8.14.2009

Family. Anniversary. Birthdays.

All three happened in one week.

Our time in IL with Kari and Stella (and Kari's family) was great. After three days of hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail, Josh booked a last minute flight (with frequent flyers mind you) and joined the rest of us on Sunday morning! A surprise to Kari.


Stella is such a sweet little girl... gotta love those
big blue eyes!


Something about a grandbaby...

And on the way home between IL and MI, we spent a couple days in Indy with Julie celebrating her upcoming 23rd birthday early since we'll be returning from Europe one day before Sept. 5.


Josh celebrates his 30th birthday today... how can this be?


...which means that Dennis and I celebrated 31 years of marriage two days ago. This, of course, makes us feel rather older (note I didn't say old, but older)...

Thanks to a wonderful honorarium we were able to spend a night away at the J.W. Marriott in downtown Grand Rapids and enjoy a pleasant and delightful dinner out. I'm so glad I married this man! Can't imagine life without him.

Now we're back for our last weekend in Grand Haven with Clint, Jamie and Evee.

Look for posts from Europe next week! We take off Monday.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

All the pictures look amazing... like always wish we could have been there. Missing everyone like crazy.
Morgans

Gwen Jackson said...

Mike and Joni - We miss you guys too! Only a couple more weeks until Evee and Stella visit Miles! So glad that all worked out. Love you!

Josh Jackson said...

So fun to see these pictures! I can't believe I got to spend time with you guys...so much fun. We miss you already!

Gwen Jackson said...

Josh - I know... it was so great! So thankful! Sounds like Kari made your BD special!

Anonymous said...

Hi Gwen,It is so great you can put all this on your blog! The pictures are great and that little Stella is a beautiful great grandchild. We are grateful for all five healthy great grand children. Each one is special in their own way. We LOVE them all.
Mom