Happy Anniversary to Us!

It’s our 49th anniversary today—hard to believe, but true. Tracy spent the morning on the golf course, and I had lunch with a friend. We’re going out to dinner out in a bit, but that’s the only celebrating for today since a week from Saturday we’ll (hopefully) be on our way to Scotland with friends for a two-week tour that was originally scheduled for 2020. It’s not often that I go 10 days without a blog post. It’s taken me awhile to settle in after our two weeks with Sarah and her family, both here and at Chautauqua Lake. Crafting as definitely taken a back seat, and although I’m busy getting some future posts ready, there won’t be a lot of crafting in August either. 

I did make a very CAS anniversary card for Tracy. There’s no sentiment on the outside. I tried (and failed) to get a photo of the inside sentiment which reads, “Love you with all my heart.” Indeed.

The card base and all the layers are die cut from Fresh Snow Linen card stock. I cut a series of squares with Ellen Huston’s Essential Squares and added a gold metallic heart cut with Hero Arts Infinity Hearts. 

Since we’re celebrating our anniversary, I thought I’d take the time to share a few family photos from the last two weeks. If there’s anything we’re most proud of it’s our kids and grandkids. First off some photos from Chautauqua Lake. The cottage there was the smallest we’ve ever shared, but we made it work, and there was a lovely covered patio overlooking the lake. Like some of the Finger Lakes, Chautauqua Lake is a bit murky due to seaweed. The best swimming was in the middle of the lake, off the boat we rented for several of the days we were there. 

Here’s Hannah, ready to go! She would have been in the lake every minute if she’d had a choice.

And Caleb would have gone tubing every single day if we’d had a boat for the whole week!

Watching the sunset (and the moon rise) was right up my alley!

Once we got back to Rochester, it was cousin time. It’s always so wonderful to watch the five cousins reconnect in just a few minutes each summer. 

It was really hot while Sarah and her family were here. Matt and Betsy have a blow-up waterslide that cooled everyone off in a hurry!

Better yet, Betsy’s dad has a fabulous pool in his backyard. Here are the dads, the kids, and Grandpa floating along.

One big change this year, is the willingness of the kids to let Grandma get a photo of all of them. This was the last night with dinner at our house.

And another one, because I couldn’t decide.
Back row: Ella 7, Caleb 10, Skylar (almost) 11
Front row: Maddy 6 and Hannah 5

I know it’s REALLY HOT for many folks right now. I hope you’re able to find a cool place to hang out. It’s warm here, but not oppressive for which I am grateful.