Our Visit to South Bend

Aaron, Clara and I had such a great visit to South Bend. It was a quick 5 days in the Bend, but a lot of fun was had by all. Aaron's friends and I planned a surprise for him that went off wonderfully! His best friend Andy flew into South Bend to be there for his party and to spend some quality time with Aaron. It was so great to see so many of our friends. It had been quite a while since many of us were all in town at the same time. Us from Texas, Andy from Florida, Courtney from Vegas, and the rest from South Bend, made for quite a memorable weekend!

A bunch of the guys all played golf on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Aaron's party was Saturday afternoon/night. The weather was picture perfect and the turnout great. Aaron and I had a big laugh whenever people complained that it was so hot outside! It was in the low 80s!!!! The nerve! They didn't seem to understand why we were so ecstatic with the gorgeous weather. How would they know that before we left we had been dealing with over 3 straight weeks of 100+ temps.

Clara had a blast playing with Abby and Cooper. Our friends Dave and Amy are always more than generous when they allow us to invade their home each time we go to South Bend. There was lots of playing, "practicing" sharing, and less than usual sleep. I mean, who wants to sleep when there's so many other things to be doing! And, Clara spent so much time outside! "Go outside" is now one of her new favorite things to say! Poor thing is usually cooped up indoors in Texas. It's just too hot! She was loving the plush green grass, huge yard, swing set and perfect weather in South Bend and couldn't get enough of it.

We also had a nice visit with Aaron's grandpa and his wife, Margaret. For this visit, the surprise was on us, Sharon, Aaron's mom, was there when we showed up. It was really nice to visit with all of them. Naturally, Clara was the star of the show as everyone enjoyed watching her play and be so adorable.

There are too many good pictures from the trip to show them individually, so here's a slideshow of them, instead. FYI, you'll have to view the slide show from the actual blog site if you're reading this update in an email.



We came to South Haven, MI this morning. We went strolled around town and went to the beach this afternoon. We'll be sure to post more pics from our time in South Haven and trips to the beach later this week.