We made our annual(ish) trip to Michigan City, IN the first week of July. As expected, we had a great week! The weather was perfect. We beached it, we pooled it, we went to a 4th of July parade, we played cards, baseball, frisbee,
can-jam, golf, went for lots of golf cart rides, played at the park, went to the zoo, did a decent amount of shopping and had a great time with family!!
Enjoy
some A LOT of pictures from our week at Lake Michigan! (I'm terrible at narrowing down the pictures).
4th of July Parade
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| Watching the motorcycle police! |
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| Haley, Scout, Ethan, Finley, Atley, Markey, Nora, Katie- Parade fun! |
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| My little flag waver |
Beach days!
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| Nora- swimming in Lake Michigan |
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| Ethan- riding a wave in |
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| The girls digging ground |
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| And the boys! |
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| Beach babe Nora |
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| Atley LOVED the beach |
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| Sitting in the water with Daddy (She stole his chair) |
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| Sharing a hole with big brother |
Playing at the sand park!
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| Riding down the big green slide! This slide is always a favorite. |
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| Nora and Atley on the tire swing |
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| Ethan and Nora |
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| Ethan was serious about these monkey bars! He's my little ninja warrior :). |
Our house this year backed right up to the open green space park. The Puricelli house was right across from us too! So we definitely used that space for a lot of baseball and running around! Our neighbors were full time residents of Beachwalk and they hosted a super fun 4th of July bike/scooter parade!
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| Nora- all decked out and scootering around the block for the parade |
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| Ethan |
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| Abby and Margo- enjoying the parade |
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| Our scooter gang! |
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| Our neighbors had bunnies! The kids were very taken by these sweet things and spent a lot of time looking at them :) |
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| A little can-jam |
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| And a little wiffle ball (and some standing/sitting around chatting) |
Pool fun!
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| Floatie Nora |
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| Alex and Margo |
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| Ethan- playing some football across the pool |
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| Daddy and his girls! |
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| Scout got some good air from Uncle Tom! |
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| Grown-up game night! A fun game of bandu. |
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| Sweet matching cousins- Katie and Nora |
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| Golf cart ride for 5! |
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| Atley was so proud of herself when she stole Margo's paci |
FIREWORKS! One of the best parts of being on the lake over the 4th is walking down to the beach to watch the fireworks! The kids were so excited about it this year!
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| Heading down to the water |
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| Killing time with their glow sticks before it got dark |
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| Nora loved it! |
My cousin Tom brought a few fireworks to set off. My other cousin, Micah was the designated firework lighter!
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| Front row seats! |
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| Ethan enjoyed them |
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| Atley wasn't too sure what to think... |
Michigan City has a fun little zoo. So we took the kids on the last morning we had there.
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Zoo overlook
Markey, Haley, Katie, Nora, Finely, Atley, Ethan, Scout |
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| Sizing up an eagles nest |
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| Atley loved feeding the goats |
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| Hanging out in the river otter tunnel |
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| Nora, Haley & Katie |
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| Ethan- feeding a bird on a stick |
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| Nora got one too!! |
We had a wonderful trip! I can only hope that we will go back again soon!!
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| Blair/Williams/Collier House |
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| Family selfie before we all left to head home |
Check out our previous Michigan City trips...
2010,
2012,
2015.
