July

Yes, the title of this post is July. What's that...it's September? Geez, where does the time go? Here are a few pics of July, I will try to get August up shortly. :)

My parents came to visit for the 4th of July. My mom has come to visit every baby at 6 months old. She swears they are always smiley and happy at this age. Rachael didn't disappoint. They also came during swim lessons, so they were lucky enough to go to the pond every morning to watch the three kids swim. The highlight of the trip was definitely the fireworks, though. They shoot them off over the Hudson River, and it is breathtaking.


Here we are on a family hike with the Cub Scouts. We hiked to the Bear Mountain Zoo to enjoy the zoo and a picnic lunch with friends. On the way home we picked raspberries that were growing along the path. The kids goal was to get 4 cups (enough to make a pie). We did get the 4 cups, and I made the pie...but nobody liked it. It's those little seeds that no one cares for.


We were fortunate enough to go on a Boat ride along the Hudson River. Mr. Metro, who Andy works with, was nice enough to invite us on the cruise. We all had a great time on the 3-hour tour, but the weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed...no wait, it only rained for 15 minutes and then the sun came back out. False alarm.


The boys put together a boy band this summer and practiced endlessly. They call themselves the Bad Boys. They have about 5 songs, but all the songs sound amazingly similar, and for that matter, their dance moves don't change much either. Still, we had about one concert a week. Towards the end of the summer they got the great idea to charge a quarter to come. It was me and one other Mom. That was the last concert.