June 2021

We certainly had a lot to celebrate in June! Somehow we didn't get a single photo celebrating Ben's 51st birthday, but I promise we celebrated him and had a blast! ;-)

Max spent the night with Walter and Denise while Ben and I went on an anniversary date. They took him out for pizza and "Superman Ice Cream" which he loved!

Ben and Peggy are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in August, but DeAnne and Craig came to visit in June so we celebrated as a family a bit early. Max and I were in charge of decorations!

This family tree was intended to be a decoration, but Max did such a nice job with it that I popped it in a frame and we turned it in to a gift!

Celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary! Photo by Max. :-)

Out to dinner to the same restaurant three years in a row! It's nothing fancy (an order at the counter type place) but the food is so yummy! We order pretty much the exact same thing every year and swap portions of our meals so we can enjoy a bit of everything. :-)

Celebrating Ben and Peggy's anniversary! We somehow missed taking photos of anyone except Ben and Peggy, but DeAnne, Craig, Lisa, and John were there, too! All the older grandchildren were off on adventures, but sent photos with anniversary wishes. 

A picture of the happy couple with their wedding cake ON a cake! 

First day of YMCA camp! This is Max's third year in a row at Y camp and he loves it. He has a "camp best friend," Michael, who has also been there every summer, and now a few friends from school attend, too. 

Now that Max is a little older, his group has been doing some new water activities! In addition to swimming in the lake, he's gotten to kayak, try stand-up paddle boarding, and go fishing. The kids also do all their other camp activities like playing games, going on nature walks (the camp is all outdoors in the woods), archery, crafts, etc. He has a blast!

Playing with the hose!

Celebrating Father's Day with our favorite guy!

Pile on Dad!

One of the camp counselors gave some of the kids "tattoos" with a pen. Max chose a dragon on the back of his leg (she said, "no" when he asked for it on his chest. Haha!).