Off to Denmark!

Sofia and Chaeyoon came to see her off at the bus stop (we had hoped to drive her to Logan, but the rental car was too full so she went on the Dartmouth Coach):

Abby's Summer Term Pictures

She always does a photo dump at the end of each term (and hopefully does not care that I steal them!):

Birthday Cakes

Being on the road for my birthday was not ideal, but it did mean I got multiple birthday cakes:

With Abby at Molly's in Hanover

In NY, with Kevin's family

Back home in Virginia with Benji

Cake from a colleague at work

Abby's Summer Formal 2024

It was at the ski lodge:

First day of Junior Year for Benji

 

Last Cville Band Concert for the 102nd Season

Perfectly timed for the night before school started:

I made him take a picture before he drove himself to warm-up -- it was his first time driving himself to a concert

It was amazing to have former poet laureate Rita Dove as one of the vocalists

Benji being recognized as a student member for the season

Celebrating Birthdays at Shenandoah

As has become our tradition, Holly invited us up to Shenandoah to look for meteors and celebrate our birthdays (hers is 8/13). They were camping overnight in Big Meadows, but we went up just for the evening since it was a Monday night and Kevin and I had work in the morning (plus the start of school was near). We had dinner and cake and then Adrian got out his guitar and we had songs around the fire. We had to leave before the meteors really got going, but it was still a great night:

We forgot real candles, so we had to use battery-powered votives

Benji watching the guitar by campfire light