Today is the first official day of summer and already I feel like I have no idea where time has gone! Here is some of what we've been up to:
A few weeks ago, Scott and I took the kids to Busch Gardens. Momaw Sweetie met us there with cousin Bayley (who spent the entire day squealing "this is fun!!!!").
Finally our turn! We had dinner in the Rotunda at the University of Virgina with Scott's residency class to celebrate the end of residency (which officially ends on June 30).
End of an era: we said farewell to our Volvo and hello to our new minivan. It was inevitable. We never felt like minivan people until we crawled inside ours. As thrilled as we are with the new van, we were all sad to see our Volvo go. We brought both of our babies home from the hospital in this car and have taken roughly 100,000 miles of trips together in it. I knew I'd be sad to see it go, but Grace shocked me: she got big tears in her eyes and said "maybe our car will find a new family that has new babies that need to come home from the hospital." I lost it. And then 20 seconds later, we were all smiles as we drove home in what Grace has now named the "Codfish." I promise to post a family shot of us in front of the codfish but for now, I can't get the kids out of it long enough to pose!
Granny's patted shrimp! Scott has only been talking about "Granny's shrimp" since the day I met him so it was probably time that we try to recreate the tradition. Using his fancy new fryer from Aunt Ashley, and only after consultations with Aunt Suzie, Aunt Nona and several more with Aunt Jean, we patted and fried 2 pounds of shrimp. They were incredible. Seriously, we could open a restaurant. Forget medicine, maybe that's what we should do!
Note the blue box of Nabisco Cracker Meal. Vital ingredient. Lucky for us, Nabisco hasn't changed the look since Granny's days of frying so it was very easy to find! Also note the Chinese lanterns: leftovers from our supper club a week ago - we hosted Asian night.
So far, the summer is off to a great start! Andy's cast came off yesterday and we are heading outside for a day of sprinkler fun. Wish you all lived close enough to come join us!
