Weekend Recap!

 This past weekend was rather lovely. 

Some of the few things that we enjoyed.

Baked a strawberry cream roll up cake for our progressive dinner with friends. 

Enjoyed an outside fire.

 Long walk at the Raritan River Tow Path.

Picked ticks off Shento.. Yuck

 Gave Shento a bath

Enjoyed Saturday morning relaxing outside in the sunshine.

Put fresh flowers in my vase.

Went to a 'we made it another year' dinner with some Grad School Friends. 

Had a picnic.

Threw sticks in the river for Shento.

Cuddled up in blankets because it got a little chilly at the river. Yes, even shento was shivering.

Went and got a warm beverage after our picnic.

Sat and talked under a magnolia a tree.

Watched the old watermill.

Enjoyed a Sunday drive through the farm country. 

Yes, I must say our weekend was wonderful and relaxing. 

I hope yours was too. 

We played hooky and spent our day at the river.

After Monday was over, Bear was not only exhausted from staying up all night writing a paper, he was also emotionally drained from the constant stress of the end of the semester. With only one paper left to write, we decided that there was a (huge) need for a relaxing and stress free day. So we played hooky from all responsibilities on Tuesday. We made our way up to one of our favorite summer time locations, Ken Lockwood Gorge.  We started out on our drive with an cream cone and singing to good music. We brought books and magazines to entertain us, but it had been so long since we had just enjoyed each other's company, that Bear only picked up his book when I went wondering around taking pictures. It was absolutely beautiful in both the weather and the surroundings. It was a perfect day to spend together.