Day 212

World's biggest hibiscus.  It was huge!

Day 211

Good morning!  What a lovely way to start the day.

Day 210

Looking down after climbing one of the big staircases at the lake.

Day 209

I went to the county fair and saw this guy.  He was bigger than any horse I have ever seen before and he was beautiful.

Day 208

A hazy day through the beach grass at the lake.

Day 207

The higher she is, the happier she is.  If we had a diving board, Natalie would be in her glory.

Day 206

This picture doesn't do this place justice.  I'm not even sure what it is, but you don't know where to look first.  It's crazy!

Day 205

It's kind of hard to believe that at this time next year, these two will be on their honeymoon.  Who gave my baby permission to grow up so fast?  She just started kindergarten last year.

Day 204

This is where Lizzy takes after grammy.  Notice how she has on arm floaties and an inner tube?  Yep, just like me.  The more flotation devices the better.

Day 203

I don't know what these are, but I get really excited when they bloom every year.  I just love these little puff balls.

Day 202

Sunset from the boat on our last night of vacation.

Day 201

We had the kids overnight last night.  We decided to go out to the dunes for sunset.  It ended up being too cloudy to see the sun set, but we still had fun.  This is the kids heading over to that big dune.  Grammy even went up with them.  What a workout!

Day 200

Just a little buddy I found out in the yard.

Day 199

Jack is a very friendly boater and I love how his hair is blowing straight up in the wind. 

Day 198

I don't know what the moon looked like here on Sunday night, but it looked amazing at the lake house.

Day 197

And another kind of butterfly came to visit. 

Day196

Jack was in his glory even pretending to drive the boat in the dock.

Day 195

We found a new friend at the lake.

Day 194

 

She loved the lake house!

 

Day 193

I didn't take this picture.  A friend sent it to me as inspiration.  I will tackle the 3 Dune Challenge this summer.  It might be fall when it's cooler though too.  We'll see, but I will do this!

Day 192

Heading back here pretty soon.

Day 191

I kid you not!  Last summer, this flower was lemon yellow.  The winter has done some really weird things to the plant life.

Day 190

My 4th of July family parade crew.

Day 189

We take our July 4th bonfire pretty seriously!

Day 188

Just a few of the fireworks in Browntown over the weekend.

Day 187

Just a little sparkler fun.

Day 186

Who knows what this one is?  I just keep finding all these different flowers on my walks in the morning that I've never seen before.

Day 185

An oldie, but a goodie and perfect for today.

Look at what a little peanut Jack was and all those curls.

 

 

Day 184

I see these every morning on my walk.  Does anyone know what they are?  They are very cool.

Day 183

These guys were everywhere at the beach in New Buffalo yesterday.  Great day for a walk on the beach though.

 

Day 182

Some of the clouds before the storm.  It was pretty impressive.