August, in a Nutshell

Italian Festival, North End, Boston
Originally uploaded by jmsmall2005.

It seems being caught up here isn't our fate for the last month of summer. We've said adeiu to our plants, which do not respond well to the combination of August heat and the absense of watering. We've made peace with our home office, which did not get cleaned up and out before school starts. We've created new playlists for our ipods to make the flights shorter (Jason's ipod now contains the new David Crowder Band song, yay.). And we've decided that traveling is fun...and so is being home on weekends.

But that will be an adventure reserved for September.

I digress. You have read about Canada, in all it's over-detailed glory. The rest of the month has consisted of the following:

* A lovely little weekend jaunt up to Boston to surprise Kim (who just finished her PhD) and Patrick (who is celebrating an important anniversary of his 29th birthday). On Saturday night we took the T downtown into the North End, where the Italian festival was alive and well. Delicious Italian food, street fair fun, and, of course, a stop in at Mike's Pastry made for a really fun night. But Marbs, we missed you!

* A quick flight to Ohio for Jason, who visited with his grandfather (who recently moved to Mount Vernon) and celebrated his mom's birthday.

* Two glorious weeks in Idaho for me, first to work in Eastern Idaho and then to hang out at home. Jason will fly out tomorrow, and we will spend Labor Day weekend with the fam at the cabin.

* Lots and lots of time spent watching Cole take off like a track star. Time to baby proof, Granny!