My goodness, it has been a long time!  We had some "technical issues" getting logged into the blog, and we have had a lot going on!  We had a great trip to the beach, got to visit with good friends for a brief time before an earthquake hit the east coast, and then we were chased back inland by Hurricane Irene.  We have a bunch of pictures- here are some highlights (blogspot has changed their post form and now my pictures are in backwards order!  I'll have to change that next time...)