The Moore's in Michigan

Josh and I enjoyed a much needed time away with his family in Covert, MI in early August. We stayed at an old farm house that they rented for the week. We came home with quite a few laughs about some of the arrangements. There were about 12 light switches in the kitchen ALONE, and it was trial and error every time one of us wanted to turn a light on or off. Typically, someone would turn the lights out on the rest of us in the living room. The house had some foundational problems leaving the guys leaning while using the restroom, Josh falling off our leaning bed while I rolled to his side and I think even the girls were crawling crooked (okay maybe that last one is pushing it, but the other two examples are not.) We joked about all the reasons we could be fined $100 and then we made up our own.

We were able to enjoy a lot of the outdoors. We went to the beach in South Haven with the whole family. The water was nice (well according to me it was nice, Chuck thought it was a bit cold and Hannah didn't really want to have anything to do with it). We walked out to the lighthouse and the guys played some Frisbee on the beach. One of the days Josh and I drove up to Holland State Park and met up with friends from college (Sam and Kristin;Ben, Katie and Eden; as well as Kym and Kaitlin). It was so good to see those friends again and the weather turned out perfect for us to have a picnic on the beach. One of our last days all of us "big kids" went on some trails that led us out to some bluffs on Lake Michigan. It was beautiful out there and made me miss living by the water. The guys went swimming and raced up one of the big bluffs. Josh found a big rock that we took back with us and it has now become our rotating trophy for March Madness bracket winners. We are calling it "Moore Madness: Pick for the Rock!" Marilyn is the current winner and keeper of the rock.

We enjoyed berry picking and walking through the woods. Josh and I tried to track down a deer, but it started to rain. I thought something growled at me, maybe it was one of those cougars that have been sighted in Michigan? The guys had some fun trying to jump in the pool and catch the football. We had some pretty good laughs when Josh tried to go from the longs side of the pool. Madeline and Hannah were on the move, crawling all over the place and in some cases crawling all over Josh:) We put together some puzzles while we were there and learned that when you move from your seat while working on the puzzle, someone else will fill it in a matter of seconds.
"Great Lakes, Great Times" (spoken by the little girl on the commercials that make Michigan sound like so much fun...and of course it is:)