Joe and Kat Get Married

This weekend Dave's sailing buddy Joe and his long-time girlfriend  Kat, got married at Parvin State Park in New Jersey. It was a beautiful, low-key, outdoor wedding. Dave was in the wedding and his parents were there too.

Joe and his groomsmen, waiting for the bride

The Sharp Family

 Sophie and Lauren were living it up on the dance floor the entire party. Sophie got some extra special time with the bride, who spun her around until neither one could stand straight. 

Lauren in her Preschool Classroom

Its been 3 weeks since Lauren started at Greene Towne School, and she's really gotten into the swing of the new schedule and her classroom. Im told she's an excellent napper and snack and dancing are her favorite activities (no surprises there).

Here she is as the poster child for Montessori

 Putting her leaf on the class tree 

 Her whole class (being a little silly I think). 

First Day of School

On September 2 Sophie started her last year of pre-school and Lauren started her first. Lauren was a little weepy when we dropped her off, but Sophie held her hand an walked her in and that was that. Sophie has been such a supportive big sister and since the first day has walked Lauren into her building (which is separate from Sophie's) every day.

Of the 20 or so pictures I took, heres the best one.

 The big girl on her first day. She looks a lot happier (and older!) than her sister did just three years earlier. 

Last Sail of the Summer

Over Labor Day weekend we took our last long sail and went to Corsica River for the weekend. It couldn't have been more beautiful. We anchored, jumped off the back of the boat, swam around and did some exploring. Sophie and Dave were in MD all week, and she swam every day, so by the weekend she had huge confidence in the water. 

 Benson doing what he does best on the boat...