Well, we did it! Despite all of the changes that occurred during August in our lives, we planned a last minute vacation for our family before the summer ended. In the past we have been to places like Hot Springs, Wisconsin Dells, and Gatlinburg. This year we headed up north to Mackinaw City, MI. It was a blast and really relaxing. Besides knowing which hotel we were staying at, we didn't plan a thing. (Harrowing for me, but it was good practice to begin adding a little spontaneity to my life!)
We are now back home and preparing for impact with the addition of numerous things to our schedules starting next week. Meanwhile, the attempt to get settled into our new home continued to get a little closer today with the half-bath getting half cleaned and the visit of an electrician who wanted my right arm in exchange for a 220 outlet for our dryer. (I am desperate to do laundry, but not that desperate!) We are also all over the map on deciding when/if to get new carpet. Painting is looking farther and farther down the road as we try to address more immediate concerns (which we wanted to do before installing new carpet), and our children and dog are giving us new reasons almost daily to delay getting new carpet (pee, crayons, poop, markers, vomit ... moving into a new house didn't suspend these things like I had hoped it would). So what is stopping us from just waiting on the carpet? Just get a whiff! That and the three types of mismatching carpeting used throughout!
Photo highlights
We had so much fun on vacation and took so many good pictures that I had a hard time narrowing them down. So I posted a bunch of them for your enjoyment! (I figure that after not blogging for so long, posting a long blog with tons of photos is semi-required!)
This is what it looked like when we asked E. to put his arm around S.
This is what it looked like when we settled for him holding her hand!
Our hotel
The shopping village in Mackinaw City
Exhausted, S. fell asleep eating her ice cream cone.
E. had fun burying S. in the sand!
S. had fun returning the favor.
P.'s latest funny face—tucking her upper lip in her lower one.
The ferry ride to Mackinac Island was one of my favorite times of the week. It was sure a chilly ride, but beautiful.
Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island
S. loved the horses on the island. For the first hour we were there, she pointed at every set of horses and said, "Mom! Mom! Horse! Horse!"
Our final days back in the city.
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Disregarding the marinara sauce all over their faces, don't they look so much older?!?
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