update: this crazy thing called life

wow...it has been one crazy summer! i am always on the go lately and haven't had much time to keep up on my blog! hopefully i can update you on the past month of my life in this blog post, and not have it be forever long. :) no promises though...:)

3 weekends ago, my family traveled to port huron, mi for my cousin kristi's wedding. it was definitely a long drive, however, it was good to see my extended family again. usually summers are the only time that we get to see them so often, so we definitely soak in as much time as we can with them. kristi was a beautiful bride and it was so good to be able to go to her wedding and join in on the celebration for her! i didn't take any pictures..:( which is terrible of me. sorry. :)

2 weekends ago, we had our annual family reunion up in grand rapids, mi. i always love going to this as it is a lot of fun to enjoy our extended family again, and also hanging out with our 2nd cousins. not many families get to do this, and i'm happy that our family is so close. we always enjoy swimming all weekend long as well as eating out ALOT. our family loves food.  :) i didn't take many pictures of this weekend either, as my aunt sue was snapping away like crazy. so, i just enjoyed another weekend of not taking many pictures. here are a few though...:)

{ellie & brayden}

{playing on the playset at the mall}

last weekend i went to grand haven, mi for coastguard festival. this is always something extremely fun that we like to do. we go out on my cousins boat and go riding in spring lake for a while, and then we end up at a cove in the lake called hanky panky. it's a cove where about 400 boats all tie up to each other and just have fun. it's always a crazy time, and you definitely get lots of sun. it was a LONG day, but always a blast.  :)

{jen & i on the boat}

{sara, chad & i}

{coastguard festival!}

{all the blankets laid out for fireworks...crazy!}

{boats in hanky panky}

{chad & scotty swimming in the beautiful water...:)}

{sara, jen & i swimming in the lake...the water was 81!}

that's it for now. i have much more to share of my eventful weekends, but didn't want to bombard you with it all in one post. plus, this will keep you on your toes waiting to see what comes next!  :) summer's fading fast! gotta keep busy!  :)