Vacation Week! St. Joseph!

Matt had to unexpectedly switch one of his vacation weeks to this week. We weren't expecting it at all (thank you ridiculous and ever changing resident schedule), but we decided to take advantage. Our first stop was the western side of Michigan, to visit the Harrises in St. Joseph. We visited them in March, but it was much too cold to experience the real beauty of St. Joe's. Melissa, Jordan and the kids showed us all the sights this week, and we had such a fun time playing with all the "boy" toys and going to the beach!

Brady and Annie crusing the neighborhood.

Annie and Casey. She's in charge now!

Natalie didn't get to join in on the yard fun, but I had to include her. Look how adorable she is! And she's just as sweet.

After dinner, we headed to Silver Beach, where we first walked out onto the pier. We stopped to get a photo of all the kids. It's Annie, Natalie, Brady, Kate and Casey.

On the pier.

After our family picture, Annie requested that I get out so they could take one with just Daddy. Maybe the new baby will like me better...

Then it was onto the beach, where Annie wasted no time making her mark. I swear, we didn't even tell her to do that!

Kate was very unsure at first, but she warmed up pretty quickly. This was her first real, Lake Michigan experience.

They started out timidly, but the kids wasted no time getting into the water (which was not originally in the plan).

Kate preferred playing in the sand.

While Annie thought it was hilarous to jump in the waves fully dressed.

Looks like Brady and Annie had fun!

We didn't make it to downtown St. Joe's because the kids were all soaked and sandy, but we'll have that to look forward to for our next visit! Thank you Harris Family!