Labor Day on Mackinaw Island

We had a great time on Mackinaw Island this past weekend, and had great weather. The girls behaved themselves pretty well, with the exception of Tessa not sleeping well on Saturday night. We stayed Sat. and Sun. night at the Inn on Mackinaw hotel. We went with Abby's Dad, step mom, step sister and brother in law, as well as their two girls.
This is the four of us hanging out at the dock waiting for the ferry to take us to the island. The girls do so well on boats, it is very nice that they like the ride!!

Tessa is sitting with her Grammy (Penny) and Avery is with her cousin Erika. I went over the bridge to St. Ignace for a couple hours to gamble (not successfully!!) and met them on the island later in the day. Both of the girls had a riot on the boat ride over!


Avery swimming with Erika in the hotel's little outside pool..It was quite nice, as it has a waterfall and is quite warm...half hot tub and half pool!!


Tessa and her Poppy (Jimmy) playing in the pool. She is a water baby just like her big sister!
This is Avery's cover shot!!! I thought this one turned out great and we have plans to blow it up in black and white to have framed.... She is pretty photogenic wouldn't you say?? Although, it is tough to get her to sit still for that long. I just waited for her to look my way and it turned out great.

Avery and her sister Tessa touring the Island. They are going to be great friends as they grow up!!


Here is Poppy getting Avery out of the trailer to stretch her legs. We rode the Island for about two hours. Up and down the big hills. I was pretty tired after pulling around 50 lbs. of dead weight up those huge hills, but we got it done! And she had a great time spotting the "hoas poop" for me....she kept saying "watch out for da hoas poop daddy!!"


Abby and Avery soaking up the sun and the scenery on the bike ride...I love the view from the Island!! Tessa was napping back at the hotel while we took our ride. Thanks Amy and Clyde!


Avery playing in the dirt while we admire the view. Jimmy, myself, Mack, and Erika were happy to get off our bikes to catch a breather. Right after this we went down a long steep hill. I had to walk my bike with Avery's trailer, because my brakes weren't strong enough to stop both of us after a while...wore them right out!!

Well, it has been a whirlwind of a few weeks for us, so the next couple weeks we are planning on laying low and enjoying the time together.