Up North!

Another exciting part of our big summer trip to Michigan was the week up north with Dave's family. They have a great cottage on Mullett Lake with lots of fun water toys, a beautiful beach and spot on the lake, wonderful clean air alive with earthy smells and always promises a relaxed pace. We all had a lot of fun with the Adams side of the family...

One of the main highlights was a visit from Gigi Featherly

who came to visit for the 4th.

Uncle Mark, Aunt Debbie (in this pic with Charlie) and

Lisa also shared a nice visit with us on the 4th.

I was so excited about the chance to go Up North this year - especially since I wasn't pregnant and would be able to take part in the water skiing, tubing, wind surfing, etc. - but the weather just totally didn't cooperate. It was cold and windy almost every day. I didn't even get on the ski boat or put my swimsuit on while we were there... :(

This is the best day we had - Dave gets in the water

no matter how cold - he's so crazy!

Despite the cold, however, Dave was able to get in some good sailing and we had some fun on the kayaks and paddle boat.

Dave's Aunt Kay and Cousins Brian and Beth and their families were able to join us for a barbecue one afternoon. It was so fun to see them again, catch up on their lives and see their growing families.

Davey having fun with Emma

Charlie hanging with 2 1/2 month old Abigail

Whenever babies are getting attention, Davey is always

right there, ready to join the fray.

We had a fun dinner at Vivio's in Indian River - great pizza!

Davey got a hold of the parmesan cheese shaker and dug in...

and went a little overboard when his Aunts Kiki and Katie thought he was funny...

Licking the cheese from his elbow

Davey and Charlie had so much fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa Adams and Aunts Kiki and Katie and Uncle Bryan. And Dave and I did as well! We miss you guys and hope we see you all again soon. The week went by quickly and the last day after everyone had left but us and Carrie (Kiki), we decided to venture out to the big bridge and search for a good pasty.

The 5-mile long Mackinac Bridge

Davey thought it was pretty cool.

We found a great little park on Lake Superior in St. Ignace to let Davey play.

Mackinac Island in the background

He enjoyed throwing rocks into the water.

Of course when we got up to leave the next morning the weather was warm, still and clear. It was so hard to leave!