The Clan McKinnon

 

For today's special occasion, I put on my fancy dress, got my sunglasses and purse - and I'm ready!  Happy Birthday Grandma! (Can we eat the dessert yet please?!)  

Another sunny Saturday in September means another day to wear our maize and blue (and stripes)!  

Summer fun is over, but school fun begins today! I'm headed to Mr Parson's 3rd grade class and John is off to Ms Eckel's 1st grade glass. Cora is headed back to preschool!   

While Mommy finished packing up the car, Daddy took us to a fishin' hole.   Technically, it was just a pond along an old golf course.  But it was fun to cast and wait!   

A trip to this area is not complete without a visit to The Sleeping Bear Dunes.  John really, really, really wanted to race down the hill! Luckily he didn't, but he still missed out on our family photo! We found a little hill that we could go part of the way down without too much of a climb back up!  We finished the night watching the sunset -   which is really hard to capture with people in the picture.  Perfect sunset to end the trip!  

A big storm had blown across the state on our way up north; the wind stayed around for our whole trip! Wind + Sun = Funny Pictures We left Fishtown and headed just a little south, but stopped for a nice long bike ride along the Leelanau Trail.   Our next stop was at The Homestead. Still on Lake Michigan, still with lots of waves. Still with lots of fun!