oh, what a GAME! they won! they actually won! it went to extra innings (3 or 4 extra ones) and they won on a homer by their dh. it was awesome! swee was so excited he was crying. priss was singing GO CUBS GO as loud as she could on jason's shoulders. we had great seats and the weather was perfect. i love our yearly tradition and that we continue to add more things to it...the temple and now the dunes.
we also did our now yearly stop at the temple. it still amazes me the tranquility that you can sense as soon as you drive upon temple grounds. the kids love getting to see the angel moroni on top of the steeple and they love hearing how aunt erica and uncle matt were married inside those temple walls.
the dunes was another stop this july. neither jason nor myself had ever been so we went there on our way home from chicago. it was so cool to hike the dunes while overlooking lake michigan. jason and i talked that we would like to go back next year and spend the day.
we took the kids to a dairy farm and they loved it! jason's principal recommended we take the kids and i was a bit skeptical but there was so much for them to do...milk cows, drive tractors, and watch a calf being born.
fireworks and a cookout with our great friends the jones. jason met ryan before he was baptized and we have remained good friends through the years. we got married within months of each other, have had kids within months of each other (however they are adding another one this november and we are still content with 3), and we all get each others idiosyncrasies.
looking glass falls and sliding rock with Pat and Ed
the water at sliding rock was a brisk 50 degrees...priss loved it, lil man loved it the first 3 times and swee loved it until he went down with grandpa who let him stay in the cold water a little too long!
