Fathers day weekend

One of our goals for our time here in Michigan is to see all we can see while spending time as a family. So on Saturday we headed to a local lake to check out the beach area and have a little fun. 

After getting lathered up in sun screen both kids were ready to play.

 I think Leah is going to be our adventure child because she was ready to get in the cold water while it took Chase a while to actually get in...

Once he was in he was ready to play with his Daddy.  It seems like it will be a good location for me to take the kids to play during the summer.  On Sunday we got up and hit the road wanting to check out the west coast of Michigan.  We ventured 2 1/2 hours from home to Grand Haven on the coast of Lake Michigan. 

It was BEAUTIFUL! We felt like we were somewhere tropical with one small exception... the water was FREEZING.  That didn't stop us from putting our feet in (they went numb after a while) and playing in the sand. 

After some fun beach time we headed into down town Grand Haven to check out the pier/boardwalk and take Daddy for a fathers day lunch. 

We ate at an Italian place called Portabello's, you can't beat yummy pizza.  After lunch we took a walk along the boardwalk to check out the boats passing by, the shops, and of course to find some icecream. 

We walked all the way down to the lighthouse jumping on rocks and watching the boats along the way.  It is a very beautiful area and had a very large beach. We are excited to get back to the area and hopefully bring the boat with us next time!