We Made it

Did somebody say something about a party?!


Could this be the start of swimsuit modeling career!??


I ran out of space in my camera to take picture, but Aaron was buried in the sand next.


We're here, safe and sound. And we may NEVER leave!! Oh I only wish. maybe someday it will be a more permanent trip. It is so weird how "at home" I feel in Michigan. I just love it. So yesterday we got on the road at about 4 AM. At about 8 we stopped for breakfast at McDonalds and let the kids play on the play set for a while. Then back in the car for the rest of the drive to the beach. We stopped in Sawyer, MI to hang out at the beach. We weren't planning on getting in the water when we stopped, hence no swimsuits, but hey, it's the beach - I couldn't say no to the kids for too long. This was their first time being at a beach and they loved it. I would have stayed there all day if I could. I vowed right then and there that we will plan to stay there for at least 3-4 days next summer for a family vacation. Then we had about 3 more hours before we got here. With the 1 hour time change we arrived at 6PM last night. It was a long day - but didn't seem that long. Really it could not have gone any more smoothly if I'd sold my sole to the devil. Funniest thing on the trip so far.....So everyone had fallen back to sleep before we stopped for breakfast (see pic of Turner) and Aaron and I were up front talking about how this kid of symbolizes the end of the summer for us because we've been planning for this for so long. So remember, we are whispering because everyone is asleep, and we were all the way up front and Turner in the very back, and I make the statement of "when we get home I'll have to start planning Turner's birthday party" and out of NOWHERE Turner pops up his head and says "me birthday party!" and then hangs his head right back down and is back to full sleep!! IT was the funniest thing ever. Guess I have fine tuned hearing for babies, Turner has it for parties! lol Anyways, got to figure out what fun we have planned for today so gotta go.

BTW - the baby is SOOO adorable and of course he loves me!! I've already gotten him to sleep when he was crying for everyone else! I've still got the touch!