Monday, July 26, 2010

1st Family Vacation- Mackinac Island, MI

Kalyn turned 2 months old the day we left for Shipshewana (July 17th) and was hamming it up for the camera!
Shaun, Janet, Kalyn and I made it to KC Saturday night and got 3 hours out of the way. We started early Sunday morning for Shipshewana and made it there about 8 pm. Kalyn gave us quite the experience traveling with a baby. She traveled really well until the last hour. It was definitely time to get out of the carseat. Same story on the way home.
Janet and I were able to go with Sara to her doctor's appointment and were able to see Baby A and Baby B on the ultrasound! We shopped at the Shipshewana Flea Market on Tuesday and then headed to Mackinaw City, MI for our vacation.
We took the ferry to the island on Wednesday and Thursday. We rode a carriage around the island on Wednesday and toured the other roads on Thursday when we rode bikes around. We saw lots of horses (and manure), bikes, tourists, and fudge shops! If you just sampled a little fudge at each shop you'd probably gain 5 lbs. a day!
On Friday, we drove up to Ste. Ignacia (sp?) and to some of the other towns. Too bad we didn't have our passports and Kalyn's birth certificate b/c we were soooooo close to Canada! It was just across the water and some of us have never been! Next time we'll remember those.
We headed back to Shipshe on Saturday and then started out for home that afternoon. We made it almost to St. Louis and then it started pouring and we were all tired. We got back Sunday evening and were more than ready to get out of the vehicle!