Summer Update

I've been so bad about keeping everyone updated, sorry guys. Life around the Hunt Household has been busy as ever. We are settling into our new routines nicely and trying to adjust to the busy summer!

 I think we've traveled more this summer than during the last year of our marriage. We've had a wonderful time but be prepared for a long post I'll try to keep it short with bullet points :)

May 

• We spent a lovely weekend at Smith Mountain Lake with our wonderful friends Sarah and Gonzo. A few other great friends we're there on Friday and Saturday, too!
• Mother's Day weekend was spent with Mom and Dad Hunt in Lancaster, PA. We headed up a day early to explore and stayed in a quaint B&B. The had sheeps, lambs, and even a garden where many of our breakfast ingredients were picked from. This is the first trip we were able to take as a married couple, since we had to cancel our wonderful honeymoon. We took Mom on a train ride through Amish Country, got off half way through for a picnic and caught the next train back to the station. After the train ride we went to the Country Store and had ice cream and picked up some local treats to bring back with us. The highlight of our trip was going to see "Jonah" at the Sight and Sound Theater. The production was like nothing I had ever experienced and far surpassed my expectations. As a side note-- there were 4 young women sitting behind us who wouldn't stop talking. When the Zebra came through the aisle they said "Is that a painted donkey?!", they called the called the llama a camel, and spent a good 3 minutes trying to remember how to say "caterpillar" before settling on "capatiller". The production was incredible, for those of you in the area, I would highly recommend the 3 hour trip up.
•  I also took a month long temporary nanny position in NW, D.C. for 2 year old twin girls. The family was incredibly nice and it was so refreshing to spend time with children again. I am thankful I am not leaving the house at 5am but I do miss cheeky grins and tiny belly laughs

And then came June...

June has been so crazy- I don't even really know where to start!

• We spent our first weekend in June in Virginia Beach-- Michael's parents had graciously stored our  wedding cake for a whole year! We needed it for our FIRST anniversary.
• We spent our anniversary camping on the Eastern Shore at Kiptopeke State Park. Exactly where Mike proposed. It was too hot to hike, but we did get to explore Cape Charles and hang out at the beach.
• For Father's Day weekend we met Mom and Dad Hunt, along with Michael's brother, Vernon and his girlfriend at Richmond International Speedway to watch dad and Vernon drive a race car. Shortly before they we're set to speed off Vernon and Cari announced their engagement. We are excited for Cari to join our family!! 
• The fourth weekend was a glorious weekend spent celebrating with our good friends Catherine and Daniel as they got married. It may have stormed and been too nasty for a beach wedding, but it turned out great and will be something to remember forever.
• Somewhere in all the craziness of June, I got a job working with a newborn care agency called Hush Hush Little Baby! It's a great fit and has been wonderful so far.

Then it was July...

• Michael's 28th birthday was celebrated last weekend with a baseball game and a cook out with his family. He got totally spoiled rotten this year and got pretty much everything on his wishlist! Since I was too sick to do anything for him last year, I went all out with the decorations and made a brownie chunk cheesecake this year.
• My dad and Danny are coming to visit this weekend and we have big plans of power washing our side walk and fence :)

• Michael has been working hard to prepare for his qualifier for his PhD program at UMD and will be taking two weeks off of work in the middle of August to take his exam. I will be banned from the basement so he can get his work done and will only see him when he comes up for bed. It's going to be a long 2 weeks. Worth it in the long run, though. 

We have been having a great summer and are trying to soak up the last bit of it before we both head back to school :)

Hopefully, now that the craziness of summer is over, I'll be able to post updates more often :)