What we did this Summer

We really had nothing big planned for this Summer 2009, but we were sure busy enough.
As you saw in our previous blog, we had a great time in Mallorca off the coast of Spain in the lovely Mediterranean Sea. The water was warm and the beaches were full of tourists. But with Joan's brother John and Karen, we had the best tour of the Island. It was fun every day until late in the night.




We spent a week in our time share condo in San Clemente and the kids were able to join us on and off. It was fun having Collin there too. Our grand son sure made it special this year.











But best of all, we pulled out the old tent trailer for yet another summer of camping. First we went local to a near by camp on the beach where we had the entire family including Collin for the first time. Just one night only but it was so much fun to actually have everyone there, the entire family at one time doing our favorite thing, camping. Campfire and smores.

Then the next day we took the trailer all the way up to South Lake Tahoe and camped there for the 6 days together with Cindy & Andy, Melanie & Will and Dan. And then our other two girls, the twins Brandi and Lacey and their men and baby, too, came up for one night. That is 11 of us in one camp with the trailer and two tents. One big happy family we are. Well so much for our quiet Summer with no wedding to host.
Remember to visit our two photo album sites, Picasa or Costco, by clicking on the links to the right of this blog and you can see all the pictures for our Summer 2009.

Hello to all from Mallorca, Spain.

Joan and I arrived on Friday and we have been visiting with Joan's brother and sister-in-law Karen. They live in Palma for now, which is a beach resort town on this beautiful Spanish Island in the blue Mediterainian Sea.


I thought I would send a few pictures. We will be here for another week so maybe I will get a chance to update again later.


We also celebrated Joan's birthday. I wont say how many years, though.


Love to all from Joan and Dave.

Picking Blueberries at the Farm

We went with Brian, Elisa and Collin to a farm nearby to pick our own blueberries.

Collin has fun wherever we go.

And loves all the new experiences and tastes, too.

And Collin loves strawberries, too.

See all our recent photos by clicking on the Picasa or Costco photo album websites on the right.

Memorial Day 2009 & other Events

We were invited to Elisa's and Brian's for a Memorial Day Barbecue. What better way to spend the day with family and of course with Collin. Melanie, Will and Dan was there as well.

But we missed Cindy and Andy.

We played games, had good food and then went for a walk at the beach.




You can visit our Picasa Photo Album site by clicking on the link on the right and see all our home photos.

Family Trip to Chicago

When family is spread out all over the country, it is wonderful when we can all get together for a weekend. We have been lucky this year so far and we were able to all get together again.

This time we traveled together to Chicago to visit Cindy and Andy. That is all except Brian and Will. We missed having them along this time.

We had Collin with us and of course he had to push his own suitcase. Collin had the best seat in the plan... Mommies lap of course. Then we invaded Cindy and Andy's Condo and all stayed there together and slept on sofas and an air mattress. All in the fun.

We brought the first warm weather of the year to Chicago for a day at the Zoo. And of course it rained after that and chilled down again. We took Collin to a children's museum where he was able to run around and touch and play with everything. Great place for kids.

Cindy and Andy cooked all the meals for us except for Sunday breakfast. We had barbecues on their deck and fine meals, too, together with Andy's parents, Mike and Pat.

Parker, their dog, was wonderful with Collin and he put up with all of us quite fine. Walks always make him happy.



You can see all the photos from our trip by clicking on our Picasa Photo Album link on the right.

Birthday Parties

We had some recent parties to celebrate birthdays.


We celebrated Dan's 25th birthday. We barbecued steaks for his party. They turned out great.

Then last weekend we celebrated Collin's 1 year birthday. Elisa and Brian used our backyard and invited family and friends over for barbecued burgers and dogs. Can't go wrong with that.


















And then it was Collin's first cake. Lots of first for his party.





Already in the cooler with Dad looking for a beer.

You can go to our Picasa web site using the link on the right to see all the photos and more. And Brian & Elisa's Blog Site has more to see as well.

Winter Update

So . . . what have we been doing?




Joan traveled back to Denmark in January to visit her parents, Mona and Peter. It was off and on snow and rain. But cold. She was there for nearly 3 weeks.

As for me, I had an emergency operation while Joan was away that put me in the hospital for a few days. Not life threatening, though. Something called diverticulitis and ruptured colon. All the kids were there to help me and I got to stay at Elisa and Brian's until Joan returned home. Had fun with Collin all those days. I am slowly recovering, although back to work full time. I will have a second surgery at the end of March to put me back together again.

This video is of Collin having fun with the balloons I got while in the hospital.
I want to thank everyone for their love and support.


Joan's Cousin Helle and Matilda and her friend Nikoli flew over from Denmark for a weeks visit, too.



So not much else going on. Just the winter blues.

Lots of fun to see all the other blog sites.

Don't forget to visit our photo websites using the links on the right to see all our latest home photos.