The Cottage

We were lucky enough to spend another lovely week at the cottage in Manistee.  Thanks to my parents for supplying us with the place love, laughter and my siblings for making delicious food and great company!  The weather was a little chilly, but perfect for campfire sing-alongs, flying kites, long walks down the beach to search for driftwood and hiking up very tall dunes, among other joyful experiences.  We truly live in one of the most beautiful places in the world!

She would only ride on Uncle Jeff's shoulders if he pretended he was a "hosey".

Izzy completed a whole set of monkey bars for the first time ever at this playground! It was very exciting!

Nema and Papa came up for a visit.

Owen and Lucy

Filling Grandpa's hand with sand over and over and over again...

Relaxing with the babies!

Crazy hair!

Marcus got a chance to try out his stunt kite on this trip, it was lots of fun!

Lucy borrowing Benji's glasses and my hat.

Uncle Matt brought come rockets that were a huge hit until it got stuck in the tree.

We got all these kids to the top of the dune at Sleeping Bear, it was absolutely gorgeous!

Best buds on this trip!

Lucy wanted to snuggle with Elliott for most of the trip!

Marcus scoping out Petoskey Stones at Good Harbor Bay

The Family

Our foot picture.  We missed it last year, but did it the two years before that.

Grammy ran a race against all of her grandchildren, Beano won the race.  Grammy came in second and Izzy third.  The rest of them had no idea what was going on.