After our amazing trip to Southern France, we had some "recovery" weeks.
Lincoln graduated to his big boy bed.
I took a solo trip to Syracuse to see my brother get married to the love of his life and had a TON of fun with family and friends.
Then, lucky enough, they took their honeymoon on a Mediterranean Cruise with a port stop in Napoli. Jamie, Riann, Lincoln and I gave them a "best of Napoli" tour by visiting Gambrinus (one of the oldest and well known bars (cafes for Americans), Spaccanapoli, Pizzeria da Michele (the 2nd oldest pizzeria in Napoli, best known now from "Eat, Pray' Love"), then a metro ride up to Vomero (one of my favorite spots in the Campania region) for gelato, and a finuculare (kind of like a hillside tram) ride back down to the port area). It was a busy exhausting day, but one of my favorite days being in Italy.
For my birthday weekend at the end of July, while friends of our's kept Riann and Lincoln overnight, Jamie took me away for some r&r. First stop: a few hours of leisurely walking and shopping through Positano, the Amalfi Coast scenic drive, and then an overnight at a cliffside fabulous hotel in Amalfi.
Back to reality, August was jam-packed full of events, everything from Sesame Street visiting the base, too many birthday parties to count, long days of hanging out at the pool with our friends - one of the days, Riann even passed the swim test by swimming the full length of the pool which let her go jumping from the diving board and going down the waterside in the deep end.
And before we knew it, it was almost time for school to begin.
