Tonight's the summer solstice. There aren't that many summer solstices that are memorable for me, but in 2005 we were on a vacation in a remote place during the solstice, and I'll always remember it. We had dinner in a large old ship that had been turned into a restaurant and was permanently parked in a small harbor that didn't have much else in it. After a late dinner, the sky was dark and beautiful, lit up just by the stars and the moon. Here are the Harrison kids 20 years ago, in the ocean off the island of Yap.
Owen has met his Uncle John! The meetup happened today in Baltimore. It's a prelude to Monday, when John returns with reinforcements and Owen gets to meet the Aunt Troy, Lloyd, and Freddie.For now, Uncle John is off to Dewey Beach in Delaware for a Bedik family weekend. Meanwhile, this morning in Warsaw, Peter introduced his family to his 8th grade English teacher Ms. Delaney. Rosie made a friend and got to borrow a cool hat. Peter, Jessa, and Rosie are in Warsaw for a couple more days enjoying the start of summer now that school's over, then they're onto Amsterdam for a couple days while en route to Tucson, where they arrive next Wednesday!
This post will have no rhyme or reason, just a bunch of random pictures of four cute babies from the past month. Here's Lloyd swinging in Denver.Rosie was at the Warsaw Botanical Gardens last weekend with her newest prized possession: her backpack.Rosie with some of her daycare buddies.Owen turns 3 months very soon. He's found a new friend. Rosie also likes hedgehogs so they have that in common.Freddie is 11 months and already driving. A crime scene? Or two brothers taking a bath together? You decide. It's summertime in Baltimore and Owen's ready.Rosie turned 2 on June 2. This girl just wants to have fun.Owen and Mary are getting a head start on some summer reading.Bath brothers working side by side.In Arizona, we had dinner in Sun City last weekend with Geneva, Barry, Wendy, and Kelsey.I've spent the week with Geneva in Sun City. Yesterday she celebrated exactly one month since her spinal fusion. And today her 16th great-grandchild was born to one of our nieces. So it's been a good week.
John's high school graduation weekend in Shorewood coincided with Father's Day in 2008. This is still the only picture I have with just the dads and our kids. So once again I remember Father's Day on the blog with this picture. At the same time, I'm excited that John, Peter, and Andy are dads now. I know they'll have a very nice Father's Day with their sweet little ones. Happy Father's Day!
There were two birthdays this week, so today's Flashback goes to birthday guy John, who turned 35 on Wednesday. Here he is on his 11th birthday in Warsaw, wearing a new cycling jersey.
Rosie turns 2 on Monday! Here she is at her first birthday a year ago. She seemed so big then and now she's doubled that age. And doubled her birthday song options: I wonder if she'll get serenaded with the Happy Birthday song or with Sto Lat? Or maybe (likely) with both?! Happy Birthday Rosie!
Brad and I are flying home from Warsaw today, but please indulge me as this week's Flashback will be one more Polish picture. This is the house in Warsaw that we lived in for two years. We walked by it last week but because it's down a long driveway and set back from the road we really couldn't see much of it. Anyway, this house has lots of good memories and I thought it was a fitting time to give it some love as we head home to Tucson after a really good visit with Peter, Jessie, and Rosie in Warsaw.
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