Summer!

I love summer!  It gives me a chance to recharge my school battery (so to speak) and to spend quality time with my family.  

We have had a terrific summer.  I did log many hours on lacrosse fields!  Too many actually, but I also tried to spend just as much time at the beach!  

We drove to Maryland and to Lake Placid, New York this summer for lacrosse tournaments.  Did you know... Lake Placid was the home of the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980?

This is my family and some friends staying late and having dinner on the beach!

Luckily, we didn't see any of THESE!

I read MANY books over the summer.  Here are a few I read.

I read this book because my daughter, Caroline, had to 
read it for school!

I read this book for school because it is a second edition and I wanted to see how different it was from the first one.

I read this book because Mrs. Sheehan gave it to me to try.
I really liked it!  

I spent time with my nieces and nephew this summer too!  

This is my niece, Nyla.  She just ate an ice cream from the ice cream truck at the beach!

This is my dog, Finnegan. He loves summer, too!  He really enjoys playing catch, but he NEVER wants to give the ball back to me to throw it again! 

the Finnster!

I made Mr. Watson come to school with me to do some measuring for some new bookshelves!  I have a HUGE classroom library and I need more shelves.  

I also went to the movies this summer, met up with some friends, and cleaned my basement. That wasn't fun, but it sure is clean now! I hope you are having a terrific summer!  

This is Tim, Caroline, and I (with Mr. Watson taking the picture) out for dinner on the Cape.