In early September we got to spend a long weekend at Andy & Beth's family beach house in
South Haven, MI. It was a fantastic time with college friends and family - the weather was perfect and the food and company were excellent too.
Here is a picture of the beach house.
It is right on the shores of Lake Michigan and a beautiful place that sleeps about 40 people!
Different than the last time we went as a group (Patrick I were last there in 2009) - there are now four kiddos in the group!
The Meillers are expecting baby #3 in December - so Callie was praticing sharing lap space with her daughter Robin and Johnny.
The beach is gorgeous - if you didn't know better, you would think we were on the ocean!
We pretty much had the beach to ourselves - so we spread out and enjoyed every minute.
Here is a family photo of the Meillers - one of my favorites from the weekend...
Tyson is buried in the sand and Robin is sitting on him!
Patrick and James playing in the sand
Post swim - the water was chilly - but James didn't mind.
Johnny - upclose and sandy!
The Ulrichs have a great beach tent that provided some much needed shade for kids and adults. Robin is a few months older than John and James - she was running circles around them - but probably not for long!
See what I mean about the ocean feel? It is the best of both worlds --- beautiful and salt free!
The house has an awesome screened in porch that we spend alot of time in when we are not on the beach. Here we are enjoying fresh salsa from multiple family gardens --- James decided he didn't need chips!
Another photo of the porch - there is enough wicker for everyone!
These next 3 photos crack me up --- John was eating a banana before dinner and James decided that he needed to get in on the action. He climbed right across the table to take his bites. Aunt Betty and John were happy to share and now James prefers to eat bananas whole - awesome :)
Such cute boys!
Both patiently waiting for Beth to peel the banana for the next bite.
In addition to the screen porch - there is a huge wrap around porch with more rocking chairs.
James was a fan!
And here are the four kids --- Saturday was Tyson's birthday so we got to celebrate.
And a quick staged birthday shot. We were not with John on his birthday - so we snapped a photo of us and the boys for John's birthday book.
It was a terrific weekend!
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