Back from Ludington!

What a great week at Ludington this year. Every day was sunny and warm! Good thing we brought our sunblock! The Water was very warm this year! Some of our activities included, floating down the Sable River to Lake Michigan. Then the adults had fun on Lake Michigan with the kids boogie boards! We boated to the sand dunes every day and some of us even went water skiing, tubing, swimming, Salmon Fishing, regular fishing, watching the beautiful Lake Michigan sunset, walking on the Ludington Pier. Many pictures are posted on facebook. Here is one of the kids walking on the pier.

Cameron's big boy bike.

Cameron was so excited to get a big boy bike from his cousin Sam. Little mama Karli is right by his side to make sure he doesn't fall. Such a good sister..... she helped get him up the driveway :)Summer is going by too fast. Karli and Cameron surprise me more and more everyday in the pool. Karli is doing great with her swimming and can swim the length of grandma's pool. I can't believe Karli will be starting Kindergarten soon and Cameron will be starting preschool. Where have my babies gone?

more babies ready to leave the nest soon!

The nest of barn swallows on our porch have 4 baby birds. They look like they are outgrowing the nest and soon should be flying away. It's a good thing because I have a MEss to clean up on the porch :)

Up North and more.

For the 4th we went up to Lewiston for the weekend. We went to the Lewiston beach and ran into some friends from home. We rode the 4 wheelers, went blueberry picking, roasted s'mores and hot dogs in the fire pit just to name a few activities. The weather was great. The traffic was not so great. A good time was had by all. Below are a few pics.

Some other fun things this busy summer: Cameron now does cannonballs in to the pool without holding his nose, or wiping his eyes when he comes up. Karli had her 1st sleepover with her sisters this weekend.

New Summer hair do

Now that Karli's recital is over, she wanted to cut her hair for summer. She wanted it chin length again. I am happy because there will be less tears while brushing and she looks cute too.

Baby swallows

If you look really close there is a baby in there. There are actually 4 babies, they are so cute! They are starting to get their feathers :)

Our shining star

Saturday and Sunday was Karli's Pom Dance recital. She did great! We are so proud of her. It can't be easy at her age getting up on stage. At the end of the recital there is a finale dance put on by all the dancers and Karli took on a motherly role helping out a petite 4 year old so that she wouldn't get trampled by the crowd. I love it. Here are a few pictures from her recital.