Bucket List...

There are lots of things on my bucket list, playing Augusta National, visting all 50 states, hitting all 7 continents, playing golf in Ireland/Scottland, and the list goes on and on.  Through the years I've crossed some items off of my list, safari in Africa, watched fireworks from a boat, went to the golf verison of the US Open and the other night I crossed off the list, the tennis version of the US Open!

I was up in New York for work and it just happened to be during the tournament (funny how that works, wink wink) and my boss was able to score quarterfinals tickets to the event.  I would have been happy to see anyone play and actually the day before I thought it would be the Andy Murray match, but as luck would have it, it was Roger Federer that we got to see play!! 

Giddy doesn't come close to describing how I felt and I loved every second of the entire experience.  The stadium grounds are amazing, filled with displays from the various sponsors (hello gorgeous Mercedes convertible) and tasty cocktails (Grey Goose, melon liquor and honeydew melon balls? umm, yes please!) and all the tennis swag you could ask for (scored myself a Roger Federer Nike visor).  The views of the city in the distant were breathtaking, I swear as many times as I've seen the city skyline, it never gets old. 

Our seats were fantastic and we got to see Serena Williams play as well.  In the stadium watching along with us was Aretha Franklin, Ryan Lochte, and my favorite, Pippa Middleton!  Pippa got lots of attention and even a few marriage proposals shouted out to her throughout the match. 

Pippa is in the stunning yellow dress...love her

Sadly Federer did not come out victorious, but he fought hard (or at least fought hard in the 3rd set) and it was fun to be able to cheer him on in person for a change.  It was a great experience and my bucket list is now one item shorter!

Father's Day Weekend Camping...

To say that I was surprised that Andy wanted to go camping for Father's Day weekend would be inaccurate, ha.  Of course that's what he wanted to do!  Adam, Liddy and I were more than happy to oblige.  With campgrounds filling up months in advance, our only option was to head to Lake Fairfax in Reston. 

We actually really enjoy this campground and we picked our usual site which has a big "front yard" and makes for a great soccer/football field and also a great golf course for Adam.  It's also very close to the club so Andy was able to sneak in 9 holes and we were able to take advantage of the pool.  We even had Olivia and Aunt Kathleen over for a quick swim. 

My only reservation about camping over Father's Day weekend is that it's also US Open weekend.  Alas, with modern technology, we were able to watch coverage on our iPads in front of a crackling fire and on Saturday night we went all out and moved the tv outside so we could watch coverage with a crackling fire behind us getting absolutely no attention.  I'm certain the other campers were mocking us, and I'm ok with that. 

We also got to have a great pre-Father's day dinner with Andy's Dad (and Ommy too!).  Adam had a great time shucking corn with Poppy and Ommy couldn't stop laughing at Adam taking a BIG bite form his big boy hamburger.  It was a a simple gathering, but it was perfect. 

I have a feeling we'll be doing a lot of camping over Father's Day weekends in the future, and that's cool, as long as there's a fire...and a device to watch the US Open. :)