a little r&r in north cove

just back into the land of blackberry cell coverage, wireless internet, and normal summer weather. :) right after the bar exam finished on thursday, jonathan headed back down to my house where we packed his 4runner, and headed to his family's beach house in north cove.

he is much better than me at relaxing...his version involved sleeping, playing with the dogs, reading harry potter (of which i read the last 10 pages and threatened to tell him the end the whole time...the first and last 10 pages of harry potter i'll ever read) and more sleeping. my version of relaxing involved addressing save the dates, going through to-do lists, following up on calendar goodies for the next month or so, taking in some movies from comcast on demand, and reading through the 20+ magazines and papers i brought down.

scary to say...but i think i am turning more and more into my mom each day. i am kicking myself for mocking her 2 bags of reading things and annual 'haul the christmas cards to maui every year' tradition. i am destined to follow in her footsteps.

needless to say, by friday and saturday i had unwound a bit. his fam arrived and it was so much fun to see them...played an endless amount of scene it squabble (which i rocked) and scene it disney (which, surprisingly, jonathan rocked), and bbq'd for most of the weekend. took in mass in westport (the only sunday mass was saturday at 10 am) and bummed around westport a bit.

we both needed a break. it was a great, long overdue break. loved hanging out with kevin and heidi, and are crossing our fingers that they'll be at the big family reunion next weekend. :)

a few of my favorites...

from the ever-tempermental weather - bright and sunny one moment, rainy and windy the next...


a sleepy viper - who was recovering from her first knock-down, drag out with maggie earlier in the week. two puncture wounds and a big bruise...but lots of sleep helped her get back in her groove...and it should be noted that viper brought the fight on by stealing maggie's bone. :)


kite flying in the moonlight...

jonathan...


proof that viper's back in the game...she was making sand angels all over the beach...

and my absolute most favorite photo...of jonathan, maggie and viper in the water...