Party Weekend...

We had a crazy weekend.
-Friday I worked the St. Cletus Golf Outing and then Chris joined for dinner and drinks.
-Saturday morning Grandma Chris and Uncle Bobby arrived. After lunch we went to the pool.
-Saturday afternoon we went to a Cubs/Sox Party.
-Saturday night we went to my boss' daughters wedding reception at the Beverly Country Club
-Sunday after Mass and breakfast we said goodbye to Grandma Chris and Uncle Bobby and then we relaxed at the pool.

Party People

Friday night we took the kids to see Star Wars: Clone Wars with a couple of their friends. The kids loved it. Zach is sure that he's a jedi knight now. He and the other 2 boys were dualing with lightsabers all night.

Saturday we first went to a birthday party for one of the girls in Zach's class. The kids had fun at the splash park. At 2 we had another party. This one was a pool party with Elizabeth's work friends. Meg was quite the fish. She was in the pool almost 6 hours. We all had a great time. Around 8 we stopped by another party that featured a sing-a-long with a piano player. Unfortunately, it was late and the kids were tired so we left that party early and headed home.

It was quite the Saturday. Thank goodness Elizabeth wasn't cantoring until 9:30 Mass on Sunday. Any earlier and we would've been in trouble :)

Vacation Day 8

Saturday morning we packed up and said goodbye to Great-Grandma and the cottage. On the way home we stopped at the Ludington State Park and Lighthouse, Reenders Blueberry Farm, and the South Haven Lighthouse.

Vacation Day 7

Friday we checked out the Crystal Lake Playground and Beach. Meg took the pictures of Zach. That afternoon we did some Mini-Golf. Meg did pretty well with it, but Zach quickly lost interest. Again we had a nice sunset on Platte Lake.

Vacation Day 6

After breakfast we went back to the waterpark, hardly anyone was there which was nice.

After we got back to the cottage we took to catching crawfish. Meg and Chris did the catching, Elizabeth did the spotting. Zach was in charge of splashing as that's what he enjoys most.

That night was another beautiful sunset on Platte Lake.

Vacation Day 5

Wednesday morning Chris and the kids joined Grandma Judy and Aunt Julie on their trip to Pointe Betsie.

Elizabeth stayed home to pack up for our vacation w/in our vacation at the Crystal Mountain Resort. As soon as we checked in we put on our suits and headed to the water park. For a break, we did the Michigan Legacy Art Walk, which was alot harder than we had expected. Then we did the Alpine Slide. We rode a ski lift to the top of the mountain and rode the slide down, it was really cool.

Vacation Day 4

Tuesday we got up bright and early and headed to the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. We did the Dune Climb and Scenic Drive. Then we picked up sandwiches and did lunch at the Esch Road Beach.

On the way home we did a geocache in Traverse City and stopped to see the buffalo herd.

After dinner Chris took the kids canoeing.

Vacation Day 2

After saying goodbye to the Spanglers we went to Mass, found a geocache, and then spent time at Elberta Beach. Sunday night we made s'mores over the campfire and watched the sunset with Grandma Judy and Aunt Julie.

Vacation Day 1

When we arrived at the cottage we were greeted by Great Grandma, Grandma Judy, Aunt Julie and the Spangler Crew. The kids enjoyed playing in downtown Frankfort, then we did dinner with Uncle Todd, Aunt Debbie and Cousin Tanner. After dinner Uncle Todd took everyone tubing. The kids loved it!

Sunset on Loon Lake

Very tired. We did a lot over our vacation. Geocaching, swimming, dune climbing, s'mores, rock skipping, lots of ice cream, canoing, staying up late, driving, relaxing and more.

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Starved Rock Weekend

Tired so this will be quick.

This weekend we went on a trip to Starved Rock with a group of Meg and Zach's school friends. We didn't actually make it to the state park instead we had a blast at Grizzly Jack's Water Park and indoor funground.

Enjoy the pictures!

Zach's last day of swimming

Zach was still sick on Monday, but he was better by Tuesday. Thursday Meg got sick though. We got her on amoxocillin and she was feeling better in no time.

Friday night Grandpa Goellner came up for a visit. We went out for dinner and then Elizabeth went out for a 'girls night out' while Meg and the boys watched a movie at home.

Saturday we had Meg and Zach's last Saturday swim lesson. Zach did great in swimming, we'll have to look for more sessions this summer. Meg will continue with her Wednesday classes, and soccer will start filling our Saturday mornings soon.

Sunday we went to see a children's show at Navy Pier. The show was great and it was a beautiful day to walk around. We had a great time this weekend.


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