My family and I recently returned from our annual trip to Holland Michigan. This has become an annual trip for our extended family. We camp, ride our bikes to the beach, eat Hudsonville ice cream from the Ottowa Beach General store, ride back to the campground, go back to the general store for more ice cream, on and on it goes!
This year we were minus one kid, as our oldest son was on a trip to Philmont with scouts. He missed the ice cream, but not to worry...we brought him a gallon of Deer Traxx. It worked out well, because he was really, really hungry after backpacking for 2 weeks carrying 50-60 lbs and climbing mountains. I must tell you though, it was extremely strange not having him on vacation. Even weirder because we didn't hear from him for 11 days. In this world of cell phones, you can usually always talk to your kids, even if you are away from them. Not so on this trip.

RJ at Philmont
We couldn't take RJ, so we took all 3 dogs. I must say, they loved it!! One of our dogs, Toby, had to have his leg amputated last fall. He was the hit (novelty) of the campground. My husband kept telling little kids that he got bit by a grizzly bear (or a shark) protecting his family.

Morel eating ice cream
I didn't get much knitting time, yarn and sand on windy days are not a great mix, but I did manage to use up my yarn with just a little bit left on my sweater. I can't believe I did that. The other skein was just laying there waiting for me when I got home