"Daddy Tree!"

Things have been a little crazy around here! I'm attempting to update about the past 2 weeks in one night - ambitious, I know.

Matt and I celebrated our fourth anniversary on June 5th, which is hard to believe. The day passed without much fanfare at all, although we had plans to go on a "date" the following weekend, but those changed (see next blog entry). We'll go out in a couple weeks. But we did decide from here on out we'd take the day off to spend together, so I guess something good came from our lackluster anniversary this year. Neither Matt nor I can believe how quickly four years have passed, and how good they've been!

The weekend of 6/7 Matt competed in the New England Tree Climbing Championships, which were held right here in southern Maine this year! Matt headed in to the competition at Fort Williams/Portland Headlight in Cape Elizabeth early Saturday morning, and Payson and I joined others in Matt's fan club, Shirley and Ray, and arrived around 10. We enjoyed the day - although Matt didn't do as well as he hoped. He still had fun competing against New England's finest and seeing some old buddies. Better luck next year!

Matt at the start of the foot lock portion of the competition.

And at the top!

Payson carried daddy's "hat." She loved watching Matt and kept saying, "Daddy tree!"

A view of the Headlight.

The weekend was HOT! Payson helped me water the gardens, in style:

We went to the "beach" at Shaw Park on Monday, mainly so Zoe could go swimming, but we all had a great time. Check out Payson's bikini... pretty darn cute!