10 Year Class Reunion

On Saturday, July 5th we headed up to Hancock for my 10 year class reunion. We also threw a baby shower Saturday morning for one of my best friends from home, Amy. It was just us girls and our moms. It was so much fun to all be together again.

Amy and the "choo choo train"

Rylee and my friend Lesley's son, Noah...I'm not sure what Rylee's holding Noah back from.

Sweet kisses from Noah

After the baby shower we headed out to McLain State Park for our class reunion picnic. I only graduated with about 60 people, we had a really small class. I think about 25 classmates showed up so it wasn't a great showing but it was so wonderful to see the people who did show up. I haven't seen some of them in years! It was really nice to spend some time visiting with them and meeting their kids.

The weather was beautiful and Lake Superior was actually warmer than expected. By the end of the picnic all the kids were splashing around in the water.

HCH Class of 98, at least some of us. This picture was taken at the end so some people had already left.

That evening our reunion continued at Nutini's Bar for dinner and drinks. My parents had came up with us so that we could take Rylee with us to the picnic but they took her home so we could go out for the night. We had such a good time! It was great to hang out with all of the girls again! I miss them and wish we could do it more often.

Love ya girls!

Independence Day!

I am so glad that we were able to be home for the 4th this year! Ever since I've been a baby it's been a tradition of our family's to go to the Ishpeming 4th of July parade. It was so fun to bring Rylee there this year. She wasn't exactly sure what was going on with all the noises (sirens, bands etc.), the floats, the horses, and the tons of candy that was thrown at her. She was so good. She pretty much just sat in her stroller or Gramma's arms and stared at everything (as you can see in the pictures). I have a feeling next year it will be a little harder trying to keep her from running out on the road after all the candy.

Waving the flag

Our first parade

She looked so cute in her red, white and blue

"What's that Gramma?"

Quincy slept through the entire parade, what a sweetie.

My cousin Tara danced in the parade with her dance team, she did such a good job!

A lot of people go to this small town parade

We couldn't have asked for a better day weather wise. You just never know in the U.P. what the weather is going to be like. This year it was beautiful! After the parade we walked up to my Grandma's house and had lunch with relatives on my mom's side of the family. It was really nice to see all of them again. We stayed there for a few hours and then we headed out to my Uncle Lowell's camp. The Anderson side of our family is getting so big! There were tons of people out there. Even some of my dad's cousins from Arizona and New Mexico flew in for the 4th this year. It was a huge family reunion for us and it was a great to see everyone as always. We had a big bean bag toss tournament, played card games, went swimming, and had a lot of fun just visiting with people. My uncle's also put on an awesome firework show for us that night too!

2008 4th of July Family Picture

(there are some family members missing from the pic but there's a few friends in this pic too)

People hanging out everywhere

Some of the cousins playing card games

Some of the Anderson girls

Rylee loved it out at camp!

Rylee and Daddy

Rylee and Mommy

She had fun playing in the water and sand with Gramma

Rylee and Grady (4 weeks younger) playing together in the pack and play

Holly Sue and Anthony getting some sun

Tyler looked adorable in his beach gear

Quincy all bundled up for the fireworks (him and Rylee both slept through the fireworks even though they were right over us and so loud)

Once again it was a very fun filled 4th of July in the U.P! It was especially nice to be able to be home with family for the whole week, I wish we could do that every year!

Beach Babe!

While we were home we went to the beach that's only a few blocks from my parents house. It is a beautiful beach in Marquette. The sand is so nice. It is on Lake Superior though so unfortunately the water is pretty darn cold. I could only put my feet in for a little bit before I felt like they were numb and had to get out. Rylee loved playing in the sand but she wasn't a fan of how cold the water was either. My sister Bailey on the other hand was not affected by the cold water. She was swimming away in it. Quincy even came to the beach with us for a little while. Next summer the two of them will have fun together playing at the beach.

Week In Marquette

Monday morning we left Wausau and headed up to Marquette for the week. I was so excited to go home and see everyone, I especially couldn't wait to see our nephew Quincy again. Monday was Vanessa's birthday and mine was Tuesday so my mom had a big birthday party for the two of us. We had some aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandma's, plus our whole family there. It was great to be there with my sister and celebrate our birthdays together. We also went and had pedicures together for our birthday treat. The rest of the week before the 4th was spent visiting family and friends, going to the beach, going to the park, fishing (Brad and my dad got tons of fishing in which Brad loved), and just enjoying being home. The week flew by and before we knew it the 4th was here and the holiday celebrations began.

Birthday girls

Uncle Brad got to meet his nephew for the first time

I loved this one because he looks like he is smiling at me

Rylee loves to swing!

Doing her famous "What's dat" pose

Our Godaughter Maddy climbing through the jungle gym at the park

The Kreider's came up from Florence to visit us for a day. It was so nice to get to see them too. We had lunch (pasties), took the girls down to the park, drove around Presque Isle, and of course introduced them to Quincy.

Rylee prefers the swing over the slide but we put her on there anyways. I thought this picture was cute even though her hand is flapping away.

Maddy hugging Rylee on the slide

Rylee on Grampa's Harley

My dad gave Brad and I each a ride on his Harley with him. Rylee didn't get to ride, but she did like sitting on there with him. I loved it. Brad thought the back seat was a little too small for him so he wasn't to sure about it. My mom and I sure did get a kick out of seeing the two of them on there together though, wish I would've got a picture of that.

Gramma spoiled Rylee once again. We got to her house and she had bought a bunch of new toys and a pool for her to keep at Gramma's house. She was in her glory!

Weekend In Wausau

The Friday before the 4th we headed up to Wausau to visit Brad's parents. It was a long drive but since we didn't leave til the evening Rylee ended up sleeping the majority of the way, which worked out great! We were planning on going camping but the weather didn't cooperate so we didn't end up going, maybe next year. We still had a good time visiting with them and we ended up getting a lot of shopping in instead of camping, which of course was okay by me.

Cool chica modeling her new sunglasses and headband that Grandma Spindler got her

Doesn't she just look so innocent here?

She loved playing with the magnets on the fridge. We have a stainless steel fridge which can't have magnets so she thought this fridge was a lot more fun than ours.

Rylee with Grandma and Grandpa Spindler