July 22-25

We returned to the cottage for a few days because we had a wedding in Michigan and it was a great way to break up the drive to the cottage. We had great weather yet again up north and this is what we did!

Hello ya'll....I'd like to introduce to you my adopted daughter Lily.

We love to hang out. 

She is my sidekick. 

(When Patrick is out doing watersports she always yells "off" and is such a great sidekick!)

We are pals.

Yeah....I know your jealous!

Lily decided she wanted to take my photo.....haha

We watched Patrick learning how to maneuver the skyski

We also went out of the dock and did a little fishing with the men

That facial expression is the best! 

Lily had a fish on the line and I wanted to capture the pure excitement and joy she had!

Jeremy caught this ugly beast, i believe it was called a sheephead.

Lily quickly snapped a photo of the big fish!

Mr. Moo was an angel baby (of course!)

Jackson was in pure heaven in the lake!

Logan worked on sitting up and LOVED scooping up handfuls of sand and (attempting) to eat it!

Jackson had a good time jumping from the tube onto the beach.

Logan got an introduction to Lake Charlevoix by getting his piggies wet!

The cousins did some major bonding this weekend and had a blast doing Jackson's favorite activity at the cottage....throwing rocks into the lake!

Grammy & Grampy had to get back to Saline so it was just the 2 families for a few days and we had such a great time together!

The evening that they left we were all hanging out in the living room and all of a sudden there was a crash!

We about died laughing because Patrick leaned too far back and totally flipped the chair!

Thank goodness I always have my camera about 5 inches away from me so I could capture the hilarious moment!

The next day we went over to Friske's for lunch and to see the animals and play on the cool structures they have!

okay, that's a lie.....we went  STRICTLY for the donuts. haha!

No, but seriously it is such a cool place with a little store, a place for lunch, kid's area with a playground, animals to feed, and quite possibly some of the best donuts I've ever had!

(We got a dozen for the car ride home!!)

Jackson loving all the cool activities they had there!

We got Baby Logan & Baby Joey in their matching "Little Brother" outfits...how cute are they?!

Had such a wonderful time with all the kiddos together!