Beachy Vacation

We all vacationed at Edisto Beach, South Carolina with Kelli's family for a week. It is one of the Borchelt's favorite vacation spots because of the slow pace and beautiful scenery.
One day, we ventured out on our own to view Fort Sumter near Charleston.
We had to take a ferry to get there. It was a very hot ride!

The view as we approach the Fort.

Matthew and Ian posing by one of the many cannons.

A cannon just Ian's size.

Several beautiful sunsets off the bay.

A little beach Bocce

A horseshoe crab stranded on the beach. Mark and Dad rescued it and put it back in the ocean.

Fun at the beach

CURF Reunion

Some of Kelli's college friends met up in Hoffman Estates for 24 hours to hang out with their kiddos and catch up on life. 7 kids and 6 mommies are a handful, but everyone did great and had a wonderful time.
Ian and Lauren were buddies during our stay. They went on walks, played ball, did play dough, and just did a great job entertaining each other.

Happy Baby Ellie

Big Boy David

Cuties Henry and Joseph

Sweet Baby Carrie

Henry, David, Ellie, and Joseph all in a circle.

Our 7th Anniversary

We had our first night away from Ian to celebrate our 7th anniversary. The getaway included a lovely dinner at Olive Garden, watching The Proposal and eating movie poporn, and hiking with a picnic at Pokagon State Park.

Sporting our loving T-shirts
Lake James in the background at Pokagon

Fourth of July

We had a relaxing Fourth of July washing windows, attending a wonderful patriotic church service, hanging out with friends for lunch and dinner, and watching all the different firework displays from our front porch while Ian slept soundly in his bed.

Out to lunch with friends from Chicago to Bar-B-Cutie - can't get any more American than that!

All decked out in our red, white, and blue

Happy 6th Birthday, Hannah!

Our niece celebrated her 6th birthday today. Probably the coldest birthday she's had.