July 2015

My oh my, I am SO far behind on blogging our adventures.  July is always such an amazing month because I am off with my babies and Ben takes off for close to two weeks while we go on our annual vacation to the U.P.  The month started off with a family Independence Day celebration at Marcia's on July 3rd and Ben actually getting to have his birthday off work (because it fell on a Saturday) on July 4th.

This year for our vacation, we packed up the car with tons of stuff, two adults, two kids, a dog, and a roof top carrier.  As always, our kids did great traveling.  

Annual Clyde's picture in St. Ignace

We were able to go to Diamond Lake and spend some time with Ben's high school/college friends.  After this we headed up to Cable Lake for a week in the UP.  We had the best weather we have ever had and the kids had so much fun playing ALL.DAY.LONG.  Highlights included ATV rides, kayaking, swimming, playing with rocks in the creek, and celebrating Ben's birthday with Judd and Cindy.  Ben and I got to enjoy each evening out on the water fishing and just enjoying nature.  It was such a wonderful week, both Jack and Kathryn even caught their first fish.

                                     

Photo credit: Kathryn

Yay, her first fish!

Jack's first fish was shortly after!

It is always so hard to leave the U.P.  I think this is Ben's favorite place on earth and it is pretty high on my list as well.  The trip home was pretty uneventful.  We did let the kids stop at a park in southern Wisconsin.

We are already excited for next year!