I whip my hair back and forth! JULY

So, the expression that was repeated over and over during the month of July was, "I whip my hair back and forth," from the song that Willow Smith sings. Dad heard us singing it. The next day he was singing the song, but saying," I shake my head up and down." We LOVE him.

The month of July brought fun times....The Venetian Festival in Charlevoix

Downtown brings on vampire tendencies. Lunch at Scovies makes us happy.

Down at the park we rode ponies, slid on slides,

played games, pet the animals, and just had fun!

Grampy sat with Joey by the lake enjoying the cool breeze on a very, very hot day.

We saw Megan Willet, our neighbor, from Nine Bark Lane.

Layla LOVED the blow up slide.




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The pony rides were a hit. Layla's horse got away from her bridle and started to run away with Layla on it. Jeremy came to the rescue.

Rest of June/July trip

So I just found these photos from the first time we were Up North, somehow they slipped away and I missed them earlier.

Me & my man spending time on the boat!

Patrick did some wakeboarding behind the boat!

We took Jackson downtown to the fountains & he had the time of his life!

Logan was happy just hanging out watching his brother play in the fountains.

Grammy did some water skiing!!!!

She got right up easily & did such a great job!

Then Patrick tried out the ski's, it was actually the first time I've ever seen him do this, and of course he got right up & looked like he was a pro. He even had time to mess around on the ski's.

 We went to the Taffy Barrel & Patrick was like a kid in a candy store.

We took a day trip to Traverse City & had the best lunch at North Peak Brewing Company!

Jackson was pretty exhausted from everything we had been doing & he ended up getting sick & developing  a fever & was feeling terrible so we packed up so he could get better at home.

Cottage Part 2

We had beautiful weather and; decided to take a road trip to Petoskey to check out the city, get a pie from Grand Traverse Pie Company, and; hang out as a fam!

We had to go to my favorite chocolate shoppe up north.

Seriously, this is a tradition. 

We got back to the cottage & had some more fun time on the lake!

There is a house on the lake that has an airplane & Jackson just loved seeing it!

Logan: "What are you looking at?"

My favorite picture this summer!

Mr. Moo loves being outside!!

The boys played in the sand!

Let's bury Jackson in the sand!

Then I had to do my traditional jump off the jet-ski pic!

I even got Patrick to do it!

Ahhhh, this is just heaven.

This is defiantly the most fun thing I love doing up north!

Cottage round 3

This is the last part of our up north journey. We took Sarah out to lunch & had the best time.  

Mr. Moo spending quality time with Grammy!

and Grampy!

Having dinners in the summertime on the back porch is just divine.

We had a girls days in Petoskey & went to the BEST DELI, Julienne Tomatoes!
There is a sign on the wall about the Schilling family & we thought that somehow there was a connection in the family.

Mr. Moo went shopping with the girls all day!

We got back to the car & had a parking ticket.

Oh no, what a damper to our wonderful day.

but upon looking closer, they only gave us a warning!!

Sweet!

Then we came home & played in the playroom with everyone!!