Final Stop: Lake Saint Catherine, Vermont

After spending a whole day driving from Detroit, we hit our final destination.  My brother's lakehouse on lake St. Catherine in Vermont.  First things first.  Break out as many water toys as possible!  We started on the boat, doing tubing with the younger kids.  Up first, Maddie!

 The rest of the tubers wait their turn.

 Kellen and Maddie were best buds.

 When Brennen went low, he was scared, but when he popped up, he was loving it!

 Next up, paddle boarding, paddle boating and sailing!  Carly and James really hit it off and spent a lot of time together:)

 Wayland and Kellen sailing.

 Trefor, doing all the work, Brennen and Lotta!

 Loving life!

 A small break from the water to play a little ball.

 Then Brennen and Trefor in the kyack (is it really possible to get all of this done in one day?).

 

Kellen, Korrina, Carly, Skylar and James ready for the jump off! 

 

 Take 2.

  

Then it was time to break out the mermaid fin.

 

 Finally, finishing off the day with some popsicles!

Next stop: Detriot

We have friends that live in Detroit, so we thought we would stop for a few days to see them.  They have a pool, so what else do we do, but swim, swim, swim!!

 

 

 The Pac-Man machine was a huge hit also!!  That made me happy to see my kids enjoying an old-timer game:)

A weekend at Lake Michigan

Our two week family vacation has begun!  Our first stop:  Lake Michigan to visit with Matt, Katie and crew!  The kids could not wait to get into the water and they had a blast!  James took the kayak out, while the others did a little swimming.

  

Does this girl love the water or what?!

 Taking a break to get warm (the water was freezing--I don't think the adults got in at all!).

 Time to get buried in the sand.

 

Loving it:)

  

The surf board was a huge hit!!

 Best friend cousins!  These two were inseparable!

 

They decided they needed a little "privacy!"

 Skylar just loved Devon and she wanted to do anything that she did--including playing volleyball (Skylar hates volleyball!)

 Brennen and I getting some baseball in!

 Starving children after a day of playing.

 A beautiful sunset.

 More swimming in a pool the next day.

 Ronde gets the ball thrown for her.

 Bocce ball...

 Searching for ladybugs!

 The pool kept getting bigger and bigger...

 Best buds at it again.

 The adults enjoying some time together.

 Sunbathing to get warm.

 Lottie's turn to get buried.