backing-up...

So, I finally got around to working on the pics I took on our weekend away in Michigan back in May.  Nothing too exciting though :-)

Jeff and the kids started out Saturday morning by going for a run.  The kids did a short loop around the resort and Jeff did a longer one.  At some point in the day, Jeff and Clara also went mountain biking (this is why I need to blog things right away... I forget details!).

Probably one of Alex's favorite things of the weekend was putting together our new grill...

The boy LIVES to assemble things.

Mango thoroughly enjoyed hanging out on the screened in porch.  Here is her royal highness, sitting on her pretty princess pillow, surveying her kingdom...

When Clara wasn't running or biking, she was playing Draw Something...

... not sure why she has my phone here.

Oh... also at some point, the kids went geocaching.  They wanted to go without us to see if they could make it back without getting lost... and they did!

Alex and I spent some time bird watching.  Birds were finally visiting the feeder I put up over Christmas break.  We went outside and observed for a bit.  As a reminder to myself.... I need to take one of our bird identification guides up there.

As you know from my instagram post, we went to the drive-in that night.

Here are the kids getting comfortable...

They really had it rough back there!

Getting their speaker set up...

I mentioned this in my post after we went the last time, that we thought we would try bringing a portable radio next time.  Well... we bought a cheap one to try out and it worked great!  We set it on the tailgate and we put our chairs right next to it.  We could hear perfectly!  Unlike last time when we went, when we couldn't hear a thing outside of the car and just watched Cars 2.

The kids have a great time while we're there.  They played on the playground for a while, then played a round of miniature golf.  They also won a soda in the raffle, which they split.

It was a quick trip, so on Sunday morning we got up and started cleaning so we could close everything up again.

While we were busy, Mango relaxed out on the porch some more...

 

We are slowly, but surely, making the place more "ours".  Back in February, I found one king Martha Stewart quilt on clearance at Macy's.  I thought it looked "cabin-y", so I got it for our bedroom...

 Then, when I checked the clearance table again in May, I found more quilts.

Two twins...

(I strongly dislike that lamp thingy... but until I find something better, it stays... I'm also getting over my dislike of the wicker headboards, but we just need to find a way to make them sturdier)

and a queen...

(not officially on the bed yet... no one used the queen this trip so there wasn't any reason to unmake the bed)

I didn't set out to have matching quilts on all of our beds... but with good sales and good fortune... it just turned out that way :-)