Van Dam Girl's Weekend

This past weekend all the Van Dam girls went away for the weekend for some R&R. We went to a cottage in Clarksville that had room for all of us to sleep. The cottage was beautiful & worked out great for our large group. Friday night we got pizza and played cards. Aunt Mary, Aunt Sharon, Aunt Dawn, Casey, Carla, & myself stayed up till 1:30 talking.

The weekend was so relaxing because we didn't have any plans. So on Saturday we were able to sleep in, stay in our comfy clothes and do what ever we wanted till we had to get ready for dinner.

Sat. morning Aunt Mary, Josie, & Casey left to head back to Zeeland for Josie's soccer game. The rest of us enjoyed a late breakfast and played some more card games.

Heidi, Holly, Jill, & myself went for a walk in the afternoon. After our walk, Jill & Heidi left for home for the night. The rest of of us went out to dinner in Lowell at Flat River Grill.

Our group at dinner.

Aunt Dawn & Casey

Holly & I

Aunt Mary & Josie

Karla & Aunt Sharon

When we got back to the cottage we played LRC and I think Aunt Mary won the most rounds. Holly taught us how to play the game Mafia, even Josie played. We all had so much fun playing Mafia and hope to be able to play it w/the boys at the Christmas party. Saturday was another late night.....1:30. Sunday was our last day and everyone slept in. Jill came back for our wonderful brunch. After brunch we played another round of Rummy and then all of enjoyed the beautiful weather and went for a walk. We all left the cottage around 3:00. The time went by so fast! The aunts did a wonderful job planning the food for the entire weekend. Hopefully we will be able to do this trip again next year!