4th of July Weekend

I am so behind with all of the stuff we have been up to this summer. So I am going to start from this weekend and work my way backward. Hopefully readers can make sense of it all.

Thursday morning we left for our trip to Michigan. We were visiting my friend Betsy at her family's house. I have been for two fourth of July's in the past and it always proves to be an amazing trip, this year was no different.

TC and I flew into Milwaukee then got on a plane that seats 26 people and had a 20 minute flight over Lake Michigan to Muskegon which has an airport about the size of a Sonic restaurant. When we arrived we sat down with the family and ate some darn good lasagna. After enjoying each other's accents for awhile we went to the beach to see the sunset and The Badger, a boat that carries about 200 cars plus people across the lake to Wisconsin.

After The Badger was out of sight we went to House of Flavor to get some freaking awesome ice cream. They had all sorts of flavors like burnt marshmallow, raspberry chocolate cheesecake, blue moon (with nutmeg flavor), they even had a flavor of ice cream with chocolate covered potato chips!! Of course they had all of your regular run of the mill flavors as well. I got a cranberry, mandarin orange, and white grape sherbet that was DELICIOUS!

(good ice cream is worth the wait!)

Friday morning as soon as everyone got moving we went kayaking. I had never been before but have always wanted to go. I am so glad we decided to go for it. It was a blast! I was a little slow at first because I had such a hard time steering but eventually I got it. It was super fun but definitely made me sore!

After kayaking we came home to Mama S making some fajitas. Come to find out she had bought some avocados at the store because she thought it would be fun to have some guacamole, even though she had know idea how to make it. She just figured I was Texan, so I probably knew how. I was so glad I didn't disappoint! During lunch her whole family went on about how much they enjoyed the real Texan guacamole. It was good we were able to earn our keep a little bit!


After the awesome meal, we went to ride on a big truck with no top on the sand dunes. They take you for a ride with lots of hills and splash you through the water. Definitely a good time.

(excuse the dorky backwards hat. I needed the hat to hold my hair down from the wind, but had to have it backwards so it didn't fly off)

We ate dinner on the way home at Bubba Qs and got to meet the hilarious Bubba himself, who would only tell you his ingredients or who he was if you were willing to buy the business!

When we got back to the house we headed off to the beach to watch the sunset and the fireworks. I still have trouble deciding which one wins the award for most beautiful display, but I'll go ahead and chalk that one up to God and his sunset over the lake.

Saturday was dedicated to Betsy's party. We made decorations to hang from the shaded areas. We made a display for some of her pictures and gear from graduation, and we set everything up. The weather ended up being beautiful, everything went smoothly and everyone had a great time.

Saturday night we had a campfire. I had my annual shot gunned beer with Betsy's awesome brother in law, who taught me how to shot gun a beer three years ago on my second visit to MI. We had plenty of smores, plenty of laughs, and some fireworks. Aahhhh good times!

Sunday we got up to go to church and hear Pappa S preach. At church Betsy's awesome 2 year old niece told me YOU STINK, peeeeee uuuuuuuuuu. Uh, thanks Mimi! I had to check with tc to make sure I didn't have terrible breath, but apparently she just likes telling everyone that.

After church we headed straight over to the art festival, got some good photographs and some kettle corn.

Then it was time to go home :( The plane ride home was spent planning our next visit :)