An End to Summer

Unfortunately, my summer holidays have come to an end. I can honestly say 2010 has been a great year so far and in the past two months I have had some of the most amazing experiences of my life. To end summer with a grand finale, if you will, we decided to spend the last weekend in July at, where else, the lake house! We drove down with our good friends Beth and Jesse Friday night and were joined later that evening by Bobby, Trip, and his beautiful girlfriend Katie (both who had flown in recently from D.C.). We spent all day Saturday out on the lake getting reaquainted with art of waterskiing and wakeboarding. Saturday night we were joined by our friend Steve and as a group went to dinner and then to see my dad play bass for the Ocala Civic Theatre production of "Footloose." Sunday, being August 1, we got all the family together, and I do mean all the family, to celebrate Mike's birthday. This entire weekend was so much fun and many new memories were created and friendships formed. I only hope next summer is just as much fun and exciting.

Here are some of the pictures and videos that were taken to re-create all those wonderful moments:





Sunset our first night. (Photography by Beth Palma)




Saturday morning sunrise. (Photography by Jesse Palma)




Twilight (Photography by Jesse Palma)




Our two boys...so precious. (Photography by Jesse Palma)




A little too close for comfort on Toby's part. (Photography by Jesse Palma)




Jesse strummin' the six string. (Photography by Beth Palma)




Chris catching some serious air time.




My dad doing his thing. (Photography by Beth Palma)




Mike and Toby take a stroll down the beach.




Ronin reaching out for land. (Photography by Beth Palma)




Emmaline was soooo excited to meet our two puppies.




Trip with his girlfriend Katie. Aren't they too cute for words?




Toby returns from a swim in the lake.




The ever so amazing banana truffles from the kitchen of Beth and Laura.
(Photography by Beth Palma)





Emmaline patiently waits her turn for a game of Nintendo.




Be warned! I'm armed and dangerous! (Photography by Beth Palma)