A Visit To The Upper Penninsula

Jack, Caroline and I took a much needed mini-vacation this past weekend to the upper penninsula of Michigan. As you can see from the picture above, it was absolutely beautiful. We stayed with Jack's parents who rent a house just a few hundred feet off the lake, with a great view of the water.

We spent lots of time visiting, relaxing, reading and napping. Caroline had a great time seeing her grandparents and getting to meet her Aunt Laurie and Uncle Mike.

On Sunday afternoon we went for a good walk along the beach. Laurie and Mike came with Kerry, Barbara, Jack, Caroline and me. It was cool, but sunny. So, as you can see in the picture, we had to put two hats on poor Caroline - one for the sun (underneath) and one for warmth. It wasn't exactly fashionable (though each hat is cute individually), but it worked.

It was a great walk down the beach, though Caroline was not too excited (i.e. she cried a lot) about walking back into the wind. But, we turned her around in the baby bjorn, so really all she had to cry about was that she couldn't see anything other than Jack's coat.

I really enjoyed being able to see Laurie (as you can see from our goofy picture). We spent all day Saturday with them. Jack won Settlers of Catan in a pretty impressive way. We went to the local strawberry festival too, though we apparently missed the parades. That was o.k. we got great brats anyway!

Caroline also got an introduction to Saddie (the dog pictured here) and Tiger at Laurie and Mike's. She seemed generally unphased by them. Saddie kept her distance as a general rule (though there were a few exceptions as you can see). She has apparently learned that babies pull on doggies and Saddie isn't a big fan of that. But, Saddie was good natured and just generally sniffed out Caroline to see who she was.

Thanks to Laurie for forwarding me these pictures. I've got lots on my own camera that I'll post in the next few days.