a weekend up north

We enjoyed Independence Day "up nort" this year at the Hus House. After enduring an almost 5 hour drive that normally takes about 2.5 hours on Thursday night, we went on to enjoy 4 fun-filled days with family and friends. Here is a breakdown of our weekend events:

Friday July 4th: was our "quiet" day hanging around the house, swimming in the kiddie pool, going to the park, walking the boardwalk, and grilling on the deck. Nana and Papa encouraged us to head out to the fireworks, but being the tired parents we were, we decided to stay home. Which worked out great - otherwise we would have missed a late night visit from the Kauzlaric clan and chance to meet their newest family member Johnathan!

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Saturday July 5th: The guys did their annual gourmet boys golf trip while us girls+Bergen visited "Gamma-D" and then made a quick run to Target (what is a visit to D-town without a trip to Target?). That evening was spent with the Gourmet Family. It was a wonderful night to be together. . . be outside. . . and remember Russ. We had 6 out of the 8 B.G.I.T. (baby gourmet in training) kids there. We are all so blessed to have this "second" family in our lives and it is fun to see how we keep growing!

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Sunday July 6th: A little road trip to visit with Grandma Betty, Uncle Dick, Aunt Peggy and Aunt Marilyn at the lake. It was a BEAUTIFUL day. I mean the kind of day we dream of all winter long. We splashed in the lake, took a pontoon (or a party-toon as B called it) ride and ate ourselves silly. Bergen was fast asleep in the car about 3 minutes after we left. But as usual, our little spit-fire Annika stayed awake the entire hour long ride home which shocked me because she hadn't napped at all during the day (which was a first for her!) It couldn't have been a more perfect day!

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Monday July 7th: Time to head back home, but not without a visit first with Great Grandma Sally and Grandpa Jack. We always have such nice visits with them and they just love seeing the little ones!
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After that we hit the road and enjoyed a much more typical ride home. Annika actually took a snooze in her car seat - which was a very pleasant surprise for us. The only thing we didn't get to do is visit with the Buurstras who were visiting from MI . . . time flew by in a blink as I am sure it did for them as well. But I want you guys to know we missed you!!
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Here are a couple clips from the weekend. . . Our camera is broken so we used Nana and Papa's. This was the first video shot with their Sony! Wasn't sure if you would be able to hear us talking or not. . . but the sound works perfect. Although, you will hear that little B was in a time out for a splashing incident with Annika in the lake. I guess a good sound bite of what really goes on around here every day!