Skimboard City

The boys got skim boards from their pirate friend for Christmas last year and were anxious to try them out this summer. For those of you who don't know, skim boards are wooden boards you throw along the waters edge, run and jump and glide along the sand. The boys have spent HOURS practicing and learning and watching the big kids do this to learn tips.

They found another friend on the beach too, Drew is 6 like them and they were proud to tell me that he was their new best friend because they all had so much in common:
they are six, just finished kindergarten, all had wiggly teeth, all played t-ball and best of all, and most important, THEY COULD ALL ARMPIT FART BEETHOVEN!! Wow!! What an amazing bond!

Little do they know that Drew's dad and I grew up together in Grand Haven too, those summer friendships last many generations in the hills of Highland Park.

The surf's up!

Desperate for some wave action, we take even the smallest waves and go surfing. We'll build up to the big stuff!

Pirates Loot

Cousin Emma turned 7 and decided she wanted a pink and black pirate themed party, we were all into that! Everyone got into the spirit and got some temporary ink to celebrate. The big hit was a pirate pinata at sunset and then cake! Talk about a sugar buzz!

Happy Birthday Emma, thanks for inviting us to your fun party!

Beach time!

Finally! A few good days of beach weather.


Cousins Katie and her friend Morgan spent a day playing with the boys and cousin Emma at the beach. They had a ball having tube wars and seeing if they could knock each other off.

Happy 4th!

We had a quiet 4th of July this year. We spent some time at the beach and had a visit with cousin Kellan and his uncle B and also saw our friends Claudia and her mom Amy. We were thrilled to hear Claudia is going to be a big sister in January!

We did some sparklers at home and Jonathan and Jeff made it to the fireworks, Matthew decided he didn't want to go so he and I stayed home and we were both fine with it. We'll save our fireworks for Coast Guard Festival.

It's been really cool temperature wise in Michigan so far this summer, not bad to not need the a/c but not exactly great beach weather either. We catch a few days every here and there.

Tennis anyone?

The cousins were here in the end of June. They took the boys to Crystal Mountain for a weekend of fun for a family reunion. We will have to get some pictures from my sister so we can share them.

We had a couple of days in Grand Haven with them and it was not beach weather so we went and played some tennis one afternoon. It was fun to watch them all try to play together. We're eagerly awaiting the cousins and their parents coming back for a couple weeks in August!