U.P. Family Vacation-Day Two

I guess technically this is our first day together but our

Day One was at Sleeping Bear Dunes. We stayed at

Balsam's Resort about 5 miles west of St. Ignace. We shared a

cabin with Timmy & Erin the first night since there

weren't 6 available but after that we each had our own cabin.

We used John & Heather's place as a meeting point & had

campfires there each night. It was crazy at times but

I enjoyed being with everyone.

Ethan by the firepit.

Izzie

Owen, Heather & Ethan in front of their cabin.
They all look pretty tired.

The kids really enjoyed playing in the dusty dirt in

the road that went in front of all the cabins.

Eli & Owen having fun jumping in the dirt!

The guys hanging out-John, Timmy, Dave & James

The girls-Kate, Erin & Eva, Heather & Ethan

Timmy & Owen "high-fiving"

The two "E.J.s"

Cody, Egan & Tim got up a little later because

Tim had to work. Also, Egan had been sick.

Thankfully he felt better quickly & was able

to enjoy the trip.

Eva & Berlin roasting marshmallows.

Grace & Kate

Erin fixing breakfast Saturday morning.

U.P. Family Vacation-Day One

We took a family vacation to the Upper Penisula. It was fun to

be all together. Erin wanted to show Timmy

Sleeping Bear Dunes so we went up a day early. We stopped

in Bay City to see the Tall Ships. It was really hot. We waited along

the river. Finally some of the ships came up the river but

didn't have their sails up. We drove up to Cadillac, spent the

night & then went to the Dunes the next day.

Timmy & Erin
On the Pierce-Stocking Drive overlook. We didn't

run all the way down!

Climbing up the Dune Climb

Judy & Bob at the top of the Dune :)

Timmy & Erin

Running down-As we were getting ready to leave

after running down the dune, Bob realized he had lost

his cell phone. It must have fallen out as he ran down.

He has it set to vibrate so we wouldn't hear it if we called it.

I called anyway just in case. The other three started climbing

back up to look for it. I tried calling again & a girl answered!

She & her friend had found the phone & were just

getting ready to call the "missed" call. What an

answer to prayer!

Ethan's First Birthday

We celebrated Ethan's first birthday at John & Heather's house.

Heather played lots of fun activities for the kids to do.

Kaylee works on a mask.Egan, Grace & Eva had crazy fun in the bounce house.

Owen, Egan & Eva ate together. The boys had fun messing
with each other's food-to the annoyance of their parents. :)

Ethan enjoying his food

The kids took turns trying to break the pinata but it was

really well made! All the kids had 2 turns but John finally

had to break it. Ethan got to go first.

The kids going after the goodies after John broke the pinata.

Kaylee being silly

Ethan's not too sure about this birthday cake.

He finally got into it!

Playing with his presents.