day 172 - Summer Solstice

tonight we had the pleasure of having dave's cousin chris over from wisconsin.  we LOVE having friends, family, basically anybody over at our house - but tonight was so special having chris over.  we had a fabulous dinner (courtesy of my fab hubby), a bike ride to the beach to watch the sunset and then a bonfire in the back yard (the first of this season!).

lilly was the only one of the kids to join us out at the beach.  the boys had a friend over and stayed back with nagel to get in a few more games of halo.  in my personal opinion they totally missed out :)

lilly, the one who is ALWAYS up for an adventure, joined us adults out to the lake.  tonight was one of those reminders of what a beautiful area in the world we live.