Michigan!

For the past couple of years we have talked about taking a trip to see Shawna's family in Michigan. (His Dad's side of the family) Well, we finally made it up there! We had not seen his grandmother since our wedding day a little over 6 years ago...and she had never gotten to see the girls.

This was also the girl's first airplane ride! They did GREAT! We weren't sure how that would go, but we could not have asked them to be any better.

Once we arrive in Grand Rapids, Michigan we headed to see Shawna's "Grandparents" the Bakers'. We had not seen them in about 4.5 years at Leah's wedding when I was pregnant with Rylynne. It was so good to see them! The girls had a blast feeding the fish in the little pond behind their home.

We then headed up to Big Rapids that evening to Shawna's Uncle Mark's house. Grandmother Scharlow was so glad to see us and we were so excited to see her! At Uncle Mark & Aunt Naoma's the girls played in the paddle boat, fished, played with their dogs (especially George!), and we visited with the family!



Rylynne, Grandmother Scharlow, & Sydney

 


 

The Girls with George

Shawna, Rylynne, Sydney, & Grandmother Scharlow

Shawna & George on a Boat Ride

Aunt Karen & Sydney in a life jacket that was as big as her!

Sydney & Daddy

Rylynne & Daddy

Uncle Mark, Shawna, & Uncle Bryan

Uncle Don, Aunt Karen, Aunt Naoma, Uncle Mark, Shawna, Uncle Bryan, Grandmother Scharlow, Rylynne & Sydney

At Lake Michigan! The girls had SO much fun at the beach. The water was freezing but they had so much fun splashing and playing in the sand. (Sydney of course fell in a couple of times)