Beautiful Saturday

What a perfect summer day.

I got a nice bike ride in (22 miles) making a loop trip to Pine Hill Road. Came home to find Jim and Corey wrestling with Corey's kayak on the front yard. They were installing new knee pads and I believe the installation was a success. 

We all attended Mike Thomsen's graduation party this afternoon/evening. We got to visit with many Odyssey families including the Engles and the Cannizzaros. Mike's band played and they are quite good! Dinner was served and it was delicious. We left the party around 8-Corey is sleeping over at Mike's house tonight.

We finally got all the Salmon River trip photos uploaded to Kodak Gallery and the invitations sent out for people to view them. I now need to go through the pictures and select a few to have prints made. 

Dad and I bought tickets for the Yankees vs. Blue Jays baseball game in Toronto on August 6th. We will drive up on Sunday the 5th, stay overnight (Pricelined a room!) and then attend the Monday afternoon game on the 6th. That will be our 30th anniversary celebration! 

I had hoped to include a photo in the body of this entry, but I misinterpreted the page with the directions on how to include a photo, so for now the river picture is in the corner of the post.  There is a lot to learn!

Welcome

Welcome to my blog! As our youngest son heads off to college in less than a month (yikes!), I am going to keep in touch with interested family and friends via this blog. The blog name, The Empty Nest, highlights a new chapter in the lives of my husband and I.

When our oldest son would come home from college, he would frequently exclaim, "Why didn't you tell me that?" when he would hear "old"news. So in order to keep the kids in the loop, and to show how cool Mom can be by writing a blog, I will attempt to regularly write about what is happening at home, what's new with family and friends, and items we have purchased for the house so there are fewer surprises when the boys return to the Nest!

So, I will publish this initial post and then start to learn how to use this blog. 

Please feel free to send a comment. I will try my best to respond to questions or comments.