Monday, May 20, 2013

Back to visit the Good Ol' USA!

At the end of last June/early July we traveled back to visit our families.  We were only gone about 2 weeks, but it was a jam-packed, full of fun, 2 weeks!  We first landed in Des Moines, and stayed in Ames with Josh's family.  We then traveled to Cedar Falls, celebrated my dad's retirement, and quickly drove up to the Wisconsin Dells to spend time with my family.  We finished the trip in Minneapolis where we saw more friends and family and then flew out of there back to Sydney.  Whew!  And to think we're doing it all over again this year!!  ;)  One of the highlights of our trip was meeting our new cousins/nephews.  Ben and Jill had their 2nd little boy, Elijah in June, and Lis and Josh had their 2nd, Graham in June.  It was fun to be able to see them while they were still so tiny.  We also have lots of birthdays in June/July on this side of the family!  We had a mini celebration for Ben, Stella, and Lance with some of Josh's Aunts, Uncles, and Grandma Stella.  Here are some highlights of that day.

 Elijah and Graham
 The birthday cake for everyone!
 Lance is ready to blow out those candles!!
 A picture of all of Grandma Stella's great grandchildren on the Malin side.  (We've since added little miss Quinn (Andy and Erin's first), so will hopefully get another picture this time!)
 4 generations!
 Grandma with her 4 Malin grandchildren - Josh, Lis, Andy, and Ben
Stella, Graham, Elijah, and Jonas

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