Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Beauty of Vacation

Yes, that’s where I’ve been the past week – vacationing.  Last week, we went to the Traverse City, MI area with my family for a five-night stay – mainly to celebrate my mother’s 60th birthday.  We hit the sand dunes, mini golf, Lake Michigan, and a drive-in theatre and filled the rest of our time with eating, swimming, games, movies, and other enjoyable activities.  I also got to watch “Cupcake Wars”.  Without cable at home, special moments with the Food Network is always a treat!

Although vacation sometimes doesn’t feel like much of a “break” as we continue to carry the responsibilities of parenthood, it is still a break from the norm.  We ate out more, weren’t pressed by the clock, escaped some of our everyday household duties, and enjoyed more leisure in general.  I have enjoyed having my husband home for the past week, and now we try to head into the next week with grace from our Lord – asking Him to strengthen us to regroup and plow ahead once again.

Lunch at Pizza Hut.

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Climbing the dune climb!

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Some of us handled the car rides better than others.

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S’mores at the fire pit.

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Have you had done any vacationing or do you have any plans to do so?

1 comment:

  1. Wow, love the photos! I used to live just 45 mins from there! ;)

    We hope to take many camping trips this summer and a trip to Redding, CA! We usually go to Michigan for the summer but the Lord had different plans for us!

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