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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Trip to Rock Valley - Van Maanen Edition

The first weekend of September we traveled up to Rock Valley for the Van Maanen's annual get-together. The guys draft their Fantasy Football teams and the ladies watch the kids and try to keep them out of the basement. Sounds fair, right?! ;)

Jonathan and Philip didn't participate. Jonathan, because he doesn't really try too hard and Micah can be pretty serious about his football. ;) They had a great time in the basement and didn't see the light of day for about four hours. Us ladies, sat upstairs and talked, disciplined the kids, tried to get them to sleep, and maybe took a nap ourselves. It was just fun to be together. It's so nice to get along with "the in-laws" so well. I really love them all a lot.

We also found out that Phil and Liz are expecting their first baby and Jer and Beth are expecting their second. And they're due around the same time in April! We'll have an exciting and busy Christmas next year with all the new little people!

On Sunday evening, we celebrated all the September birthdays with the whole Van Maanen clan. It was so fun to be together. We did miss having Grampa around, though. We laughed a lot and enjoyed some delicious cupcakes. And there was even mention of a family cruise. Wouldn't that be fun! I think we would have a great time. ;)

The proud parents-to-be!!

Sunday afternoon the dads took the kids to the park.
The boys had fun playing with their cousins!

Phin always enjoys chocolate!

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