FAMILY and FRIENDS

My mom, sister, and I went to this beautiful resort in Minnesota this past weekend. We went for two days and were able to totally relax and do whatever we wanted. We had a SPA afternoon on Saturday and all had a hot stone message. It was heavenly!!!! That same night we took a pontoon ride on the lake to a nearby restaurant and had a supurb meal at Sherwood Forest. They had this awesome candy/ice cream shop on the grounds and we visited that quite a few times!!! To make up for the sweets, we all three did Yoga on the beach one morning. It was a weekend I will never forget and it made it so special that my mom and sister and I could spend it together!!!
I also threw in a couple of family pics from the family reunion and a pic from my class reunion. Both were a lot of fun and it was nice to have everyone in the same place for once!!

How to sink a ship

Last weekend was probably one of the busiest this summer SO FAR. Here are the top four reasons why we went home (in no particular order):
1. Jenny's 10 year class reunion
2. Jenny's BJELLA family reunion
3. 4th of July
4. Dad's Battleship blow up
Add to that visiting Mav's family, the kids, friends, and all the travel back and forth between our two houses there and it made for quite the hectic but FABULOUSLY FUN visit!
So here are some pics of the boats that my dad, uncle, and brother made and brought to the war this year (to be fair, Gary's is the rejuvinated-with-duct-tape boat from last year). Other pics of the family reunion and class reunion to come but I ran out of steam just downloading the 250 pics from the boat battle.

The Crazy (Picture) Accident

Last night we were on the edge of a huge lightening/thunder storm. I don't think it directly hit us but the lightening was spectacular! The sky was constantly lit up and every once in a while you would catch these serious lightening bolts. My camera happened to be sitting on the bench next to the door and I decided to try and take some pictures. I thought I probably wouldn't get anything as I don't have a tripod and I didn't want to actually venture outside. I think I set my camera to some crazy settings, all hoping that I could get the fastest shutter speed possible...which still seemed like eternity. I clicked this one and had been holding my camera "steady" for aforementioned eternity and this lightening bolt happened just at the right time. I could not believe that I actually captured it!!! It is far from an award winning picture but I think the subject is so amazing and powerful and rarely do you get the chance to see it in a snapshot! Look at the sizzle!!!!