Wednesday, July 11, 2012

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

We spent last week avoiding the heat of DC by visiting the Bahamas. It was my first time to the Caribbean, and it was wonderful.

We had our own private beach.


The girls and their grandfather built a sandcastle.


The view from the back of the house.


A marvelous sunset.

It was a very, very relaxing vacation. I even managed to work on some stitching from my Wipocalypse list. This birth sampler I started from scratch while there.


This replaces the sheep PIF piece I had planned. I had the red star and blue waves on this one done before we left. There are white stars on either arm of the red star that don't show up well. Here's a link to the PDF of the pattern.


We followed our tradition of watching A Capitol Fourth on PBS. And we managed not to have to go to Urgent Care at all this trip, although we had a close call when A. decided to bite the end off of a glow stick. (Fortunately, they are non-toxic, but still taste awful.)

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Last Day of School

It doesn't seem like it was so long ago that it was the first day of school for my girls.

Then it was Christmas.

And the Spring Concert.

Finally, the last day of school. 
 

Where did the time go?