Summerfest 5K

Ran the Summerfest 5K in Mishawaka this morning and got a PR - soooo proud of myself considering I have a sore hamstring and trying to nurse it.  Came in 2nd in my age group (40-49) with a time of 26:55.41

Kids Camp 2016

Gabi was busy with Kids Camp for Cheer all week...but so looking forward to watching her this year!  New coaches and new insight...should be fun!  Gabi came up with the dance for the little kindergartners this year. They did well!
My three faves - Kylee, Gabi and Alivia - 3rd year!

JV/Varsity Dance

Father's Day Camping Trip

This year we got away to Waffle Farms for a Father's Day camping trip with Chad/Amber and family and my parents.  It was a beautiful weekend for water and boating.  Upper 80s and sunny all weekend.  Tyler brought along his friend from high school...Ben Versyp to do some playing as well and posted up in the tent behind our trailer.  So thankful for my dad.  This year especially.  With the recent loss of my uncle Jim, it made it all the more clear that I need to take in every moment I can with my parents.  This weekend also gave us a little taste of what is to come on our vacation in a couple weeks...soooo looking forward to it and hoping the weather is just as perfect.

Mayor's Youth Council - Greener Community

Gabi served on the Mayor's Youth Council all year and presented with a group of 4 on how to create a greener community last Tuesday.  They suggested amping up the community garden for the food bank and gave examples on how to do so...i.e., letting business donate the seeds/plants, using a compost pile, etc.  Their group came in third of six.

North Carolina Visit

We had planned this visit a while back...Thursday to Sunday and Gabi brought her friend, Kylee along with us this time.  Wanted to visit family in North Carolina.  Thursday was our travel day.  Left about 5am and got there around 3pm to visit with grandma and grandpa Honeycutt.  Our trip was filled with animals, visiting family, some shopping, helping out where needed and R & R.
We actually took the girls to a new outlet mall in Asheville (30 min away) where they were able to get some good deals at Forever 21 on Friday.  They were super excited about that and a place we will have to remember.  The girls were able to feed chickens and horses during our visit.  Cocoa, of course (grandpa's horse), and two horses that belong to Robbie (next door to grandma).  And there is always dogs galore pretty much everywhere we visited.  Owen and Joan had 3 week old dachshund puppies we were able to see on Saturday evening.  After mentioning to grandpa Honeycutt that I had never had eggs straight from a chicken, he ended up bringing me over some straight from his...and aunt Betty did the same!  Sent us home with 3 dozen!  Ben and I helped grandpa fix his hotwire fence around Cocoa and tried to help fix his tractor that broke down while we were there.  Annnnnd we were able to see Chris and Kary's new house up in the wood...literally.  Chris even took Gabi and I for a four wheeler ride and we sat around the fire enjoying s'mores and stories.  On our way out Sunday morning (after I had just said one thing I had wished that I would see in NC would be a bear - always hear stories about family seeing them there, but I had never seen one)...we saw one off of 25/70 up on a hill.  Pulled over and tried to get a pic.  Pretty cool for sure!  To top the visit off, we tried Zaxby's in Kentucky (Tyler told us to try it...very similar to Chick-Fil-A).  It was a short...but fun and relaxing trip.  Glad to see family.
Soooo, warning about the quantity of photos below....enjoy!