot!  I had a fun moms' night out on the 15th going to see a play.  I think Bob had a great Father's Day weekend, which was fairly calm.  We had some yummy food for him on Sunday, including a special breakfast and mandarin orange cake and steak for dinner.  I got a Father's Day gift too because we cleaned out the garage that day.

The next week was more of the same - staying busy at home, watching Sawyer, and getting into the summer routine.  We had a girls' outing to the NC Museum of Art on Tuesday which we all thoroughly enjoyed.  They have a modern art exhibit right now about color, light, and sound, which was really neat! 



I had a book club meeting on Friday evening and then went to Wrightsville Beach on Saturday for my belated Mother's Day gift of a weekend away!  It was wonderful to be alone for awhile.  Anna and I went to the YMCA pool on Sunday after I got home and picked up some pizza for dinner.  It was a hot day that day - almost 100 degrees!  And, finally, the last week of the month was more of the same, including lots of hot weather, a day trip to Washington DC for Bob on Thursday and ending with book club movie night that Friday and having the McGees over for dinner on Saturday, including a sleepover for Olivia and Erin. 

So, that was pretty much it for June!  It was busy but also calm too.  It's always a little adjustment period for us as we enter summer with so much free time, but we have since adjusted and are staying busy with friends, playing at home, days at the pool, library programs, and a few short outings.  Erin is spending lots of time playing school:



July is going to be a really exciting month with two big trips coming up.  Stay tuned!!