South Haven...

So, we went to South Haven this past weekend and had an absolute BLAST!!!!! The above NEW and improved banner incorporates some pics that Jane took while she, Adam and Grace joined us on Saturday... we had the perfect day and the perfect weather... both that day, and Sunday!

We went over later in the day on Friday and got settled into our condo right in town on Maple Street. We were one block from Kids Corner, which is this wonderful children's park, and two blocks from the beach! It was the perfect location! Our little condo was just one bedroom and little... but SO NICE and BRAND NEW and perfect for us. We loved it and would return in a heartbeat! We were so lucky to get it last minute... since we just decided we were going for sure last Wednesday. See.. you can be spontaneous with stuff like this! I love that.....

We went out to eat Friday to a really nice place and the kids were amazingly well behaved..... we actually received a compliment from our waitress on how good they were. Always nice to receive a compliment like that!

Saturday... we lazed around in the morning.... and went to the beach after Luke's morning nap. Jane, Adam, and Grace joined us around 1:00 or so... and we spent the afternoon on the beach!!!! The kids were really, really good. Ally wore these new water shoes on her walk to the beach though and got blisters. That was a bit of a disaster to overcome. At first, the sand hurt... the water hurt... everything was an f-in disaster....... but she pushed on through and ended up having a great time. That girl LOVES to swim... and the lake is just perfect for kids to swim in. The tide is gentle... waves are manageable... nothing like the ocean where "death is imminent" :-))))

We went to dinner at Clementines and had the famous onion rings Saturday night..... the kids were pretty darn good there too.... Grace and Luke are quite the pair when they are together. Sometimes, I feel bad for Ally because she is so much older and out of place when it's the three of them... but she has her place too....

Sunday, we did some shopping in town in the early part of the day. Had lunch and drinks at The Idler, literally ON the water - it's a boat converted to a restaurant. Ally thought that was quite cool. :-) Luke liked the ducks. He likes to say "ducky" repeatedly now.

We spent the late afternoon at the beach.... and had dinner at The Vineyard. Yummy pizza....... it was SO GOOD!!!!! Then, after dinner we headed to my Dad and Geri's cottage down the street. They are staying there for a week and our time overlapped a bit. It was a ton of fun to hang out with them, my siblings and some of Geri's family.... they are a fun, party bunch! Next year, we are going to try to sync our week with theirs, because next year we definitely want to stay a week!

We love South Haven.. it doesn't even take us two hours to get there... it really is a wonder we don't GO MORE OFTEN!!!! We are going to shoot for at least one more day trip there this summer.......

I will post pics of my own soon...... for now...... thank you so much Jane for the new banner!!!!!!