VACATION!

Vacation was awesome this year, Jeff was just at such a fun age to do things with and the best part he understood what vacation was. We did a last minute trip and headed up to Silver Lake & St. Joseph, Michigan. They were 2 excellent decisions and we had a great time at both of them. Of course the weather was a little iffy, but for the most part it wasn't all that horrible, expect when it was pouring down rain!!!

We headed out on our adventure Wednesday evening and drove up to Silver Lake, we got there late but it was okay. Once we checked into our hotel, we drove around looking at the town. It was fun to see all the people that were on vacation having camp fires at their places...reminded me of being at the lake. The next morning we went to catch our ride for the Sand Dunes!!! It was such an awesome experience. Driving over the sand dunes and looking at the beautiful views, it's amazing. Jeff LOVED every second of the ride too, which was awesome since Nick & I weren't sure how he was going to do with it. After our ride it started sprinkling so we hurried to get the goal cart rides in before it got to bad. The rain continued to get worse raining so we had lunch at a pizza place, and it kept getting worse so we decided to call it quits and head to the next destination.

Isn't that view amazing? This was from ontop of the Sand Dunes.

When we stopped to get out of the buggy, Jeff started running all over the beach, he LOVED it!

Mom & Jeff being silly...this is what we road in on the sand dunes.

Daddy & Jeff enjoy the goal carts...do you see the look on Jeff's face?

I love this picture! This was by Lake Michigan by the Lighthouse we walked too.

I wrote Jeff's name in the sand, but he was not liking his picture being taken.

When we arrived in St. Joseph's, Michigan, we instantly fell in love with it! It was right on the water and there was so much to do, it was perfect. We changed into our suits right away and headed down towards the water. Turns out there is a spray park there and Jeff really enjoyed playing in it, once he warmed to the idea a bit. After that we let him play on the swingset right down by the beach and then we rode our bikes over a large bridge and headed to look at the Light House...my gosh is was so awesome doing that.

Jeff enjoying the water...

This is such a great picture of the both of them.

Friday morning it was gross out again, but we made the most of it and headed down to the beach. It was so much fun watching Jeff's face and he got in the water and played in the waves.

Of course Jeff rode the Michigan horse on the Merry-Go-Round!!

After we were done with our Michigan adventures we headed for the lake...always relaxing!!! Jeff is really loving the water and it really makes it that much more enjoyable.

Jeff & Lena enjoying the sandbox together!

Jeff's new trick, jumping off of Daddy's shoulders in Olin Lake.

Jeff & Mama...this is such a great picture of the two of them!



Loving this picture...he's getting to big!