Extra Pictures from our Michigan Trip

A fun trip to the beach along Lake Huron is a necessity when visiting my hometown in the summer.

  

 

 

   

We went to the beach twice and Alex and Aubrey had a lot of fun.  Of course, both trips required getting all that sand out of everything.

Berry Picking with Grammie

I haven't been berry picking in a very long time, so when I saw a raspberry pick-your-own field on one of my bike rides while up in Michigan, we decided to go with the kids.  I thought the kids had fun, but I think my Mom, Grammie, had even more fun than the kids.    We started at a pick-your-own raspberry field.  
 

 

 

Then we decided to drive to a blackberry pick-your-own farm.  I am not usually a fan of blackberries, but these ones were delicious.  

 

 

I think Grammie picked most of the blackberries because the kids just wanted to play.  They called this their favorite playground of the whole trip.

 

 

 

When we got home, we made a delicious berry buckle for dessert.

Visiting Olivia

While we were in Frankenmuth, we met up with my sister, Kendra, Rob, and their daughter, Olivia.  We enjoyed a family chicken dinner at the Bavarian Inn.   It was nice to all get together.   After dinner we tried to get pictures out front.

My crazy Alex was not cooperating very well....but oh well...here are the pictures.
 

 

Then we all drove up to Kendra's house for a quick visit.   We did put pajamas on the kids as we were going to have a long drive home.   Olivia likes to share her toys, but I am not so sure she understood why these big kids couldn't stop playing with her stuff.   Alex and Aubrey didn't want to leave.  Olivia was beings such a cutie!

 

Alex wanted to show Olivia how to use the Thomas train, but Olivia just wanted to do it herself.    

 

Alex was in love with Olivia's Lightning McQueen car.
 

PS.  One of the reasons we went up to Kendra's house was for Aubrey to try on her Flower Girl dress with Olivia.   Both Aubrey and Olivia looked beautiful.  Aubrey can't wait to wear her dress at the wedding!

Cruising

While in Frankenmuth, we took a short cruise along the river near Frankenmuth.  Alex and Aubrey enjoyed it, but they had a hard time sitting still.   They did have a lot of fun feeding the ducks some popcorn.
 

 

Having a little fun along the way

 

 

 

Christmas in August

A trip to Frankenmuth, Michigan, isn't complete without a trip to Bronner's Christmas Store.
  

Trip to a Michigan Farm

On Monday, after the High School Reunion, we took Dave to the airport so that he could fly home.  Alex, Aubrey, and I were staying with my Mom (Grammie) for the rest of the week.   After dropping Dave off at the airport, we went to a nearby farm that I had found through an online search.

Aubrey even petted a bunny.

Alex wanted to pet everything and was full of questions for our farm guide.

Alex got to milk a cow as well.  Aubrey wanted nothing to do with it, but she watched from a distance.

Halfway through the farm tour, we got to take a tractor ride through the farm fields.

Alex had fun feeding the horse.