Summer must be here...

Well, summer must be here as there are fresh ripe raspberries on the vine, blackberries are nearly ripe, and the garden is really growing. We've been fortunate that we've had consistent rain over the past few weeks since the garden has been in. Other than having way too many weeds to deal with effectively, the garden is going great. We've harvested a couple quarts of raspberries already and will have lots more for at least another week or two. The blackberries have not yet fully ripened up, but they're getting there. We have a few strawberries, but since we just planted them this year, we weren't expecting a bumper crop. We've planted peas, cucumbers, 4 kinds of squash, 2 kinds of corn, carrots, lettuce (mixed), spinach, onions, garlic, a variety of herbs, 4 kinds of beans (pole, black, bush Blue Lake, and something else I can't remember), potatoes (mostly Red Pontiac, but we have a few volunteers from last year that we can't yet identify), tomatoes (roma and a variety of others), and peppers (Anaheims and a mix of bells). Of course, we're looking forward to eating all of this and reducing our grocery bill too!

My mom (Dodie) was out visiting us for a few days this last week. While she was here we took the opportunity to visit the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA on the 62nd anniversary. It was quite an impressive memorial and we were impressed with the number of living soldiers who were there at the ceremony. We'd driven by this memorial innumerable times on the way to Megan's parents' house, so we were glad to have finally stopped to see it! We went to lunch up on the Blue Ridge Parkway and ate at the Peaks of Otter Inn. It was pretty good food, but the service that day left a lot to be desired. Still it was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun.

We're now getting ready for our 2nd trip to Cancun (I suppose I should not be saying something like "neener neener neener - we're going to Cancun 2 times within a month and a half"). :-) Rather than just laze around by the pool, we're going to get out this time and see some of the Mayan ruins and hopefully snorkel in an underground river. We are also hoping to take a zip line tour of the jungle and maybe see a few crocodiles somewhere along the way. I think I speak for both of us that we hope we see the crocodiles at any time other than when we're snorkeling!

Finally, to show you that it really must be summer, here's a picture of Tyler having a siesta on the recliner. It doesn't look like a comfortable position at all but he slept there like that for a couple hours!