Lake Michigan Vacation

We just got back from a wonderful vacation in Michigan. My cousin Kate got married on Saturday so the whole Lattal family spent the week at the lake. We rented this amazing house, straight out of the Pottery Barn catalog, right on the beach. The house had 8 bedrooms and was ginormous (is that a word?), but really, we all had plenty of room. We enjoyed relaxing, bon-fires, cookouts, boat rides, shopping, and walking on the beach. Unfortunately a big cold front rolled in the night we got there, so it was a little too cold to swim at the beach, but, we did hike down (and up) the 220 stairs to the lake so Crew could play. He LOVED the sand (love is an understatement- we could not get him out!). He was wiggling his toes, throwing it, and did a face first nose dive just to try a bite and see how it tasted, yuk!


The wedding and reception were beautiful. Wishing years of love and happiness to the new White family!


After the wedding, we spent 2 nights in Chicago to visit my mom's side of the family. Crew had about 5 babysitters with all his cousins fighting over who could hold him and play with him, what fun!=)

What a nice little vacation, our only wish is that Brett could have been able to join us, we miss you!


(Sorry for the picture overload)

View from our house

The LONG hike down the stairs
(Papa and Crew)

Crew and I's footprints in the sand

LOVE LOVE LOVE the sand!

I can see my footprints

Yea!!!

My grandma and her 2 great grandchildren-

Tatum and Crew

My cousin Kate (bride) & her daughter Tatum (flowergirl), her sister Kristin, and Crew & I

Cute little town of South Haven

Look at all the boats

South Haven is such an adorable town, such cute little shops

Crew and I on his first boat ride

Crew and Uncle Jeff

Aunt Kristin letting Crew drive the boat.

And she really did let him drive, we were spinning in circles, ha!

CHEESE!

The back of the house

My favorite room in the house, the sun room

View from the Adirondack chairs in the backyard

Beautiful Lake Michigan

So much for not swimming, he decided to sit in the lake.

Crew and Uncle John relaxing in the hammock

Crew and Aunt "Joba"

Rehearsal Dinner

Crew would not stop dancing at the rehearsal dinner,

he kept running around the whole resturant.

Kate and Mike

Family Shot

Crew Man

The Wedding Party arrived in a boat, so cute!

The whole Lattal clan (minus Brett... tear)

Pretty centerpieces

Crew and his cousins-

Maddie, Olivia, Joey, Hayden, and Hannah