Daddy's Day

These pictures and stories are a little dated, but I had to share them. Back in June we spent a long weekend up in Michigan with the Korman's, O'Neil's and Wiegman's...total 8 adults and 5 girls (all under age 4). We rented a big six bedroom house that was just a short drive to Lake Michigan. In theory, it was the perfect plan, but things slowly unraveled. First, Ben couldn't get the day off...so Isabel and I headed off a night early and Ben drove separately the next night. Kind of a bummer...but what could we do.

We started off the first night with a success...all the girls went to bed at a normal hour and we enjoyed cocktails out on the patio!

Beer and baby monitors...life after babies!

The next day we had a great day at the beach and then we checked out the pool. My pictures are limited as I was having difficulties keeping up with my mobile daughter, all of our stuff, the other kiddos and then all the typical hazards that you find at the beach or the pool. I think Isabel only ate two or three good handfuls of sand!

Mya, Ella, Isabel and Addie enjoying the sunshine (and a snack) at the beach.

Isabel loved the sand!

Then, we got a storm. No ordinary storm...it was a straight-line winds of 80 mph storm. Needless to stay, we lost power and the chaos began. Ben was in transit on his way to Michigan and had no clue the war zone he was driving into. We sent some of the guys out for flash lights...but they couldn't go far because there were trees down everywhere, including in the pool. Life with babies and no power is a challenge. So we cut the weekend short and went home the next day.

Trees down across the street...between the neighbors cars...another was on their house. A huge mess.

The rest of the girls...Kylie, Mya, Ella and Addie. Isabel was off taking her morning nap.

Even though our planned Michigan fun didn't work out, we were blessed to have a plan B. Ben's parents were having a get together to "break-in" their new patio! So we headed out to the farm with along with my parents and celebrated Fathers Day with all the fathers. It was the perfect end to our weekend.

This picture is kind of a mistake, but it turned out so neat, that I had to share. It was nice and cool inside in the a/c, but I walked outside and my camera instantly steamed up. Here is Miss Iz showing off her blanky!