Holly & Kevin's 50th Anniversary + Father's Day

Last weekend we celebrated Holly & Kevin's 50th wedding anniversary. What an amazing thing to be able to celebrate that many years!

They opened their gift from us kids which was a wooden framed map of Dead Lake.

Our family friend came to take some pictures of all of us and then we headed to Phelps Mill to poke around a bit more and take more pics.

Thanks, John, for taking snapping a few of us - the sun was getting the better of the girls.

We walked through the mill a bit and checked out some of the things on display inside.

Shenanigans from one of the two cars we took to dinner.

Holly had made reservations for us all at Thumper Pond (also where John and Christel got married.) We had a nice dinner and fun time chatting about how Kevin proposed to Holly and their early years together as well as us kids' proposal stories. 

Happy Father's Day!

The girls and I met up with my parents for lunch in DL on our way back home to wish my dad a Happy Father's Day as well. I probably don't have to point out where we ate. Ha.

The sun proved too much for the girls again. :-(

Brynn's Instagram post for Father's Day.

They picked some of our roses from bushes. They looked so beautiful.

Dana grilled burgers at home and after Brynn got home from work, Dana opened his cards and gifts from us.

Before school let out, Clara's class made little keychains to give their dads for Father's Day. They turned out so cool!

Just like she did for me on Mother's Day, Clara read a couple of Bible passages for Dana.

So thankful to have him to raise our girls together.  💙 

Earlier this week Clara took a spill off of the swing, cut her lip a bit and got the wind knocked out of her. She was sore for the next couple of days following, but I was glad to see her back in the saddle again, so to speak.

Dan Brown anyone? Christel loaned me her collection of books by the author. I have read a couple of his, including 'Angels & Demons' and the once super popular, 'The Da Vinci Code.' I'm still trying to dig into the books I bought on Independent Book Store Day, but hopefully I can tackle some of these soon. 

Clara has already been having a fun summer with Izabell. Clara and Dana got the pool set up in the backyard last night and it was a nice hot day for breaking it in for the season today.

I was in the office yesterday afternoon packing for a trade show we have coming up next month and I was so glad to have an extra set of hands to help me!

Brynn was out in the rain chatting with her friend last night. Ha.