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Time to catch up! Been a little M.I.A. lately so here is the last month or so in a nutshell. I left off in August after our wonderful date night planned by Jessie & Chris. Since then we've had a family reunion, celebrated Jessie's 30th b-day in Clear Lake, went camping over Labor Day, partied with friends for the annual Ia v. Ia State rivalry (next post) and last but not least flew to NY for a friend's wedding and spent a jam-packed day full of fun in NYC (that post is coming soon, too). This keeping up on bloggin is a lot of work :)

Family Reunion at Scott County Park

This year I was in charge of planning a family reunion with a few other family members so I went old-school reverting back to the days of the Kuhl picnic pot-lucks we used to have at Scott Co. Park. We almost had the whole family show and it was a great day of food, games, discussions & pie/dessert contest of course. My peach and blueberry pie, though delicious, did not quite earn the title of winner- but I was in close running for presentation at least! We even made time for churning homemade ice cream for Jessie's b-day, an annual tradition and Uncle Bill led a nice Sunday morning devotion.

Jessie B-day Celebration in Clear Lake

We celebrated Jessie's 30th b-day in style in a literal pyramid of a house right off the shores of Clear Lake. We boated and swam (despite the high levels of bacteria warnings) and danced the night away- it was so much fun!

Camping Labor Day Weekend

We decided to get one last weekend of camping in at our favorite local camp site over the Labor Day Weekend. We had a great time boating and playing horseshoes on the beaches of the Res. We had an impromptu photo shoot starring a pair of awesome jean shorts and we weathered a rainy and windy storm in the new tent that Mike & I bought