Home for the Fourth

I made a quick trip to Michigan last week to visit with friends and family. My Fourth of July weekend was wonderful. On Friday night, my brother Tim took me and my parents out on his new boat. We ate pizza on the boat from Sluggo's (aka Snuggies by my dad- ha ha). We cruised out to Lake Michigan to watch the beautiful sunset then headed back to Lake Macatawa and watched the fireworks from the boat. It was a fun night!

My brother Tim and my sister-in-law Jody

Me, my mom, and dad

The Holland pier - lots of birds headed out to see the fireworks as well.

Enjoying the ride

Boats gather in Lake Michigan for a fireworks display - we went to the one on Lake Mac

Me and Jody

I'm a sucker for sunset pictures

On Saturday, I headed up north to Branch. Chuck, Kathy and I went to several garage sales - some lived up to the "north of 10" label - interesting items to say the least. We also went to a little carnival/art show in Manistee. And since we were so close, we stopped at the casino - of course! Saturday night we had a nice dinner and watched a movie - Michael's brother Chad and his wife Kate spent the night, too.

On Sunday morning, I went to visit my sister Deb and her family at Silver Lake. The had a great campsite right on the water. We sat around the campfire, went to the beach, took a couple walks, and got ice cream. I spent the night. A very relaxing weekend!

My brother-in-law Daryl and my grandniece Charlotte

My niece Darcey and her daughter Adria

Adria seems a bit overwhelmed by Charlotte's love

I took a walk to this lighthouse while we were hanging out at the beach

You can climb to the top - notice the people way up there

Nice views from the top of the lighthouse

Darcey's husband Rodney had his mom and step-dad come for a visit on Sunday. Rod's mom made the climb to the top of the lighthouse with me.

Adria thinks I'm funny

Although, sometimes she looks at me with an enormous amount of concern

Me and Darcey

Darcey and Rodney's dog, Clyde, with sand all over his tongue. Clyde is a rescued dog and the poor thing always has his tongue hanging out because he was hit in the head with a shovel when he was a pup. He doesn't seem to mind the sand, though.

More beautiful Michigan sunsets. Kind of reminds me of those inspiring "Visit Michigan" commercials. Can't you just hear the lovely music playing in the background?

An unknowing couple sharing a romantic moment with me lurking behind them taking pictures.