Cottage 2010

So I am posting this REALLY late, but in early August we went with Joe's family to his aunt and uncle's cottage. We had a great week with great weather! We missed last year b/c Joe was gone for work, but here is Layla two summers ago when we went. She was just over 2 months old here. My how things change!



When we were driving in to the town of Onekama the annual parade had just started so we weren't able to get to the cottage since the cottage is on the main road. We therefore decided to just park and walk to the parade so that Layla could see it.


She got LOTS of candy and fun things!!

The girls...(Joe's mom, me, Layla, Joe's sister, Rachael, and Joe's brother's wife, Heidi)

Daddy and Gibs...

This was Layla's "Mickey Mouse" pancake...pretty sure she didn't eat all of that! And I'm pretty sure that this is a pretty half hazard way of making a Mickey pancake:)...

Layla and Auntie Heidi...

Here's one of the pics Layla took...looks like she was trying to get an artistic view:). She so far (not that I can really tell yet) seems to love artsy things. She notices shapes in all sorts of random things...like saying that her pretzel looks like a kitty or a dog or saying that a spilled puddle of water looks like a tree. And the things that she says actually do look like what she says they do. She also loves coloring and painting. I can feel a crafter emerging in the future:). It's probably just typical things little girls like to do though.

Gibson on the paddle boat with Grandma and Grandpa...

Gibs was not a fan of the water!

Layla on a ride with Grandpa and Grandma...

Gibson getting lunch from Grandma...

Sand time with Grandpa...

Layla looks as enthuised to be playing a game as I was:)...

Layla was excited to find some toys:)...

Gibson enjoying the frisbee on his head that we got from the parade...

Just chillin' in the shade...

One of the nights everyone except Layla, Gibs, Rachael, Mary and me went out fishing, so the rest of us went to a country concert in the park...we did not recognize a single song and I'm pretty sure they were all from the time when they called in "country and western". We were also pretty much the youngest ones there and no one around us seemed to appreciate when my kids talked so we didn't stay very long:)...

Looking at the duckies with Auntie Heidi...

Eating lunch picnic style with Grandma and Grandpa...

There was a playground at the little beach right next to their cottage, but it was almost too hot to play on it!

One morning we decided to head to a nearby beach and pretty much as soon as we got everything unloaded from the car and carried it all to the beach, the dark clouds started to roll in! So we didn't get much time there at all. And as soon as we got there Steidi (Steve and Heidi) came to visit on Tiny Tin...

Gibs missed the whole experience by sleeping...

Joe and I took a quick walk to the end of the pier. Joe's mom told us to enjoy our romantic walk and to take a pic on the pier, so here it is:)...

Layla enjoyed the water...

Layla enjoyed playing lawn darts with Grandpa and Grandma, although "playing" might not exactly be the right word as I'm quite sure she wasn't obeying the rules:)...

We had a relaxing time there and I always enjoy seeing Layla (and soon Gibs) experience traditions like this. Hopefully we can make it again next year!