This summer will probably be very similar to all other summers my wife and I have spent together.  We will spend time with our families.  My in-laws are both retired and so is my father.  All of them retired as public school teachers.  My mom is still working as a reading specialist in the Grandville district.  My wife Traci and I had a baby boy (Graham) in October so this will be his first summer.

I have a ton of great summer memories since both of my parents were teachers.  We spent a lot of time away from home during the summer months.  June, July, and August were normally spent at Brower Park near Big Rapids.  The park is located on the Muskegon River above the Croton dam.  We would spend 3-4 weeks in a row up at the campground.  My father owned a speedboat so my sister and I learned to slalom ski and knee-board at a young age.

I am trying to find time to finish the book, Last Men Out by Bob Drury.  It is the true story about 11 marines who were the last to leave Vietnam during the 1975 evacuation of Saigon.