Why we watch the Tour de France...

We hope you all had a great weekend! Moving right along, and July's almost over...

Gary left for Vermont on Thursday night for one last touch on the Pashby deck - and more importantly the deck railing - before they have tons of people up in a couple of weeks. I stayed behind to run the Osterville Free Library road race (4.12 miles) Saturday morning and to celebrate my friend Nancy's baby shower. Then we both drove from different directions to Quechee, Vermont, to meet up with best friend Pete and fam who's in town from Colorado! Such a great time of cooking big meals and lounging on the deck, overlooking the mountains!

Things are good on the homefront. We both are silly with work right now, but we're also thoroughly enjoying the Tour de France every night! The riders are amazing, but we probably watch it equally for the incredible scenery and outlandish fans!



Seems like every weekend is booked up now through early September, but all good stuff and a lot of it is right here at home. We really need to gear up for a big hiking/camping weekend in the early (and all through) fall!

Enjoy the end of the month!

Ahoy Maties!

We're coming off a great 4th of July week on Cape Cod, and hoping you enjoyed yours!

Ours started with Gary up in Vermont and Stacey helping to throw Kelly & Joe a Cape engagement party with the Foxes. Oh, and Stacey working Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night until 1:30 in the morning, ugh. The Hedmans came down and Stacey and Sandra had a great time shopping for fabrics and making new cushions for the outdoor furniture! Great to hang with my parents on the back deck too.

We got to spend some time at beach and meandering the Main Street shops of the Cape during the week. Wonderful to have quality time with our neices and little nephew. The 4th was actually a windy and odd day, but we still sat on the beach for a bit and toasted the holiday. We also got to have our friend Emily with us a bunch!

Saturday was really nice, gathering up a bunch of friends on the boat and spending the day on Sampson's Island in Cotuit! Sounds like each and every one of us got too much color that day though... amatuers, ha ha!

I also need to give ourselves props for having completed the Fairfield Half Marathon!! Thanks to Eric for getting us out there, and to the kids for cheering us on!