Friday, July 22, 2011

Pure Michigan















Without any encouragement, Rosemary will strike a pose whenever a camera is pointed in her direction. I really love her, she is such a fun, free little girl. I laugh and giggle at her impromptu performances regularly. At the end of such a performance she will reply to clapping by saying: Thank you very much!









Abram learned how to ride a bike without training wheels while in Michigan. It was of course, the perfect place to do so with its rural roads and lack of steep hills.









Lulu learned to love the water and loved spending time with her cousins. She has truly developed some serious friendship skills in the past 2 years.









Norah, Norah, Norah. Norah lead the pack in the bike riding, the walking, the castle building and the fossil finding. Norah is growing up.









Brad was the king of the road on the way out, the champion badminton player, an awesome rock-skipper-teacher, and a good husband and father.











I was the queen of squinting into the sunlight, keeping my "Michigan hair" under control this year (it never came out of the braid), wearing cool skirts in the heat (so much better than shorts), and learning to enjoy just sitting there.

3 comments:

Wendy said...

Wonderful pictures! Again, I'm so glad you got to go and had such a lovely time. Your Michigan is so different from the industrial views I had of it growing up . . . so much better.

Rochelleht said...

Gorgeous pictures! I LOVE the one of you on the porch. So cool!! What a blissful vacay.

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous post! Rosemary has grown so much and you, my friend, are stunning as always.

xoxo, m