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Famiy Reunion

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By Sarah
It feels strange blogging about something I didn't do. I was going to ask Dan to do this one, but he's upstairs vomiting. I'm holding a sleeping (aka no longer vomiting) Michelle in my lap as I type. Would I really be away this early if it wasn't for one of my children?



Anyway, long long long story short, Dan & I ended up taking separate trips over the 4th of July. We originally were all going to drive up in our mini van to visit my Great Aunt Hope in WI but felt that might just be too much to handle this year. So Dan & Kaelah went to his extended family's family reunion & had a blast! Kaelah adores her cousins & the new puppy Scott & Whitney got. What's not to love about a lab puppy? Ha ha ha... I hear Milo is a whole lot calmer than Meigo was. Good choice, guys. (; While out there Dan also got to play golf as a Father's Day present & run with some of his siblings & siblings-in-law in the Freedom Run on the 4th. I think he would be dang good at running if we could just figure out why his one ankle kills him afterward. It's those long legs! Although Kaelah was jealous Danny & Michelle & I flew to Wisconsin without her, I think we made the best choice & she is already asking when she gets to see her cousins again. Good thing we're going camping with them in August so I have something concrete to tell her... and there's not long to wait. Families are forever!

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