Our Trip to Michigan

We took a trip this summer to Port Austin, Michigan and stayed with Marty's family at their beach house.  I had some hesitation going because it is humid there and I couldn't believe that it would be such a beautiful place.  It was really important to Marty to go there and show the kids where he grew up and to stay at this place he loved as a little boy.  I have a million pictures but here are just a few of my favorites.

I absolutely loved watching the sunset every single night!

you can't go to a beach without making a sand castle right?

Everywhere there are little tiny towns with amazing buildings I could have spent days looking at all of them

Me and Deanna (Marty's cousin Brett's wife)

The magnificent, amazing and beautiful Aunt Bonnie

My smokin hot husband with a crazy tan!

Cousin Brett!

Baylie and Natalie

The crew and their stinky cat fish

Right before we left I came down with a stupid UTI.  I faithfully took the antibiotics but didn't even read the label warning against being in the sun...oops!

Marty and little Barry fishing.

Baylie and Natalie

Cam

The cute little beach house

Smokin hottness again!

smokin hottness jr.

We definitely want to try and do this every year.  We just loved it and had so much fun.  It was in the middle of nowhere really, and all you do is sit around and swim, play, eat and relax! My kind of vacation!

For Grandma Lois!

Anyone who knows me, I mean REALLY knows me, knows that I am terrible at two things...keeping in touch and sending out updated pictures.  If you don't call me, we probably don't talk all that often.  I have the best intentions, and I think about you, I am just not good at keeping in touch.  Pictures...yeah I take a million, when you come to visit I will show you!  Anyway, this post is for my Grandma Lois.  I haven't seen her in years and I wanted to put some pictures of my family and my sister's families for her to catch up on.  Love you Grandma, hope you like them!

Jaime & Marty

Jaime & Cameron

Baylie- Jaime's daughter

Baylie again

Cameron- Jaime's son

Baylie and Cameron

Rikki- Mandi's daughter

Parker- Brooke's son

Karlin & Parker- Brooke's boys

Brogen-Brooke's youngest son

Boston-Mandi's youngest son

Brogen again

Cooper- Mandi's middle son

Mandi's Family

Rikki- Mandi's oldest

Mandi's family again

Jaime, Baylie and Cameron

Baylie and Whitney

Mandi's two boys, Cooper and Boston

Kaden, Parker, and Karlin- Brooke's three boys

Kaden-this picture is from last year, he was being a typical boy this year and wasn't up for any photo taking

Baylie's New Room

Baylie has been wanting to redecorate her new room for awhile.  I talked my friend Tiff into taking on this frugal little project with me.  I made a couple trips to DI, bought some cans of spray paint, some fabric and other odds and ends and for less than $100 a happy daughter, and I was pretty pleased with the results myself!

The plates here are from Tai Pan with a candle holder in between to hold some of her jewelry.

All the frames were from DI and painted grey, black and a light pink

The best part of this project is the story behind this silly chair.  It looked like someone peed on it and possibly spilled their drinks a few hundred times.  Nothing a little paint and new fabric can't cure! The pillow came with her bedding and while we were cleaning we found a jewelry box with my Great Grandmother's costume jewelry in it so we fastened some of the blingy broaches to the pillows and hung some of the vintage necklaces from the window treatment.

The suitcase is also a funny tale.  We can't get it open, better that way is what I say!  I don't need to know what might be in there.  I was originally brown but we spray painted it pink and Tiff added the tags that Bay had saved from jeans and what not to the handle.  The chandelier was from Tai Pan.

Seriously this picture doesn't do the chair justice of the before, it was filthy!