Trip to Michigan

In August we headed up to Michigan to help host a shower for Nathan’s SIL Janice, who was pregnant with triplets, to celebrate summer birthdays and to attend a family wedding.  It was a party trip!

The shower:

8/05/10

A day at the lake:

Elisabeth awake in the shade

Cousins building castles

Naptime!

This season’s beach fashion – layering head coverings!

Birthday celebrations that night:

Helping me open presents

8/06/10

During this trip, Elisabeth had acute stranger awareness, which was sad since this was our first trip to Michigan with her.  However, she was quite taken with Uncle Matthew and bestowed him with the honor of holding her!

The following day was the wedding but both girls seemed tired and Clara was quite contrary, so we decided that Nathan would attend the wedding and then come home while the rest of his family headed to the reception and we would spend the afternoon filling Clara’s ‘love tank’ since the previous days had been so busy.

We played outside at home and at a park – the weather was perfect! Then we visited one of Nathan’s favorite places from when he was a kid.

8/07/10

Clara seemed much, MUCH more mellow.  When we got home she felt warm and I took her temperature.  Sure enough, she had a fever of about 102.  The poor little one fought a virus the last day of our trip, but seemed to improve upon returning home.