South Bend Fall Football

We had a great time with the Texas cousins and Grandma Brigid and Grandpa Ed in South Bend for Labor Day weekend. We watched the Irish beat Michigan during a night game. Maeve and Cecilia loved cheering on the Irish at College Game Day and then playing with their cousins, Audrey and Kaelyn, at Grandma and Grandpa's house while the rest of us went to the game. We stayed until the very end and that was the difference in taking an hour to get home - and we only had to go about 1 mile! The Irish are having a great season so we're glad we were able to go to the first home game this year. On Sunday, we headed up to New Buffalo, Michigan to swim in the lake and get ice cream since it was 90 degrees! Fun long weekend in South Bend.

Seattle Summer trip

We had such a great time in Seattle this past August. The highlights include Alki Beach to go tidepooling, Bainbridge Island, Fremont locks, Green Lake and the fish market. We also enjoyed celebrating Ben's birthday with a Pinata. We also were able to meet up with Eric's cousins, Brent and Leslie, for dinner one night since they live north of Seattle where Brent works at Boeing. We stayed in a house in Fremont and the set up worked well for the kids. Very few houses have air conditioning in Seattle so we had to get used to that. We used all the fans to cool down as it was mid-80s. That, along with city living and finding a parking spot, reminded us all that we prefer to live in smaller cities or suburbs! The food and coffee was delicious but carting around 4 kids under 5 tested our patience at times. However, it was fun to see a new place and go somewhere that Anne and Sean could drive to.

Summer at the Cabin 2018

Catching up on some posts now that we're back. Here's some pics of another fun summer at the cabin.

Highlights include:

• Maeve's first time tubing
• Fishing with cousins
• Maeve winning the turtle races in Battle Lake
• Arriving at sunset to show the girls since they usually aren't up late enough to see it
• Homemade ice cream
• Playing on the new swing set
• Finishing a puzzle
• Kayaking and boating