Carmel 2021, Part 1

In January 2020, Andy was looking at the Phish touring schedule for the year and saw that they were going to have three concerts in Noblesville, IN about ten miles away from where my sister and her family live. The dates were in August so we decided to plan a summer trip to Carmel. Then, Covid. We ended up still going out to Carmel last summer, but the concert got rescheduled to August 2021. 

 

So we flew to Carmel again at the beginning on August. It was a little like deja vu. This trip was extra fun because in the past year my parents bought the house next door to Rachel and her family as a vacation home. So my parents were there for the week as well, and we even got a day with Benjamin and Christina!

Our first day in Carmel the Gallos and Lanzones went bowling. 

Rachel had us sign up for this program called "Kids Bowl Free" so all of the kids got to bowl two games for free.

I love Ellie's pose here! If you look carefully, you can see that Andy is just about to pick up a spare.

 

 

Back at the Gallos there was lots of nice down time to relax.

That night for dinner we had a big taco night at my parents' new house. My dad made this table to seat us all. It turned out so well! 

We also celebrated Ben's and my birthday. It was our third summer getting to celebrate together!

We opened presents, and I loved this present that my mom got Ben. Ben clearly got a kick out of it too.