Splashes from the Rivers' Summer

Above: The Rivers in Charleston (USS Yorktown in distance).  Below:  Olivia enjoyed time in the pool this summer...

Olivia enjoyed a visit to Exploration Place in June with her cousins.

We, of course, spend time with Alexander--here's a popsicle snacktime!

Olivia spent MANY hours in the past month attempting to get these and having some bouts of success!

Olivia and Sarah enjoyed visits to the Great Grandparents--here's one from our most recent visit.

This past weekend was our vacation to Charleston, which included a wedding...

Olivia and her cousins visited the aquarium  in Charleston.

Dan and Olivia playing with cannons at Ft Sumter.

Olivia got the best deal for the tour of the USS Yorktown.

Enjoying a snack at the hotel.

As always, you can keep up-to-date with our happenings via theriverscurrent.blogspot.com.  Sarah tries to update it weekly.  :)  Happy Almost Fall!

Summer Comes to a Close

It is officially August 8th. This means that it is time for school to start again and routines to begin again. I have Inservice tomorrow. So...what did we do this summer?



In June, we went to Florida for vacation. We visited St Augustine, Florida (picture) and met up with Dan's extended family. It was fun to see them all. Most importantly we got to spend time with Dan's brother, Michael, who is now in Afghanistan. We got to go to Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios with the family. It was hot, but fun to watch our nephews enjoy Disney(picture).
We also got to be at Universal Studios (with Jody and Gary) the day before Harry Potter opened. To wrap up our trip, Dan and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary where we spent our honeymoon(picture). Aside from me not being able to ride many rides, we enjoyed the trip!

At the end of June and throughout July, I spent time finishing--yes, FINISHING!--my master's degree. I completed 8 exams and a project. Now I'm waiting to see whether I'll graduate this summer or fall (probably fall). Dan spent many weekends playing gigs throughout Wichita and surrounding communities. He also finished up a redesign for the KWCH websites at work. You can check out his work: kwch.com and catchitkansas.com and kansascw.com.

Brisco (picture) has enjoyed having us home and knows something is up. He has been demanding more attention. He spends most of his days sleeping, chewing on his bone, playing with his toys, and ignoring the rabbits in our backyard.

We have the nursery painted and look forward to getting it further set up later this week with the help of Mom and Grandma. The baby spends its days kicking, rolling, and napping (in Sarah's tummy of course)! We got to see it in June (picture). According to the information we've read, it is now weighing in at over 1 lb and 12 inches long. What was your favorite thing this summer??