Thursday, August 11, 2011

Michigan 2011

I've finally made it through the pictures and picked out some favorites to share. We really had a great time. The beaches in Michigan are so pretty.  The sand is so perfectly fine, and water so warm and the beaches are HUGE.....it was like our own private ocean every day.  The kids LOVED the water and got to experience a couple days of huge waves thanks to an overnight thunderstorm.  Both Abby and Griff could not get enough of the boogie board.  It was great to have my brother and his wife there, along with their two kids.  Everyone is the same age and loved having a playmate for the week.

Michigan is one of my favorite places.......thanks Mom and Dad for hosting us.  We loved each and every second of the trip!!


Our first day.......Hannah loved playing in the sand and building castles.

Miss Avery.  Hannah was thrilled to have a girl her age to play with.  Unlike Griff, Avery was happy to play princess with Hannah all day, every day!


Being thrown by Dad is the BEST.  Mike spent a good portion of each day tossing the kids into the air. They couldn't get enough.  It was a great shoulder work out for him :-)

Swimming out to the sand-bar. The kids thought it was so cool that there was a shallow sand-bar WAY out there.  We had to take them out there b/c the water to get there was way over their heads but once they were out there they played and play in the middle of the lake.
 Mega-blasters....FUN!
Racing to the beach, a quick 2 minute walk down the road.
 All the cousins playing.
 Avery acting silly!
 Griff falling onto a wave and trying to splash Abby.
 I think Avery is going to pour water over Hannah's head!
 Abby learning to skip rocks.
 More playtime with the cousins.


The next three pictures show the ever present water droplets on their faces, all day every day.


 Our lovely private beach.
 Boats stored up on the grassy dunes.
 Waving to me from the sandbar.
 Sandcastles with  Dad.


 Our own private beach......love it!


Oh the waves!!  They were big and LOUD!
 Griff and Abby couldn't wait to get in there and try to body surf.
 Hannah was a bit worried about them!
 A bit of help from Dad.


 Hanny was more interested in playing on the beach than the waves.
 We had more than one big tumble in the waves....they just got right back up and went back to it. No fear at all!
Crazy cousins!
 Avery running from the waves!
 Hannah, Griff and Avery running down the path to the beach one night for some evening pictures.
 H&G and Avery


 Wanted to get some good shots with the sun going down, but we were too early.  The sun was still really bright and in the kids' eyes.....
 Sidney
 Hannah loves to pose for the camera.
 My mom and the grandkids.  Avery is peeking out by Griff!
 Griff is still surfing!











 Hannah's bum :-)

 One last picture with Grandma and Grandpa before getting in the car for our 4 1/2 hour drive to Chicago......should have only been 2 1/2 at the most, but WOW, that lalapalooza traffic!!!
 Group good-bye!


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