Muskegon

My parents and grandparents camped for a week at Hoffmaster State Park in Muskegon.  It is about an hour from us, so not a bad drive at all.  Alec and I debated forever if we should pack up and try and spend a night or two there.....we went through like 5 different scenarios of what we should do.  Well, after debating between bringing our tent, getting a hotel, or just going for the day and then back home we decided it would definitely be best to just come back home.  Leah is such a stinker at night, I did NOT want to risk it.  And it was a great decision, that night we came home she was up for 1.5hrs in the middle of the night and would not go back down!  We made the right choice.

I ended up taking the girls out for the day once during the week.  And then Alec and I went both Friday and Saturday for the day.  Brie was able to spend the night Friday, which she loved and did great!

We had so much fun hanging out with the family.  We spend a lot of time at the beach, playing bags (of course), and just sitting around!

Probably the best part of the weekend was that Auntie Allyson and Uncle Mike were there!!  Brie LOVES them!

There is an awesome park there, Brie at first wanted nothing to do with it....but warmed up with the help of Uncle Mike showing her what to do.  He was climbing all over the thing with her, it was awesome.  A little girl (probably 4yrs old) started playing with Brie telling her to go down the slide with her, it was adorable.

The beach was where we spent most our time.  Brie and Leah both did great at the beach.  Brie plays in the sand, water, lays on the towel "to take a rest" as she says, and of course has tons of snack!  We tried to contain Leah to the towel since she just would eat the sand; but she took a nap every time at the beach either on me or my mom, and had some snacks.  

Brie went through some grouchy spells....she gets like that when there is a lot going on I find.  Over stimulated or something; but I was trying to get her to smile with daddy....this was the best we could do:

Mike built a pretty epic sand village!

Beach selfie!  Because the only way I am ever in pictures is if I take them of myself!

We buried Mike in the sand.  We were trying to make it super hard for him to get out, so they were packing in layers and layers of sand, then added water, more sand, than a huge piece of drift wood over top.  Super safe.....  Of course he was able to must out with minimal effort!  We have a pretty funny video :)  As always....we were a constant source of entertainment for the other beach goers around us....is it even possible for us to be normal in public just once?!  Nope.

We had such an amazing time.  Why does summer come and go in a flash!?  We have one more day camping trip coming up with my parents over the Labor Day weekend!