Labor Day 2015

Labor day means Ludington!!

and an almost KINDERGARTENER!! what?!

goofin off

photo bomber

kids on a raft!

pontoon selfie

crazy

me, syd and kenz with our matching toes (plus owen who didn’t want to be left out of the pic!)

GIANT spider on the motor!

raft party!

and a tired girl on the way home

fishing buddies

breakfast at the cottage – my fave time of day!

what v isit to the cottage would be complete without a puzzle?!

fishing again

check out these bikes!

dishing out the berries

grappy’s buddy

cute girls

 

finding our zen

brave soul taking the kids out on the paddle boat…i let them steer and pedal!

help?!

 

a good night of fishing in their secret spot

so sad summer is done but we sure had LOTS of fun

Dixon Fam Pics

before we add a new member to the Dixon family…(baby cousin Louis)

we had to get some family photos in…

love these two

siblings

with mama

soo there will be three grandbabies for gran

he whole fam

apparently some people didn’t get the memo about a crazy face shot

……ha!….

Couples Weekend Ludington

The second annual couples weekend was part celebration of Brett’s birthday – so old!

the girls went to goodwill and found an amazing brand new michael jackson starter kit…jerry curl wig, sequin glove and black hat…(amanda wondered where the other glove was)

…we decided to do a little performance with some Billie Jean to surprise him!

i kinda think he loved it

love these girls!

the boys show some love for one another too…

but they can’t be too serious

??

yummy food!

boys and their fishing

naps and serious conversations (happening simultaneously)

yoga

and iced coffee for the win!

love these peeps!

Missouri 2015–Part 3

beautiful day ahead of us for day 3 of our missouri vacay! so what to do?!

hit the pool of course!!

so so so pretty up here!

the kids LOVED the hot tub..

the view

scorpion thing we fished out of the pool…ewww!

these two.

she was getting so brave with swimming and dared to jump in on her own with just swimmies on

just skipping along

big chair!

we rented a pontoon for the afternoon – these guys were super excited

little angler

time for a dip to cool down!

and then when we got back..more swimming…in the tub! lol!! they even had dive sticks  

watermelon!!!