Darlene's Wedding

Darlene's (my youngest sister) wedding was a ton of fun! The food was great and we danced the night away. Darlene and Dave were headed to the East coast for their honeymoon, no destination in mind just going where they felt like. Best of luck little sis!! :)





The pretty flower girls.













My parents, Darlene and her new husband Dave and Dave's parents.











Our family with our friends the Scibonas. They are a ton of fun to hang out with. We always look forward to seeing them when we go to Geneva. Hi Katelyn, Rachel, Morgan, Ben, Chris and Jill.









This is my sister Mindy (2nd from the right), her partner Melanie and 2 of their friends doing a hoola dance for Darlene and Dave. It was very funny. They mooned them in the end with signs that said Congrats Darlene and Dave.

Winery Hopping in Geneva

My best friend from college came up to Geneva to hang out with us. We went to a couple of wineries. It was such fun. My mom used to work at one and I used to baby sit the owners kids. We spent a lot of time at that winery. They had a guy playing music. The girls and their cousins, Will and Cody had such fun dancing.

Fun at Geneva-on-the-Lake

We took the girls and their cousins, Will and Cody to the lake for some fun. We did rock climbing, go carts, water bummer cars, mini golf, water slides and icecream. Can't beat that for some summer fun!

In Geneva

More to come later. My baby sister's wedding is on Saturday so lots of stuff to do to get ready for that and we will be spending time with my other sisters, family and friends. I am quite sure it will be a lot of fun but I will have to tell ya all about it later.

19 YEARS!!

Yes Larry and I have been married for 19 years now. Our anniversary was spent golfing, having a nice big lunch with his family, driving to Geneva and then spending the evening with Tabby and her husband Steve (a friend from college) down at Geneva on the Lake. :)

Visiting Larry's Family

We weren't on the stick about taking pictures! Hopefully Larry's father will send us some that we can add to this post. Larry's sister Jackie graciously invited us to stay with her and her family while we visited. She lives in Rushville which is outside of Lanacaster, Ohio - about 45 minutes from Columbus. We had a great time swimming and just hanging out with everyone. We went to the Heath Pool one Monday - very nice with a lazy river, water slides and diving boards. On Tuesday all the guys went golfing at the same course that they played the day that Larry and I got married 19 years before.

Here are a few shots of goodbyes after lunch just before we left to come up to Geneva to visit Renee's family.

Reflecting on Our Adventure

It’s been hard being apart with Larry living in Dubai. This past week it has been nice to be together again despite all the stress of moving. Its hard to believe how much came together in the end – selling my car at the last minute, getting all of the paperwork completed for Osiris to go with us, Lou offering to keep Seven and Cassie at the house for 2 years, and more. We’ve heard that experiences like this really bring a family closer together – we are all looking forward to that.