Go Dolphins!

A great swim season has come to an end! It was really fun being co, co, co president with Rebecca and Meghan. We made a good team and have committed to doing it again next year. 

We had the banquet on Saturday night. We did a big spaghetti dinner. Meghan is great at cooking for a crowd and when we got there to decorate she was basically all done! 

As trophies this year we gave goggles with their names and an accolade from the coaches. I think they were well received. 

Esmé was most fashionable - she has so many swim suits!! 

Nell was Mini mom- always the best big sister! 

Zaven was Heart of the team

Though he thought the coaches said " part of the team" hahaha 

Nell also got a coaches award the Dolphin award. It is an award that has typically been for the highest scoring girl, but the coaches wanted to give it to Nell to acknowledge her hard work and willingness to swim up in the 13-14 age group at the age of 9!

A great season for all! 

Come Sail Away!

Zaven had a wonderful adventure on his sailing trip with Poppy, Chas and Berkeley!

It started with a really early wake up call and drive to Norfolk. Zav had a 5:50 flight to BWI where he waited and then met up with Poppy, Chas and Berkeley. From there they flew up to Portland Maine. Rented a car, drove to Camden. 

They stopped along the way for a lobster roll!

Poppy gave them great llooking fleeces with "Poppy and the crew" embroidered on them- so cute. 

They spent the night on the boat in harbor- 

Then set sail the boys were able to help with the sails and all sorts of things.

 It sounded like they had amazing food at every turn, including "lunch dessert" which you know Zaven loved. 

There was a lobster bake on an island with S'mores - swimming, paddleboards , jumping off the boat. 

They saw lighthouses, toured little towns and saw beautiful coastline and sunsets. 

They then flew back home from Portland. That Asher's the 2nd part of the adventure unfolded. I guess there were afternoon thunderstorms and the flights started getting delayed and then Zav's flight got cancelled. It was Sunday at 5:30 and the next flight was Tuesday at 5:30 am! As luck would have it, I had a back up plan on place. I texted Hilary and James Stern who were due in Maine   They had just landed in Boston. Hilary from Richmond with the boys and James from Singapore- a 30 hour flight. They were amazing and rented a car and went and rescued Zaven from the airport. 

(Word has it they had hoped to sleep in Boston and drove to maine the next day- but they were amazing and gracious and totally saved us!). They sent pictures and everything. They then went on to incorporate him into their family vacation for the next day. 

He swam and climbed rocky coastline and went into the forest looking for mushrooms. 

I am honestly not sure how you ever repay a family for taking a potentially disastrous situation and making it a part 2 adventure in Maine! 

More summer fun

We keep having great times. 

Nell, Esmé and Kate had a spa on the front porch. 

We had a fun girls night and celebrated Crisse's birthday and a yummy dinner at LE Yaca- I always intend to get a picture of us all together and then forget. A sure sign of my age!

Then we had a great weekend at the River with Isabel. She is a wonderful hostess and we had a great time. It was a really hot weekend so it was great to be by and in the water. We took Mr. And he had a great time- there were several big labs outside to play with and splash and Lilly inside- he loved every minute. Isabel's nephew John and his Wife Anne were there with two of their kids and Zaven had a good time hanging out with them. They swam and played cards

 etc I took this picture of Emse and Chris be jade they looked alike to me. 

The kids had a great time fishing