Summer Has Arrived!

We actually had a couple of months of Spring this year, but summer has officially arrived in Charleston. Temps have been in the 90s, the heat index in the 100s, and the gnats and mosquitos are out in full force! As miserable as it sounds, I love this time of year and Connor and I have been spending most nights outside just enjoying our yard and neighborhood.

Connor got a great new summer hat that he absolutely loves! Everytime I ask him if he wants to go outside, he pats his hands on his head as if he's seeing if he has his hat on yet. Then we have to find the hat and put it on before we go out. So he may actually be wearing it in every picture this summer. I guess this will be the summer of the "Go Diego Go" hat. Here he is modeling it for the camera.

We visited Pat and Jason Memorial Day weekend, and I was able to get just a few pictures before my camera battery died, and of course I didn't bring the charger. New camera - I learned my lesson - the battery will either be charged before I leave or the charger will come with me from now on. It seemed like every camera we tried to use that weekend had dead batteries - it was pretty funny. Pat finally found some batteries, though, so she was able to get some pictures. This is all I have to show for the weekend - Connor and the bears at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. We felt very priveledged to be with Pat as she ended her strike against the museum just for us! Thanks, Pat!

We also visited the botanical gardens, the Cheesecake Factory, and Weaver Street. And we had lots of fun after Connor went to bed when we broke out the cheesecake and the Wii!! I think I became quite the pool shark, but wasn't so great at shooting objects or picking people out of a crowd. Thanks for a great weekend, Pat and Jason! We love spending time with you guys and can't wait to see you both again soon!

Skylar has come over a couple of times to play and I actually pulled out the camera one night. After this night I realized that sharing is defnitely something we need to work on in this house. Every time Skylar would get near one of Connor's toys, he would run over and do whatever he had to to get it away. This included pushing, pinching and pulling hair. Poor Skylar - I'll be surprised if she ever wants to come over again. But she was so good - she just gave him whatever he wanted and moved onto something else. Way to be the mature one Skylar. And Connor, she's never going to date you if you act like that!! Here are a few pictures of them getting along.

Last weekend we met Heather and Shaw downtown at the Farmer's Market. We had tomato pie, listened to music, then walked around downtown for a while. Now that I work in Mt. Pleasant, it is very rare that I go downtown so it was a nice way to spend Saturday. Here is a great picture of Heather and Connor.

And Shaw was this lady's biggest fan.

We hope all of you are having a great summer so far!