There are so many things we love about being in Michigan, but at the top of the list is spending our days at the beach. My parents grew up going to a particular beach overlooking the Pere Marquette lighthouse and I did too. Now it is a part of my…
What is it about an island and vacations? It’s a natural fit on Mackinac Island. You have an island where the automobile never replaced the horse and carriage. You have lodging properties where corporations never replaced family ownership. You have a Revolutionary Era fort where the British couldn’t permanently replace…
As if I didn’t already sufficiently cover our fall happenings, here are the remaining undocumented memories captured from my phone. I’ll start by going all the way back to Labor Day weekend. After Troy’s epic surprises on the Saturday of my birthday, we took it easy for the rest of…
My brother started filming our annual Michigan video recaps five years ago, when Nash was just a baby and Crew and Finn hadn’t joined our family yet. I love to watch them in order to see how much everyone has grown from year to year. I love even more that one…
Someone recently asked me the question,”If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would it be?” I’m sure there are many exotic locations I could have listed, but on the spot, the first place that popped into my mind was Michigan. The beauty of Michigan in the summer…
One of our favorite ways to spend evenings in Michigan is playing yard games. I happened to glance at some photos of us playing ladder ball when we were in Michigan two years ago, and I realized that Finn and Crew were wearing the exact same thing! That was completely…
My brother compiled some Christmas footage and I’m always so grateful for his captured moments that freeze time in a different way than pictures do. I always want to remember this particular Christmas at my parents’ house in the desert. The year that despite a car accident on the way…
We gave the boys an 8am wake-up rule on Christmas morning, but I could hear them snickering upstairs upon finding evidence of Santa much earlier. We managed to convince them to wait until after breakfast to dig into the presents. One of the best parts about having two young readers…
We blessed Finn in church on November 2nd. Although the weather was cold and gloomy, the day could not have been brighter. We felt so grateful to be surrounded by our dearest friends and family. And if you know me, you know I can’t pass up an opportunity for a…
We survived another year of back to back Halloween events. I’m always exhausted by the end of it all; candy and costume parts strewn across the house and cranky kids from missed naps and sugar highs. But every year I have to remind myself that all of the fuss is…
