Memorial Weekend

Gorgeous weather, ice cream , Boo Boo Bear, riding bikes, a beautiful sandy beach, dancing.....these were a few of our favorite things.

And now that I have found the bottom of this...

...I will sit down and tell you about them :)

We spent a beautiful holiday weekend in Grand Haven at the fabulous Yogi Bear Campground. We're really starting to grow quite fond of that bear!

This little trip was fun and chock full of great memories, but by no means relaxing. The fact that Ellery screamed the entire 45 minute trip to the campground should have been our second clue. The first clue being that we had to drive separately, because we no longer all fit in Tims truck :) Ellery was not so fond of being anywhere other than my arms for the majority of the weekend. And so, we seemed to spend the weekend divided into 2 groups....big kids versus babies. Stella wavered between the 2 groups. As you can see by the picture above, Tim was on baby duty, while I was teaching the kids how to do underwater handstands in the pool. :)

There was a nice little kiddie pool just perfect for Stella, and she loved it.

We headed out to the beach early in the day, and were able to actually get in! Not an easy task on a holiday weekend. The water was 51 degrees. Did i mention that I went under? I did....Tim told me I couldn't do it, and Austin told me I just needed courage. Seriously, you just can't pass a challenge like that up!

gearing up for a walk on the pier....destination ice cream!

Sydney rocked the basketball tournament, and won first place! Somehow she beat out 4th and 6th grade boys to win this sweet little satchel LOL.

On Saturday night there was a dance. An absolute dream. come. true. for Sydney!

What could be more fun than doing the Y.M.C.A with Boo Boo Bear?