vacation with Mooma

August brought Boompa's birthday & what would've been Mooma & Boompa's 40th wedding anniversary. To honor the occasions, we had a great time with Mooma visiting Grand Haven and a week later, Frankenmuth. Joel and Blen loved the pools, beaches, the hot tub, dancing to entertainment during dinner, the pools & hot tub....

We learned on both trips that Blen makes noise frequently thru the night, and while the hotel crib fit nicely in the closet area...sound clearly carried throughout the room.

Backpacking the wilderness dunes

Our favorite backpacking spot in Michigan (so far) is Nordhouse Dunes wilderness area (North of Ludington). we've gone a handful of times with Joel and thought it was time to take Blen. It was a 24 hour 'in-and-out' and she walked about 60% each way, we'd expected less over the one mile path to Lake MI and back. We caught toads, played in mud, ran along the shore, ate lots of fruit snacks (we found bribery CAN get you somewhere when hiking), watched the sun set and thanked God for Boompa and all the blessings in our life. John and I even slept a minute or two that night.