we're back from Michigan!

Just a quick post tonight... we just got back from Michigan this afternoon and tomorrow morning we head out to Missouri for the week. Here are just a few pictures from our trip (quickly edited, so keep that in mind... lol).

Apparently the hula hoop they found was a very popular toy.

Here's Clara's attempt...
And Alex's (he actually did quite well)....
I wanted to play with backlighting at sunset and the only way Clara would cooperate was with the hula hoop involved.... sigh.

BTW... I totally s*ck at backlighting! I took so many crappy photos that it's not even funny. :-) I need to study some more and try it again.

We had bonfires both nights... the first night (pics below) we had the bonfire at my in-laws' house... the next night we went next door to their neighbors' cottage.
And what bonfire is complete without roasting marshmallows and making s'mores? Grandma even had butterscotch chips so Clara could make one as well (Clara's allergic to chocolate)...
(the pic above is really noisy... but it is what it is... I'll run it through neat image later)

And finally... I took entirely too many pictures of the sunset our last night. This is SOOC, just resized for the web.

Okay... I'm off to bed so we can drive about 9 hours tomorrow. The kids are excited though since going to Missouri always means a trip to Silver Dollar City.

See you next weekend!

'nite!

(oh... I just wanted to say "hi" to the new people who have commented lately!! I get so excited when I have comments... LOL!)