Lake Huron

We took a trip to Lake Huron, as we did last year and stayed at the house of one of Kris' dad's friends. He is super generous to share his house with us! We stayed for a day longer this year. By the fourth day the weather was not so great and the kids were getting tired, especially Luke who didn't nap for the past three days.

The first day, the water was amazingly calm. So beautiful.

Self-timer on the dock, but I think when I pushed the button, it focused on my face, bummer

We can imagine we were without kids, in a tropical place

The next day we went to one of the local parks in the morning.  Alex LOVED feeding the seagulls.  If you ask, that was his highlight of the vacation.

So fitting for Alex, in love with the seagulls, he called "eagles"

After lunch and a rest, we went back to the beach.  

Alex is about to have sand clapped onto the top of his hat

The following day it was a bit overcast and chillier, so we went to the state park.

                                     We were camped out at the beach, in the picture ready to eat our picnic lunch, but it started raining, so we moved to the indoor pavilion

In response to "dad, take a silly picture of me."

It cleared up after rest time, so we went back out to the beach.  It seemed cool when we left, so the plan was just to play in the sand, but the sun came out and it got warmer.  I didn't feel like getting their sandy bodies changed, so they went swimming in their clothes.

We built a landscape for our dinosaurs

Also made a "bathtub" as they called it

It was very raining the next morning and the kids seemed like they had enough.  So, we packed up and ate lunch.  After lunch it cleared up so we took a last walk along the beach to stretch our legs before the car ride.  They both were complaining they were tired and wanted to go.  Luke even sat down in the middle of the beach and asked to be picked up.  So back home we headed.

They ate a snack and were out, for nearly the whole car trip. 

The kids definitely enjoyed themselves (we all did).  Alex was crying while he was trying to go to sleep that he wanted to go back to the cabin right now.  What could be better than sand, water and seagulls?