Summer Accomplishments

Wow. I knew it'd been a while since I posted, but I didn't realize HOW far behind I was. And alas, there's just not enough time to really do justice to all that we've been up to. But just as a quick update, and maybe I'll find more time to elaborate later this week, we have had some pretty cool accomplishments this summer.

First off, Hayden is now SEVEN. That's right, 7 years old. Oh my how time flies. We had a great arty birthday party for her, and celebrated her birthday with family and a chocolate mayonnaise cake.  She was a good sport about the fact that we headed out of town ON her birthday - but she got plenty of celebrating in.


Why did we head out of town on Hayden's birthday? Well, that's due to the OTHER big news. We now have a DOCTOR in the house. (well, at least another one.) Jason successfully passed his dissertation defense. We are all SO proud of him. Plus we really enjoyed celebrating (over and over) with lots of ice cream while in State College.

And a silly accomplishment, but one that did elicit squeals of delight was RAINBOW JELLO. Not hard to make, just tedious, as we had to chill each layer individually. But it turned out beautifully and was a great addition to Hayden's rainbow art party. 

There will definitely be more to follow about our many summer adventures, but those are the highlights for now. Stay tuned!