Young the Giant and Milky Chance

Right before we left for our trip to Colorado, we met mom and Tony for a concert at TCU Amphitheater in Indianapolis. Josh and the boys are huge fans of both these bands so when they were touring together we knew we had to go! We were able to get tickets pretty cheap so mom and Tony decided to join us. It was a great evening and a fantastic show! 

It rained while we had dinner at High Velocity so the gates were late to open, which Ike was not excited about. 

 

Quick Trip to New Buffalo

While the boys were at camp Josh and I headed to New Buffalo for a two-night getaway. We stayed at a really cute place called New Buffalo Inn and Spa-highly recommend. We were close enough to walk everywhere but the price was a little better since it wasn't on the main road.

Our first night we got there in time for dinner at The Stray Dog (which we called Salty Dog the entire trip!). It was good and then we walked down to the beach for a minute. 

Got up the next morning and Josh played 9 holes of golf while I walked with him. This was a beautiful place to play called Woodlands Course. 

We kind of broke up eating and walking around after golf, so we did an appetizer at Church Brewery.  We can't pass up a burrata!

Then we did some exploring in another town, found a greenhouse where I bought a couple of plants, then came back to get ready for dinner at Bentwood Tavern.  Mushroom toast? Come on it was so delicious!

For our last outing we went to Galien River County park that had a boardwalk and observation tower of the marsh there. 

We had such a great trip, lots of good food and towns to explore. 

One last picture-me and my new plants!

 

Summer Camp and Cousins

The boys all were able to head to Quaker Haven camp together this summer. They were beyond excited to all go and they even got in the same cabin! We met up at Aunt Gayle's house to swim and pick up the Smith boys on the Saturday before camp. 

Sunday before we took the boys to camp we went to church and then had a quick lunch with Josh's parents. 

On our way!

Ben came to camp this year as well and was also in their cabin. 

Time to pick them up!

The Smith boys stayed one more night with us so they got to hang out with the neighborhood crew.

The boys all had a blast-they spent lots of time swimming in the lake and told us all kinds of stories about the food and the friends they made at camp. I think they're going to be able to go to the same camp again next year! So fun for them to make memories every summer. 

Next up is the quick trip Josh and I took to Michigan since the boys were gone for the week!
 

Kids in Evansville and Beginning of Summer

After our trip to Kentucky the kids went off to stay with my family in Evansville for several more nights. They split their time between my mom and dad and had many adventures. They got to go paddle boarding with Grandma Kyra, spend time with the cousins, go golfing with Tony and Gamma and for a ice cream date with Aunt Kathy. 

While the kids were in Evansville we had a delicious dinner celebrating my birthday at 110 Craft Meatery in Warsaw and just hung out and worked until mom drove them back up to us.

Leading up to the boys going to camp they kept pretty busy. 

Ike had his last soccer game of the spring. 

 

Dave convinced us to try those viral cheeseburger tacos. They were pretty good!

Dave went to see his first drive in movie with the Getz family. They watched the new Spiderverse animated movie. 

Ike attended robotics camp. He really enjoyed that!

Josh and I pressure washed the shed and the front porch. Trying to get up what must have been the best glue money could buy back when the carpet was put down!

All in all a good beginning to June! 

Bradfield Trip to Kentucky

Over Memorial Day weekend the Bradfield family got together in Kentucky for a couple nights stay. This was a trip we had planned with Grandpa before he passed so it was definitely bitter sweet to all get together without him, but we had a great time and made so many memories. 

Most of the crew out by the docks. The water was super low so the dock wasn't actually in the water.

The house we rented was humungous and had a ton of yard to play on (it was a touch hilly but we worked with it). Mom brought a bunch of stuff to do outside-cornhole, a putting green, net to hit golf balls in, etc. So we spent a bunch of our time outdoors and down by the water.  It was so pretty here! Some of us swam but then we saw snakes in the water and that was it for me. Thankfully it wasn't very hot so we were okay staying out of the water mostly!

At night we played games and usually ended up doing a game kind of like charades. We were definitely not playing it right but it was a ton of fun!

The majority of our crew went on a golf outing to a nearby course while the rest of us enjoyed some peace and quiet. :)  

One last sunset and fire before we headed home. 

When we left, the kids headed to Evansville to spend several more days hanging out with the family there while Josh and I went home to work!