For the holiday weekend we headed up north to Cadillac to camp with Cory's parents, his brother and sister and their families. It was a wonderful long weekend filled with lots of time for the cousins to play, fishing, swimming in the lake, boat rides, tubing and easy skiing, playing in the sand, eating delicious food, fires, fireworks and overall just having a nice relaxing and fun time. The highlights for the kids were definitely playing with their cousins along with swimming and playing on the beach. Highlights for the adults were the nightly fires after the kids went to bed, the beach and just generally relaxing. The highlight for Cory was skiing and kneeboarding. It was an absolutely delightful long weekend with fantastic weather and great company! Beware of picture overload below.....
Fishing off the dock.
Matthew giggling with Grandpa.
Playing peek-a-boo with Grandma.
Allison and Joshua having a "private meeting for 6 year olds". Two peas in a pod.
Looking at pictures on Aunt Toni's computer.
A lovely raccoon pelt modeled as a hat at the nature center.
Learning about bears at the nature center.
Matthew enjoying the beach.
Joshua and Sam going for a tube ride together.
Aiden wasn't so sure of the water.
Hanging out with Mazie on the boat.
Matthew's first tube ride!
We got to celebrate Aiden's 2nd birthday and Allison's 6th birthday while camping!
The whole crew with their popsicles from Aunt Toni.
Joshua and Grandpa building together.
The cousins had a great time creating moats and an intricate waterway system together on the beach.
Grandpa and Matthew on the beach.
Matthew proudly showing me his empty popsicle stick.
Our little fish. Seriously this is how Joshua spent the majority of his time when at the beach. It's hard to get this kid out of the water.
Hanging out in the water.
Matthew loved playing with Grandpa in the water!
The men cooking the pizzas on the fire.
Grandpa snuck up on Matthew!
Matthew and Aiden playing together.
Joshua loves to get thrown in the water.....here he is mid-throw!
More cooperative building!
Matthew and daddy having fun together.
Ready to watch the fireworks!
Matthew on a mission to get more water.
Cousins building and Matthew trying to sneak up and surprise Grandpa.
Shawn waves as he goes by, showing off that he can now kneeboard!
Cory kneeboarding.
Gabrielle was the first brave kid to try kneeboarding.....she was successful and loved it!
Posing for a picture before we went off to try Geo caching.
Hiking down the trail to find hidden box.
After not finding the first cache we had to hike a long ways to a second point to at least make the adventure worthwhile for the kids.
"Driving" the boat back to the campsite on the boat trailer.
Pop-its!
Matthew would throw one and after it popped he would laugh and laugh.
Relaxing around the fire and eating s'mores before bed. Perfect way to end a wonderful weekend of camping!
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