Random Catch-Up Post

I was in Michigan with the kiddos for 3.5 weeks.  It was DELIGHTFUL!

The weather was blissfully cool...with low humidity.

We enjoyed LOTS of family time.

Phil was there for the middle ten days of our visit...

although part of his time was spent on the annual "Brother's Trip."

 Working on "I in the Sky."

Isaac and my dad really bonded.  They went for walks all over the neighborhood,
and Isaac reached for him more than anyone else.

 My little boy hasn't learned, however, that Papa's sport's page is SACRED.  He was almost written out of the will for tearing it up before Papa read it one day.

 I didn't see nearly as much of Clare because she was always on an adventure
with someone else in the family.

 Although I did go on a paddle boat ride with her, 

and she enjoyed swimming in Fremont Lake.

 Mema, Ninnie, and Clare went on a ROAD TRIP to the other side of the state to support the 3-Day breast cancer walk.  Check out Ann's blog for the details on that adventure.

 "Where's Waldo" was definitely the book of the vacation, 

and Clare learned memorized where Waldo was on EVERY page.

 We Skyped with Daddy when he was back in Florida.

Of all the FUN that Clare had while we were in Michigan, I think that she would say that seeing her cousins was the BEST part.  She LOVE, LOVE, LOVES playing with the cousins, and it makes us sad that it only happens a few times a year.

 We had to snap a few "full family" shots while we had the opportunity...

because they are few and far between.

Many more random pictures to come.