Instead of trying to do a bunch of posts about last summer that I never really got around to doing during this past year, I'm just going to post some a bunch of my favorite pictures from the Summer of '13.
At the zoo that's not far from my Mom's house.
The kids had a lot of fun there, so we'll go back this summer.
John feeding the goats.
This is one of my favorite pictures from the whole summer!
This picture makes me realize how much John has grown this past year!
An elegant, friendly giraffe. They are one of my favorite wild animals.
There were some fun kid rides there.
John had this one to himself.
Pretty view from the parking lot at my Mom's church building.
At the beach in Rhode Island with my kids and my nephew Rocco.
Boys at the beach.
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John and Rocco (and my sandal).
At The Wayside Inn and Grist Mill, one of my favorite places ever (it also happens to be the place where Peter and I got engaged). This outing and the pictures I took there probably deserve their own blog post, so maybe in the fall I'll finally do that.
And last but not least, Cape Cod!
A perfect beach day with nice calm water...
....despite the presence of that imposing cloud that rolled in for awhile.
I really liked the view of the beach and how these photos turned out, so I'll just post a few more.
Look at all those colorful umbrellas!
I might get this one enlarged and framed.
Jellyfish at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
Low tide.
Little girl in pink (my niece, Lizzie).
I love hydrangeas. They should be the official summer flower of New England.
Hydrangeas and history, two of my favorite things about the Cape!
One of my favorite meals, Lazy Man's Lobstah (I mean, "Lobster") for my birthday.
My sandy shoes.
Digging amongst the seaweed.
Flying a kite at the beach. Check out my nicely tanned legs! Ha ha.
My mom, my sister Jennifer, and my niece Hayley.
This is the funniest picture of the summer to me. My parents have been divorced for 12 years, but they're still friends. There's my mom sitting on the bench, and there's my fitness-obsessed dad, working out nearby on the beach. He looks like he's trying to impress her (he probably was) and she's looking away and having none of it. Ha ha ha!
A wonderful sensation!
It was a great summer!
