Friday, July 31, 2009

Michigan/ Mackinac trip

We recently returned from my favorite trip to Michigan so far! My mom planned a trip to Mackinac Island in northern Michigan with my siblings and our families, complete with "Hardie Party" tee-shirts. We stayed in a hotel in St. Ignace, MI where we enjoyed lots of yummy food, games together,swimming, campfire, chasing seagulls and more! As always we were sad to leave, but this is the first time my kids were really sad. Brooklyn cried two days before we left in anticipation of the goodbyes and continues to miss her grandparents each day! That's okay, we'll be back soon!!

Fort Mackinac was an army fort in the 1800's and has been preserved as such and open to tourists to travel back to a simpler time...

Isn't it beautiful!
Amandine, Brook, Trey and Sofia




Brooklyn taking care of her baby cousin Scarlett


Ahh, wouldn't it be nice if this is what my girls did all day?


Peek-a-boo Taylee



Soldiers: Chris, Justin and Treygan



The girls loved dressing up in period clothing




All the cousins dressed up



We're lucky we even got this picture!



Treygan in jail....he loved this and the cannon and gun demo



Trey and Fia wanted to ride on the upper deck of the ferry boat. Little did we realize it would be so windy we couldn't even blink! We only lasted a couple minutes.



It was a bit chilly for Taylee at the beach.






When the babies let one of the floaty toys go in the lake, Trey was still eating his lunch and upon discovering the wandering toy, he jumped up and ripped off his shirt, kicked off his shoes and tried with all of his might to rescue it.....the rescue mission failed, but we all got a good laugh!



Thierry and Scarlett



Grandma and Grandpa led the kids in a few games of Uno



The day after our Mackinac trip, we traveled to Cedar Point, here the kids are waiting anxiously for a ride. If you haven't heard of Cedar Point, look it up....it's the best!



My kiddos with Grandpa before bed.



We finished off our vacation with a trip to the Dairy Park in good ol' HP. Say ice cream!




Thanks mom and dad for a very memorable trip!


















3 comments:

NatalieHemingway said...

Did you take that first picture? I didn't get a single scenery pic. I forgot about Treygan rescuing the floatie. SO FUNNY!

Kenn N said...

totally strange that we were just there as well. It's a bummer we couldn't meet up...

Q'Ville said...

I love the pictures, the documentation and the actuality of your trip.