The summer has come to a close and we are back in the swing of things again. The summer was great but went by way to quickly. We were able to spend quality time with both sides of the family and enjoy our new niece and our nephew (all the rest of our family). It was after spending a week with our then 6 week old niece Sophia that we both realized that kids were still far off for us. Summer was also the time when we were introduced to a great game called "dingle balls" or for the pg version "ladder golf". We were able to hone our dingle tossing skills with many games up in Michigan. We able to enjoy some time on the lake with Lindsey's extended family and some time on the beach with my family. On of the highlights of the summer was experiencing Uncle Rick's famous soft serve machine at their lake house. I felt a little sick after downing 3 or maybe 4 ice cream Sundays in a relatively short period of time. Good thing the machine was only fired up one day while we were up there, otherwise I would have put on 15 instead of the slimming 5 pounds I added while on vacation. Oh yeah... I also learned to ride a motorcycle this summer thanks to my brother-in-law Pat. Man what a rush!


Nate