Summer's Last Days......

SO, needless to say like the last post says, we DIDN'T get to Silver Lake the weekend we planned as everyone will remember it rained ALL weekend long! We spent our time working around the house. Daris took on the project of painting the garage as it was left just drywalled so we still have a ways to go on that but got a good start. Then my parents + Matt & Lindsey and Daris' parents came over for lunch on Sunday so it was nice catching up with them as well. Can't do too much when it is constant rain!

This past weekend we celebrated Scott & Val's wedding Friday night. It was a great time and everything was PERFECT. Unfortunately I only took one picture, which didn't even include me but it's a cutie so here it is for ya.......

Saturday Daris thought he needed to do some yard work which included letting HUGE trees fall on my landscaping.(He says it's fall now and they will grow back next year, yeah right! He just wanted to cut them down! )

Saturday night after yardwork we headed up for Silver Lake to pack up the toys and bring them home. We grabbed dinner at Culver's and got up just in time to meet my parents plus my counsins Laurne & Meghan for icecream. Then enjoyed a little campfire and some stories and off to bed! Sunday morning we got up early, loaded up, and got back in town for church. Sunday we took a long moped ride out to Saugatuck and then had a neighborhood picnic which was a nice way to meet all of our neighbors. (Most of them anyway!:)

Last night we thought we would take advantage of on the last "summer" nights by riding the mopeds down to Crane's for dinner. For some reason we just can't let summer go!

On my way to my haircut this morning I had to take up the chance of catching the sunrise as we seldom get to see it being the woods. What a beautiful morning! We sure to have so much to be thankful for!

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Before I get to the birthday details, I thought I'd update everyone on what we've been up to since the last post.



We spent an awesome Labor Day weekend up at Silver Lake with my parents. It was awesome weather and was a great way to celebrate the un-official end of summer! We came home on time on Monday and went out to Daris' mom's house to have a yummy steak dinner with her and Paul. He had heart surgery a few weeks ago so it was nice to catch up with them and see that Paul is recovering well.



This past Saturday was Val P.'s bachelorette party. It was fun to get all the girls together again and it was nice to see their (almost) completed house that they have working soo hard on all summer. Nice job guys, looks amazing! Especially since the last time I had seen it it was torn completely apart! Looking forward to the wedding September 19!



Yesterday was Daris' 23rd birthday so we chose to celebrate by going out to a nice dinner to Crazy Horse with a gift certificate his Grandma Dee Dee gave him for his birthday since she knows how much we love that place!(It almost felt like my birthday too b/c I didn't have to cook dinner or do dishes! :)) They were nice enough to give him a birthday sundae which he so graciously shared with me!



Then we decided we should take advantage of these last nice warm nights and went to Sundae Sundae Golf Golf where we had many laughs! I'll let the winner be a secret b/c I don't want to ruin the birthday boy's day.......:)



This weekend will be bittersweet as we go up to Silver Lake for the last time in 2008 and celebrate the Apple Festival and pack up everything and bring the toys home. Wow what a great summer it was! Hope for many more good memories next year!



LAST but certainly not least and the most exciting new of this whole blog.........we will be having a baby join our Draisma side of the family in March, 2009! My brother Michael and is wife Beth shared the awesome news of a baby on the way with our family a few weeks ago and we are just so thrilled for them!


Congratulations are also in order to our cousins Jeff & Ruthanne Huizenga who welcome their baby girl into the world at about 11 PM on September 9.(I guess Daris will keep his birthday to himself after all for now:)) Her name is Addisyn Ranae and she weighed in at 7lbs. 14 ozs. 21 in. long and the report is she has a little bit of hair, long legs, fingers, and toes, and has a wide face and is pretty like her mama. We are all so excited to meet the first great-grand-child on the Brink side! Can't wait to meet her, congratulations Jeff & Rudy!