Cottage Time
*thanks, Nana, for writing about your week with the boys!
A Camping We Will Go…
Last weekend we headed over to Pinckney Recreation Area for another family camping adventure. I don’t know if it was such the relaxing and laid-back weekend as our anniversary getaway sans munchkins, but it’s always fun to watch them in their adventures and wonder at all their new experiences. We Continue Reading
Friends and Sand and Water and Sky and Wind and Chocolate on Top
We made a little trip to Berrien last Friday- to visit a couple of friends and take Alexander to the big sandy expanse of Lake Michigan. We had a hard time getting a hold of our elusive Fusté friends who had recently moved, but we dropped in on their new Continue Reading
When the cat’s away…
This year while David was down in Ecuador, Michelle came down to spend some time with us and it was certainly a whirlwind of a week! Tuesday, we jaunted up to Saginaw to visit Oma (A2’s Great-Grandma), chat a bit, play a little ‘fire truck’ and take a dip in Continue Reading
A Classic Michigan Fourth
This year for the fourth of July weekend, we headed up to The Cottage for a classic holiday weekend with the Schaper fam. It was a marvelously relaxing weekend with nothing but hours for chatting, boating, babying, yummying, and, of course, watching fireworks. Aunt Nancy and the Schāpers got to Continue Reading
Another Adventure in Summer Camping
We had to squeeze one more camping weekend into the summer before it slips away, so last weekend we headed back up to Pinckney for a family affair with Nana and Grandma and Grandpa. This time thanks to everyone, we had all the tricks and toys to “do it right.” Continue Reading
Cottage Daze
When David took off on his Ecuador venture this year (more on that to come…) Mama decided that she wasn’t going to be left home alone for a week and deserved some time off as well. She took off from work, and on Wednesday Alexander, Mama and Nana ventured up Continue Reading
Beach Date with a Buddy
This week Alexander took his first trek down to Berrien to visit the newest buddy in town. We left in time for Alexander to take his morning nap most of the way down, and arrived to see our beautiful friend Holly just in time for lunch. It was so very Continue Reading
This First Camping Adventure…
It was a weekend they’d promised thunderstorms from Thursday through Saturday in pretty much the whole state and everywhere east that we checked. But David had a long weekend off and Friday afternoon, we figured that we would give it a whirl. So we packed up the Audi by 6pm Continue Reading