Michigan for Labor Day

We drove to Michigan to visit family for the Hart Family Reunion.  It was a fun time of playing games, relaxing in the pool and eating lots of yummy food!  I realized after we got home that we hadn't taken any pictures of the reunion!!  I don't remember anyone having a camera out all weekend.  I guess we have the mental memories!

Michigan Welcome Area

Stopped at Cracker Barrel to buy our traditional Candy Sticks

Here is Will, making a fort out of his bedding.

We stayed an extra day since it was Labor Day weekend.  Most everyone else lived within a few hours of where we met...however, we were a day's drive away from home, so we decided to make the most of our time there.  On Sunday (after saying goodbye to everyone), we headed to Lake Michigan.  We stopped in Holland to visit the Dutch Windmill Island Park. 

Windmill Island has an old carousel which is really tame in carousel terms...The kids had fun coming up with ways to entertain us every time they came around.

One of the first times around, Will says, "This is unbelievable...is this what we paid for?"  It was worth every penny we paid...because these pictures make me laugh every time I look at them!

We then drove toward Holland State Park so we could climb to the top of Mt. Pisgah.  Beautiful views!

Back down at the bottom...

We headed back to the hotel for dinner and swimming.  The next morning, we woke up and started heading towards home.  We made a few stops along the way, including the Prairie Wolf Park in Caledonia, MI to find a brand new Letterbox series, "Little House 'at' the Prairie".  It was a wonderful park with prairies...

 Woods with neat rock formations....

And LOTS of wildlife! 

Notice the big grasshopper?

Will caught a frog!

We even picked some apples!

Even though we were at the park for a few hours, it was well worth the stop.  The stamp images were beautiful, top rate!  The walk was brisk and wonderful and the nature experience was well worth our time.  The kids loved it!  An added bonus was running in to other letterboxers on the trail!!

May I Have This Dance?

Matt took the 3 girls to a special "Father/Daughter Date Night" at Chick-fil-A.  In the past, they have had a dance floor to allow the dads a time to dance with their daughters.  They didn't do that this time, so Matt asked each of the girls for a dance once they came home that evening.  It was very special for each of them.

After the girls were done, Will went up to Becki and asked her for a dance...

And then he broke out some of his own moves!