Maumee Bay Afternoon

With the summer quickly closing to an end, we took the kids to Maumee Bay state park one very pleasant and warm afternoon. All the way there we heard "Wahs dat bridge for?" as Braden wanted to know what literally every overpass was used for. We eventually started making up things since it was about 40 minutes of driving. At one point we started saying things like... "Elephants cross that bridge." "Monkeys cross that bridge."

Once we finally got there, we enjoyed the beach and let the kids play in the sand and water. I especially enjoyed watching Braden sneak off to create a little mischief and chase the gulls... Too funny.

Annabelle ate some sand before we could take it from her, but other than that she had a ball too.

Garner was up and down the beach in his floaty suit and had so much fun swimming all over the place. Then we picnicked on the beach at dinner time.

Lake LeAnn

A few weeks ago we were invited to spend the day at a lake cottage at Lake LeAnn in Michigan. Uncle David, Aunt Bethany and many of Darren's friends from the office were there. We had so much fun that day. The kids did wonderfully too.

Garner was fascinated by the boats and the kayak they had, while Braden was content to play in the sand. Annabelle loved the water too and had a ball. It was really a memorable day and we are grateful for the wonderful hospitality that our friends offered us.

Here are some great pictures we captured through the day.