Monday, August 27, 2012

2012 vacay

It has been almost a month, I guess (!), since we left Morgan Avenue to venture on our summer vacation. It was a great couple weeks, and unusually relaxing for me. With Benedict being such an awful sleeper the last several months, I was excited for some 'relaxing' time. Believe it or not, even with three young kids - a vacation is, in fact, relaxing time for me. I love something new everyday, seeing the kids experience new adventures, and spending time with Mike away from home/house work is wonderful.

We stopped by South Bend to visit the Lee Family. It was a short but sweet less than 24 hour stay with them. But it was fun to see their house and catch up a bit.

We then moved on to Detroit to see Grandma Mary, who turns 90 in a few days! She is doing well and we were able to spend about a week having quality time with her.

Finally, we headed up north along the beautiful eastern border of Michigan and lazily camped and saw sights.

Another excellent trip. After 4 summers of taking extensive camping trips with the kids, we seem to have a rhythm that works well. The kids are great in the car and they love the mini adventures each day. I'll be posting pictures the next few days.
Here we are at the famous park a few blocks from Grandma Mary's house. It is the same park Mike and his brother grew up playing at. And.....it pretty much looks as if no one has touched it, painted it, or updated it in the last 35 years! We like it anyway. It was getting dark here - this is an after dinner playtime after Grandma treated us to a dinner at Big Boy. When we got home from the park, Mary said she almost called the cops she was so worried about us. :)

We slept at Grandma Mary's house. Thankfully, the kids are pretty flexible in their sleeping habits.

Faustina and Jude loved being at Grandma Mary's. There is just something about it that is extra special.

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