Up North 2013

We made a fairly last minute decision to head up north for the weekend to visit Rach, Hung and Avery while Hannah went to Bubbie-Zaydie camp.  Hannah has had many family trips as an only child, so we thought it would be nice for Ella too (and not to mention an easy vacation for her parents and Mina...)  We drove up on Thursday and while my mom and I unpacked and picked up groceries, Ella and Jordan went to the beach. Ella loves the water and playing in the sand, and you can see in some of the pictures that she started doing "mud treatments" on her hair.  No amount of baths will get the rest of the sand out!  Jordan and I went out to a nice dinner with just the two of us at Martha's Leelanau Table, while Ella and Mina stayed in.  After dinner, we all met up for an ice cream. 

On Friday, we went to Glen Arbor to walk through Cherry Republic, do some art projects at Smock, Paper, Scissors, and have lunch at Art's.  Friday night, Rach, Nancy and Avery came down to Suttons Bay for the girls to play at the beach and have dinner.  We walked the girls up to the house with a horse and they were obsessed with it.  Only the promise of ice cream could get them to walk back to town. 



 

Saturday was another great day!  We went to pick raspberries with Rach, Avery and Nancy (I think they ate more than we took home), and got to feed goats, llamas, and a donkey.  After nap, we headed to Leland to have dinner with the Trieu's at the Bluebird and get ice cream at Harbor House.  The girls even had a tea party at Nancy and Chuck's house with Avery's new tea set. 

It's Sunday morning already, which means it's time to pack up and head home while Jordan gets in one last round of golf.  This was such a perfect vacation!  We had great weather, good sleep (thank you Ella!) and plenty of time to relax.  I only wish we were here longer.