NYC/US Open

Back the early part of September, Kirby and I took our annual trip to New York City.  Well it used to be annual but then we took a couple years off because we got married one year then the next year a friend of ours got married.  But last winter Kirby and I decided we were going to start making the trip again.  Our main reason for going is to attend the US Open Tennis Tournament.  See both Kirby and I played tennis growing up and have a love for the game.  Then when we were dating we got talking about things we would like to do before we die (like you do when you are dating, telling the other person all your hopes and dream :)) and it turned out that we both had attending the US Open on our "bucket list".  So that first year of dating off to the US Open we went and had a great time. 

Now fast forward to September 2012 (five years later).  As I said our main reason for going is to attend the US Open but while we are there we take in the sights of New York City.  This year besides seeing great tennis and great tennis players we also went to the 911 Memorial and Museum, saw the Enterprise shuttle which is now located on the USS Intreprid and did a lot of walking around.  I think one of the highlights of the trip for us was that we got to see Andy Roddick play as this was the last tournament he played in.  We had a very nice trip and enjoyed our time in "The Big Apple".  Here are some of the pictures from our trip!

Summer FUN!!!

So I'm behind on my blogging but here is a little slice of summer to brighten up the day.  We had a busy end of the summer that included outdoor concerts, Cubs games, nephew's birthday parties, dinner parties and Kirby's 40.5 birthday/movie party in our side yard.  It was a very busy but fun end of the summer.  Only a few more months and we will be back to that warm summer weather.  Enjoy the picture slide show. 

The Fitch's come for a visit

Back the first part of July the Fitch's (Waren, Jill, Sam, Ty, Alli and Evan) came to spend the day with Kirby and I at the lake while they were in Michigan for a visit.  We had a lovely day with them.  We went to the middle of the lake and went swimming or at least most of us did.  Evan took a nap on the boat while everyone else went swimming.  After swimming we had a cook out and made S'mores.  We had a great time and hope they come back soon to spend more time with us. 

Fourth of July

We celebrated the 4th of July on Klinger Lake with our family.  We had a lovely cook out with both sides of our family.  The day included swimming, playing in the water, a 4th of July boat parade, eating and fireworks.  It is always nice when we all can get together.  Enjoy the photos from our 4th of July get together. 

Sydney came for a visit

This summer Sydney came to visit us for a weekend and stayed for a week.  She was with us over the 4th of July so that was nice.  I had to work  that week but Kirby was off of work so they spent a lot of time together.  Luckily for us Sydney and Uncle K get along great.  We did a lot of fun things while she was with us.  Went out for dinner, cooked out on our patio, went for boat rides, swam in the middle of the lake, bike rides, went to the pool at the country club, shopping for fireworks and we took her tubing a lot.  A friend that she made last summer when she was at our house happened to be at her grandparents house so the girls spent time together hanging out, swimming and tubing.  We had a great time with her and we were sad to see her leave but she will be back soon.  Enjoy some pictures from our week with her! 

Samuel Beckett Rozema

On May 23rd our nephew Samuel Beckett Rozema was born.  He was born at 4:19am, he weighed 8 lb 3 oz and was 21.5" long.  He is so cute and is getting so big.  He is growning fast and is even bigger currently than his brother was at the same age.  We sure do love him!!!  Here are some pictures of him from back in May along with some pictures of his sister and brother.  Love them all!

Spring and the first part of summer

Our spring and the first part of our summer was very busy.  We attended our nephew Andrew's orchestra concert.  He had been learning to play the violin all school year and this was their final concert.  I must say for a group of 5th graders they did very well!  Both our nephews Andrew and Adam played Baseball this Spring/early Summer.  They were on different teams which meant double the games for Uncle Kirby and Aunt Erin but we would not miss it.  They both did great!!!  Both of the boys were involved in Cub Scouts so we also attended Cub Scout meetings to learn all about what they had been working on.  Andrew moved up from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts which he was very excited about.

The first part of June Kirby's Dad turned 70 so we attended a nice birthday party for him which was well attended by friends and family.  Even though he is now 70 you would not know it as he is very busy and is currently in the middle of building a wood boat from scratch. 

Also in June Kirby and I headed to Decatur, IL to visit some great friends that live down there.  We spent a lovely weekend with the Sloan, Shrock and Bird Families.  Kirby played some golf while I went to a very nice baby shower for Kristin Schrock given by McKenzie Sloan.  This was one of the best baby showers I have ever been to.  Also while we were there we ate a lot of great food and spent some time on Lake Decatur.  We had a great time in Decatur and can't thank the Sloan's enough for having us down.

Even though it was a busy spring and start to the summer we have enjoyed every moment of it.  Here are a few pictures from our very busy spring and first part of the summer.  Enjoy!