Summer is zipping by and yet we are somehow grateful for the slower pace.  How is that possible?  It is a paradox - the summer goes by so quickly, but somehow each sunny day draws out and feels longer and more worthwhile than the rushed pace of the school year.  Some things we've enjoyed so far - board games, skateboard and bike rides, walks around the marsh, trips to see family, friends visiting - for several days or just a meal, weddings, baptisms, fencing lessons, bowling and baking.  Some things we are still hoping to squeeze in - camping, kayaking, hiking, mini-golf, a zip-line tour of the Richmond Zoo, and a day trip to Baltimore.  Before we know it, September will be here and the schedule will return - but for now, we are soaking up every minute of SUMMER!  
Psalm 74:17 ESV: "You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer and winter."