Housekeeping

In addition to recently sprucing up the general appearance of the ol' blog. I wanted to point out that there have also been some new links added that could be interesting to investigate for anyone who finds this particular blog to be a scintillating read. If you'll check out the "blog links" section in the far right column you'll see a couple of new items.

"Coming and Going" is a new blog written by Gwyn, who is planing to use the blog format to chronicle her last year of living in Uganda and her transition to the first year of living back in the US. "Life in the Sweet Spot" is Jen's new blog which continues to document her various home-related plans and projects, but also delves more into the kids 'n family side of things.

Additionally, make sure not miss out on the newly linked Phillies blogs "The Fightins," and "I Want to go to the zoo with Roy Halladay." The quality of their information is matched only by the depth of their hilarity.

Thats all folks!

Shore 2011

I mentioned in the last post that we are pretty close to being in full-blown baby prep mode around here. While this remains true, we did manage to sneak in one last summer hurrah in the form of a week long shore trip with the Weidner fam. Ocean City did not disappoint as were greeted with a full week of sun, sun and more sun.

Aiden was loving the life of the beach bum this year. Whether swimming in the water, or digging in the sand he was pretty much in 3 year old heaven for the duration of the week.

We got in lots of good swimming at the beach time, plenty of good playing (and eating) on the boardwalk time, and even some fun fishing in the bay time. In addition, I was able to enjoy some sitting in the air conditioning reading a book time. (Which is my personal favorite.)

"The Balloons" were Aiden's favorite boardwalk ride (by far).

Looking forward (but not before looking back)

Change is in the air at the Jones abode. Within the span of the next 8 weeks we'll be welcoming a new son (and brother) into our house and into our lives. Given the momentous nature of this pending arrival it is probably understandable that much of our time these days is spent looking forward to the changes ahead. There is a certain quality of quiet frenzied energy which exists in a household that knows it will grow by one very needy member in the near future. The calm before the storm? I think we are in it.

However, before we plow headlong into the month of August and all of it's excited baby preparations- it's probably fitting to take one quick look back at a July that included (among other things) a sweet little trip to a sweet little cabin in Maine. I've got some pictures to show you. You'll find no captions here though, because really, what is there to explain? Eat, sleep, read, swim- there, I just summarized the entirety of the Maine cabin experience. Although, hang on till the end of the pictures and you can see a video of Aiden demonstrating his casting skill. Fish of West Grand Lake, be on notice: next year we may actually put a hook on the end of his line!