Holiday Weekend

Friday afternoon we left with our new trailer in tow and headed over to Holland State Park, the Macatawa section. Set-up was so much less thanks to the new, fully-enclosed trailer! Our sites were great and upon parking I noticed that our camping neighbors were non-other than my former boss/principal and one of his daughters and family. We spent the weekend going to the beach, playing in the sand, playing in the water, hiking (the overlook along the trail is amazing), watching boats, eating ice cream, roasting marshmallows, sitting by a fire and just plain relaxing! The weather was gorgeous and the company was wonderful (Shawn, Erin, Owen and Aiden along with Stella)! Cory's parents and my dad came and visited Sunday afternoon/evening too which was nice. For the most part the boys slept great all weekend, except for a little outburst of crying at 2am one morning from Matthew. Early Monday morning around 5:45am the thunderstorms started to roll in, but thankfully the boys slept through it (could have something to do with the Benedryl we gave them before bed that night). Once the rain stopped around 8:30-9am we packed up and left. We had a great time and look forward to going back to this park as we had plenty to do! Matthew exploring the campsite with help from daddy.

Joshua adores Stella and was so glad she came along for the weekend!


Snack time!

One of Matthew's favorite things to do . . . EAT!

Matthew's first time at the beach!

Matthew and Aiden playing on the shore of Lake Macatawa.

Owen and Joshua loved playing in the water!

Took a few minutes, but once he was used to it Matthew loved playing in the sand and water.

Enjoying Lake Macatawa.

Joshua and Aiden.

Matthew trying out the water.

Hiking up to the outlook.

Matthew had a great seat for the hike.

The view of Lake Macatawa from the overlook.

Family photo with Lake Michigan in the background.

Family photo, complete with Stella.

Playing on the shore of Lake Michigan.

Little beach bum.

The big beach bum.

Matthew and Daddy in Lake Michigan.

Feeling the freezing cold water of Lake Michigan!

A couple of crazy beach bums.

Playing outside during Matthew's nap time.

Eating dinner with Papa.

Watching the dinner ferry go down the channel.

Matthew liked watching the boats.

The big boys really enjoyed watching the boats.

Playing in the sand.

Digging for treasure.

Watching the boats go through the channel.

Playing together.

Sand angel.

Chillin' in the stroller on the beach.