Happy Father's Day! So Tom was in San Diego on business for his new position at Northrop during the week. He is already happier with his new post. And he got his homework done for the week, so he was ahead of his schedule. He returned from California late Thursday night. Before he left though, he got a call from Car Max. Tom was interested in a Buick Encore last year when he was car shopping, He ended up with the Ford Escape, which he enjoyed. But he really wanted the Buick. And Car Max found one for him. So he ran over and sold them back the Escape and picked up the Buick. It needed a new arm rest(the original was broken). So we dropped it off to the car dealer for the week. But they could not find a replacement part-only 1 available in the country and it is back ordered. Oh well.

Meanwhile, Allison was off to GS camp for a whole week of training. She continues with her archery certification and was very excited to complete the ropes course and given free reign. She was very happy to be visiting with all her old friends, including the girls from overseas as well as making some new friends. She even ran into our next door neighbor's daughter Sydney who is also working as a camp counselor for Girl Scouts for the first time. Fortunately, Allison has been made a Unit Leader, so she is looking forward to traveling with the older girls. They go on weekly trips to places like Ocean City and Assateague, Hershey Park and New York City. She can't wait.

Scott was finishing up his last week of school and finals. He had 3 half days of testing. He was done on Weds, and spent the afternoon finishing up his last on the road driving instructor class. He drove about 30 mins West to Frederick and practiced the on road driving test with his instructor. He should be able to schedule an appointment for his driving test in the coming months. As soon as he got home from his driving class, we were on the road to his end of the quarter Boy Scout Court of Honor. I did not have time to cook anything ahead of time, and neither did Scott. So we just brought along a bowl of taco dip. After the meeting I had time to eat and chit chat with other scout parents. I need to schedule our August scouting trip to Six Flags Amusement park along with a camp ground. Tom will be cooking for the adults on that trip. Probably our last one. Scott will be turning 18 in the fall this year and probably will not be as involved in the scouting program. Especially after he receives his Eagle rank. Right now he is waiting for the Boy Scout council to review his Eagle project and rank requirements. He is also waiting for recommendation letters from family, adult friends and teachers. He has to have 5 recommendation letters for his review. It certainly is a long, drawn out process to Eagle!

We decided to celebrate the end of Scott's Junior High School year with a trip to Ocean City. Well, Scott and I. Tom is not so much into the beach. I wanted to head down to the ocean to see the Blue Angels Air Show. When we visited Allison at school I noticed a flier that recommended attending the practice sessions on Friday afternoon-less crowds. Unfortunately, when Scott and I arrived at the beach, it was so overcast with sea mist, you could not see a thing. It was still hot, but a nice breeze was blowing. We found a parking structure right on the beach and paid extra for event parking. But it was so wonderful to just pick up our chairs and umbrella and walk a few feet to the sand. Parking is quite a premium on the beach!  And quite a few places were closed off for the event with tents and vendors. So Scott and I found a little board walk cafe and sat and had lunch. Scott tried the octopus tacos with mango salsa and decided they ruined them with the slimy fruit. But it was worth trying(I think). The waitress was quite fascinated with the whole experience. We mostly enjoyed sitting along the boardwalk, watching the people go by. They actually attempted a fly by, but you could not see anything. Just hear a loud noise. We laughed and said it was in stealth mode. That or Wonder Woman's invisible plane! It  looked like that was it for the day, so Scott and I packed up and headed to Allison's condo in Salisbury, about  a 30 min drive. Allison meanwhile had driven from GS camp to her condo and was waiting for us when we arrived. She took a shower, did her laundry and we jumped in the van to head out and catch the new Cars movie. The theater was packed, but we got good seats and food for Allison. We really enjoyed the 3rd movie in the series and went back to Allison's to crash for the night. We had the whole place to ourselves. One of Allison's roommates moved out and the other girl was off to the beach for the weekend with friends. Scott slept on the couch, and Allison and I bunked together. In the morning, Allison made us breakfast-pancakes. I picked up a few items at the local dollar store, we did some morning shopping and running errands(shopping for Father's Day) and then I decided to take one more shot at the air show. I was not looking forward to driving into Ocean City with all the expected crowds and traffic. But it turned out pretty well. We decided to head north up the beach to a hotel with an outdoor patio restaurant and bar, The Castle in the Sand. We lucked out and got free parking at the convention center across the street. We put up our umbrella and chairs and sat back to enjoy the show. They had already started with the parachuters when we were driving in, so we got a good view of that, along with an air show from the bi planes and sky writing. Someone proposed right in front of us.  On the beach we enjoyed the military planes and were so excited to have a few fly bys by the B2 bomber. That was Tom's first project at Northrop. It is quite a thing to see when that huge plane flies overhead. Very quiet, until it banks overhead. And very hard to see straight on-very stealthy! It is nice to see an air show at the beach since the view is so vast. Sadly, a big rain cloud was moving in quickly so they hurried the show along and brought out the Blue Angels. I am always amazed at their performance. And so loud! We got in the show just as the rain began to fall. We quickly packed up and headed home.

Sunday morning, Father's Day, we all got up early to send Allison off to camp. We stopped into Starbucks for a cup of coffee together. Allison was off to camp and we spent the day doing yardwork after dropping Scott off to work. The roller rink decided to open up on the non major holidays. After Scott got off,  I then picked up my mom and we brought her over for dinner. But not outside, it was just too hot. We gave Tom a cold coffee brewing pitcher to help him through the hot summer months of studying and writing papers.