Family "Reunion"

Every year in August my mom's side (the Cannon's) gets together in Lewes, DE at my mom's cousins Mary & Robby's house. We have been doing this for 3 years now and every year it gets better! The usual things we do is drink, eat, go out on the boat to do either skiing, tubing, or this year "hot dogging". This year the following were in attendance: Me, John, my mom, Aunt Brenda, Uncle Davey, Cousin Davey, Jen, Aunt Natalie, Uncle Robin, Tanya, Aunt Debbie, Uncle Irv, Ashley and her friend?, Aunt Dolly, Mary, Robby and Cousin Billy. Missing were (Have to point them out! There are NO excuses!) Mike & Colleen and Cousin Matt. Matt has never came down all three years (shame on him!) and Mike & Colleen have missed the past 2. Their Loss!!! Well here are some pics to highlight the weekend!










One thing we all realized and discussed is how fortunate we are to live in such a versatile area of the country. We can drive to the beach and do any type of water sports we like or drive to the "mountains" and do any winter sports all in a days time if you really think about it. Some people are never fortunate enought to see the ocean or snow and if they really want to make plans to do so, they generally have to fly or drive a long distance to get there.

All Work, No Blog

So, it's really only been a week. I'm not as bad as some bloggers I know (hehem!) This past week has been pretty nuts for John and I. My Pappy came down last weekene and installed our countertops and helped John install the sink. Hopefully, he wil only have to come down one more time to do all of the trim! I will take some pics and post them on Monday. We are also going to our "family reunion" in Lewes DE rhis weekend so I will deifnitely have some pics from that!! Just thought I would post a random pics of Lewes DE in 2005 here!

John

John just informed me that I did not post a picture of him OCMD. Boo hoo to him, but here is his picture:





Not too much different from when we are at home!!

OC,MD

Some of you may think I am crazy for saying this, but I am pretty much VACATIONED OUT for this year!! I don't know how John feels but I feel as if I've been away more than home!!



Anyways, at least we have had the opportunity to spend some quality time with our family on most of these getaways!

We took a long weekend from Friday to Monday to Ocean City, MD, our family's old summer stompin' grounds. My mom and I were calculating it and we had gone there every single year from the time I was 2 up until the year my father got sick. We only missed one year and that was because we went to Myrtle Beach, SC.


It was fun and sad at the same time. All I could remember was our whole family being there, me, mom, dad, my brother and his rugrats. Most of this past weekend was reminiscing about all of the summers we all shared down there! My mission this week is to scan in pics of some of those old memories.


So, a few things I thought I would note from this vacation:

1. My mom almost got us arrested for crossing a major intersection when we were not permitted to. She was disapointed for 2 reasons - the first is that she really wants to be arrested by Sean Quinn, not a MD State Trooper. The second is that we actually didn't get arrested or a ticket just a warning slip.

2. I think my mom actually had more fun with John than with me. I took a catnap after being out in the sun all day and woke up to find myself all alone - low and behold they were down the boardwalk once again at the 'ole Sandbar and they actually cleaned the bar out of their Coors Light!






3. Fishtails - No explanation necessary! Didn't make it to Seacrets - but I'm sure that will be our Lewes, DE Rendezvous with Dave & Jen like we did last year!






Bittersweet is how I would describe this vacation. Ocean City will never be the same without my dad and his Scribblers!

Down By The Seashore

Everyone knows John and I LOVE the beach and both for different reasons!
I love the sand, the ocean and sunbathing, John loves the laid back atmosphere, the drinking and the smell of the ocean (one scent he can actually smell!)

This past weekend we went down to my in-laws house in North Wildwood - This is the week that all of their friends get together. We had a great time on Saturday, there was an awesome Bar-B-Que fest going on so we got to hang out there til all the other nerds showed up.

Here are some moments we captured...



Bunch of NERDS!























John eating a mound full of horseradish


















Beautiful Sunset on the Bay