Riding bikes with Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad have been riding their bikes a lot. We take some credit for inspiring them, but the work is all theirs. They showed us Warsaw and Winona Lake's new bike paths. We rode into town and took the wood-plank path across some wetlands.
Then we rode the paved path through the woods, an out and back from Winona Lake. We ate lunch at the Boathouse restaurant, overlooking the lake. Family reunion
In northern Michigan, we joined my Mom's side of the family for an afternoon of yummy food (including Grandma's pies!), playing games and hanging out on Uncle Mike and Aunt Jerie's front porch.
Jeanine, Baby Emma, Lupita, Aunt Jo, Grandma, and Mom.
Grandma and the grand- and great-grand-kids get organized for a photo. 
Matt, Ricky and Brennan take squirt gun wars seriously..
Our 7th Anniversary
As it happened, we were at my home church in Indiana, where we got married, on the occasion of our 7th anniversary..
Amateur Theater
Chad and Mom and I had started watching a BBC mystery while the others were out and about one night. In order to catch Matt and Lupita and Dad up on the story, Chad and Mom did a re-enactment. Everyone agreed that Chad and Mom's was the more entertaining version.
Above, the Duke accuses Captain Dennis of cheating at cards (!)Dunes at Lake Michigan
Ricky loved the agua. I built a sand castle.
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Grandma and Grandpa's 60th
Grandma and Grandpa's 60th anniversary party was an ice cream social. I think they enjoyed it. I know that the grandkids had a great time serving up sundaes and root beer floats.
Chad and Matt fulfilled lifelong dreams of being "soda jerks." Audra, who has real world ice cream shop experience, was nevertheless patient with the rest of us.
4 comments:
Hey, Really enjoyed your vacation blog. The Dunes were Warren Dunes in Michigan. Mom
Wait a second--you guys call it soda and not pop? Are you Really from the Midwest?
"Soda Jerk" just sounds so much better than a "Pop Jerk".
Yep, I used "soda jerk" since it's the traditional moniker and has that 1940s feeling. As for how to refer to fizzy beverages, though, this has been a topic extensively discussed. Chad is quite taken with the Southern use of "Coke" to refer to any kind of fizzy drink, and he sometimes extends this to using the other brand names as descriptors, i.e. "a Dr. Pepper Coke." I'm partial to the compoundized "cold drink," spoken with stress on the word "cold."
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