wedding, reunions, and anniversaries . . .

I said May's a wrap in my last post . . . but I forgot to take into account our day on the lake with our favorite local grands!

Before we headed out, we stopped to put gas in the boat.  We were docked behind a sweet cabin cruiser that was sweetly named!

So we celebrated Memorial Day in the water.  It was still a little cool, but all the girls wanted to swim and splash, so we did.  Purple lips and all! Seriously, once I got in, I knew I had to stay in, or I'd never take the plunge again.  FREEZING!  

We hosted the first wedding we've had at the camp in a while over the first weekend in June.  The groom's parents were friends and so we were invited to join in on the rehearsal dinner festivities, which included a pig roast!

The pig is in the box ... the coals are heaped on top.

It was SO good!!  They decorated by hanging wonderful lights around the pavilion ... and left them for us as a thank you donation!

So pretty!

My niece Cecilia traveled from Virginia with her three boys for a visit!

The boys (who were 4, 3 and 1) loved splashing in my folks' rock fountain and playing with Joc's girls!  It was a fun mini-reunion. I snuck in a pic with my daddy . . .

The following weekend, Todd and I celebrated Flag Day!  

LOL!  And our anniversary! ♥ My parents gifted us with the pretty silver tray (above) in honor of our silver anniversary. It looks so pretty amongst the red, white & blue!

Todd celebrated with flowers!  He's my favorite. 

:)

happy anniversary to us . . .

Yup, today Todd and I celebrate nineteen years of wedded bliss . . .

We were such sweet, young things! We're celebrating by giving a promotional talk about the camp to one church, and setting up for VBS at another church.  LOL! Just kidding . . . well, we are doing those things, but we also celebrated a little yesterday, and I imagine we'll celebrate a little more today!

It's also Flag Day!

I finished my mini tumbler flag just in time to celebrate!  I'd never worked with tumblers before so I learned a lot with this little piece.  I really do love it, though -- and it's a perfect tribute to the day!

And for some reason, even though we're just hitting summer full-blast, my crafty self keeps turning to fall projects, like this cute little patchwork pumpkin:

So you can imagine what kind of slow stitching I'll be doing (in the truck as we travel hither and yon) today. My sister gifted me with the pattern (and some pretty wools to play with, too)!  

Perhaps it's the fact that I've got volunteer pumpkins that are doing splendidly out front that has my mind on things fall??!

I've had volunteer plants shoot up before, but never like this, and they've *never* flowered!  I'm starting to get a little excited!

Speaking of excited, I was very excited to have this photo opportunity last week after Todd's ordination service:

Oh my gosh, what a precious family I am blessed with! Ellie had pretty much just woken up, and June had just gotten yet another 'boo-boo'.  Poor things!  I love the way Everley is patting her Paw-paw's back! It was a beautiful and moving service.  

My stash report hasn't really changed -- I included the mini tumbler in last week's report.

So that's all I've got this weekend!  Linking up with Patchwork Times and Kathy's Quilts.

Have a lovely, happy day!

:)