Lawn Games

My brother introduced Monster Golf to my family several years ago, and no one is bored of it to this day! Davin brought our sets (3 of them) to his family camping trip a week ago. It looks like his family likes it as much as my family does! Seriously, these guys (and sometimes us girls) can spend hours playing this game with giant clubs and giant golf balls. This is just one of many lawn game we love!

Visiting Family in Upper Michigan

We took a vacation to Upper Michigan this past week to visit both my (Laura) and Davin's families. We spent every day at different family camps on Lake Superior. It was really windy so we couldn't go out kyaking or on the jet skis, but we still had a ton of fun in the sun with our siblings and nieces and nephews! On our last evening we went to visit my grandparents, who live on Lake Superior. Grandpa had lit the outdoor sauna for us, so we did the traditional "sauna and swim"- get super hot in the sauna, then run as fast as you can into the lake! There were big waves so we spent time surfing them! I took the chance to take pictures of Davin and my brother riding the waves- it made for great laughs! Here's some pictures from the trip- all the kids are nieces and nephews. Oh, and it seems I must always have the camera in my hands, because there are always WAY more pictures of Davin with the kids than me- I'll have to make sure Davin takes some more often! :D

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4th of July

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We spent the 4th of July at my (Laura's) brother's with his family, my sister's family, and a few friends. We played bocce ball, the kids played in the sprinkler (so did Davin!), and my brother grilled some amazing food! It was a day of fun, sun and laughter!

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Brother's graduation

One of my (Laura) brother's graduated from high school yesterday, and we spent the afternoon with my family at the open house party. I realized when I got home that I didn't have my camera out as much as I would have liked. But here are a few pictures anyway. The first is my youngest sister, Mary, and I. The second is my graduating brother, Steve, and all my sisters, minus one who could not make it from Michigan. (And my nephew who insisted on being in the picture!) :) The last is Davin relaxing amongst the choas with one of our nieces.

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Our Anniversary

Davin and I took a quick trip to Arizona (our second time there) for our wedding anniversary. It's been nine years already- time flies! The weather was hot- over 100 degrees (!), but we spent plenty of hours sitting by the pool, listening to music and reading books. Although we spent most our time poolside, we dressed up for one evening- our anniversary, June 5th- and went out for great food and fun conversation. We love taking vacations together, but look forward to bringing our child(ren) with us in the future!


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Family

This first picture is of most of Davin's family. It was taken at a family reunion in Michigan. Unfortunately I couldn't be there, but there is a family camping trip being planned for this summer that we are planning on going to! One fun thing to share: Davin's dad always has goodies for the kids- he likes to hide little treats around their yard, and let them go on a treasure hunt. This is always a big hit, of course! :)

This second picture is an impromptu photo taken at my parents. I believe we were having a fall cleaning day- cleaning brush out of the woods, raking, cleaning gutters- all the stuff that is fun when you do it with family and share good laughs! :) My mom wanted a picture of all her kids- my dad and the boys were playing football in the back yard (this was after the cleaning and before the grilling)- some of the girls had just gotten back from a walk. Kids were playing games and having adventures all around the yard. Somehow we managed to get all the kids together (we let the nieces and nephews keep playing!) for a quick photo op before the burgers were put on the grill!

We have so many good memories with both families. And we look forward to making our child part of these fun family gatherings!

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Winter get-away

We went to Arizona last winter for the first time. We loved it there! So much in fact, that we have another Phoenix vacation planned! (Unless, of course a baby is born for us, in which case- YAY!) :D We loved sitting by the pool and reading books. Then in the evening we would take hikes in the desert as the sun went down. It was amazing!

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