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| Family picture with the 2 year old |
Labor Day weekend was long anticipated. We hosted our big family birthday party for Luke's 2nd birthday on Sunday, we enjoyed Ben and Linda's visit home for the weekend, and finally, it was Kristin & PJ's last weekend in the Midwest
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| Ben & Linda came back in town from ID just for Lukers' birthday party! |
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| Kristin and Paige stayed in the Midwest instead of moving to AZ earlier, just so they could go to Luke's bd party too! What a lucky boy:) |
We had a jam packed, fun filled weekend with both of our siblings staying at our house for the majority of it, and Donna & Emil over a lot of it too. We only missed Cory, who was driving the pets out to Arizona all weekend, and my parents who were in FL on vacation all weekend. Luke's party was a huge success (with the forecast for rain being totally wrong). A ton of wonderful family came out to celebrate our little guy with us, generous with their time and the many thoughtful gifts for Luke. He is in toy heaven every day that he wakes up and sees all his new goodies. We are so grateful for everything!
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| I had a half day of work on Friday because of the holiday weekend, so I got to enjoy a half pool day with PJ, Luke & Kristin. Later that night we went to Downers Grove to meet up with Matt, Ben, Linda, Donna and Emil for dinner. |
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| Luke and PJ continue to play together so well - it is so adorable and fun to see. |
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| Egg Harbor take out on Sat am. |
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| Walk into town to go to the Farmer's Market and playground. |
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| Street market |
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| Playground. Racing up and down the slides. |
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| Silly monkey |
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| Uncle Ben made this amazing life size chalk van, complete with a Cookie Monster driving the van and a dog and fairy as passengers. Unfortunately, soon after the masterpiece was completed the remnants of Hurricane Isaac washed away his work. |
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| Amazing dinner made mostly by Linda - salmon and scallops with roasted and grilled veggies from Ben and Linda's garden. |
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| Piano concert from Matt & Ben, very relaxing after dinner time. |
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| Luke's party! Uncle Mike, Emil's brother, drove up from IN and his sister Rosie drove down from WI. |
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| Cutie little cousin Jackson Warner |
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| Orrin and PJ sitting in a tree:) |
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| Kurz clan - wicked badminton players! |
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| Aunt Diane and Lila relaxing under the umbrella |
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| Gorgeous sunny, hot day made for many swimmers! |
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| The Dukerson in Fort Dukerson |
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| Matt's childhood dump truck, lovingly restored by Grandpa Emil. Luke LOVES it. |
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| Luke in front of his loot. After he got his truck from Grandpa Emil it was a little tough getting him to be interested in the other presents! |
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| PJ and Orrin helped out though. |
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| Sesame Street Playhouse from Mom and Dad was a hit! This is similar to the one I used to love as a child, that Luke plays with at Grandma & Grandpa Mackus's house. |
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| Giant Atomic Cake from G&G Baranko. |
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| Mackus clan:) |
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| Matt's cousin Denise and her family came at the end of the party, it was great to see her and the kids! |
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| Staying hydrated before bed. |
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| uncle/nephew lounging time. |
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| Taking a walk in open lands. Luke falling off the tree stump! "I'm ok!" |
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| Boat time on Monday before Kristin & PJ went to the airport |
It was hard to say good-bye to Kristin & PJ, and to Ben & Linda - all in the space of a couple hours. But all good things must come to an end, so they say. We are just counting down until the next visit!
Good luck to the Carpenters in their new adventure! We'll miss being only an hour away from a visit with you, but are looking forward to a gorgeous new vacation destination.
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| Birthday Boy - after lunch with Mom on his actual birthday. |
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