Fun-Filled Weekend

Our good friends, the Lloyds, came back to town for a visit last weekend.  It was such a fun time!  We started with a fun night swim on Friday night.  Check out all these kids!!  14 kids between 4 families!

Love these kids!

Saturday we met at the Children's Museum.

Stopped for a smile during a little grocery shopping!

Nora, Atley and Mayleigh

Bubble room!

Love these girls!
Emily, me, Erin and Jessica

Saturday night we all went to church together, had dinner and said our goodbyes.  Ethan had his first sleep over at Emily's house with the Lloyd and Koskinen boys.  He had a great time!  I almost shed a tear watching him walk into their house with his pillow and backpack.

Sweet sleepy boys

Michigan City 2105

Last week we spent the week at the beach with my parents, Abby and Alex and lots of cousins.  This is the 3rd time we have vacationed at Beachwalk in Michigan City, IN on Lake Michigan. (2010, 2012)  The weather could have been better, but that didn't stop our fun!  We had great beach weather the first 3 days and then it turned cooler and a little rainy.  I have a ton of pictures, so be prepared :)!

We took a walk down to the beach when we got there on Friday.  It is so beautiful!

The weather the next few days was perfect for some beach time.

Sandy boy

Sand angels

Scout buried Ethan in the sand

Ethan and Scout spent a lot of time digging gigantic holes :).

Katie and Nora

Again with the holes...

Swimming in Lake Michigan

Here they are again, with Haley joining the fun :)

Snack time

We also spent a lot of time walking, riding bikes or scooters and taking golf cart drives around the resort.  And sometimes stopped at the playground for some fun!

This boy loves the monkey bars/rings

Scout, Nora and Katie on the big green slide!

Piling on the golf cart with Uncle Alex

One of our evening walks

We were there over the 4th of July, so we had to do some festive activities :)!

Nora's ready!

She wasn't too sure about the sparklers at first

Micah was our firework specialist 

Watching in awe :)!

Love these 2 (and their sister in the background)

She figured out she could do it too.

Grandma Terri, Nora, Jared and Micah- just hanging out

Atley was captivated by the fireworks

Ethan and his sparkler

After our firework fun at the houses, some of us headed down to the beach to watch the fireworks over the lake.

Ethan and Alex- patiently waiting

Among the crowd on the beach

Happy 4th from Jared and I :)

Finally fireworks!

One day we took the kids to the local zoo.  It's a small zoo and we had a great visit!

All the kids, ready to go in!

Ethan's wingspan vs. the Bald Eagle

View of Lake Michigan from the zoo...so pretty!

Cute kids ;)

Hanging out with the river otters

Feeding the birds

HUGE white tiger

Our trip also included a lot of fun family time!!

Pile up on Abby!

Ice cream time with cousins!

Pop and a sleeping Atley

Happy baby

All the kids loved playing with Atley

Especially Scout :)

We had a fire pit at our house, so naturally we had to have s'mores!

Looking down on the fun!

Yummy!

Marshmallow mouth

Atley had to settle for a mum mum...

My mama and I

Pop rescued her from the stroller