Ludington Beach Trip-August 2008

Wow, I'm REALLY behind! Where does the time go???? We went to Ludington, MI (where Robert's grandparents had built their retirement home over 25 years ago) for our summer vacation. Just 3 hours from us now, we spent a whole week there in early August. We spent quality 'just-us' time, had old friends come visit that we had met in Atlanta 9 years ago (and now live back in MI), had Robert's parents come for a night and 2 days, and then had some more 'just-us' time - it was WONDERFUL! Very relaxed, slow-paced, refreshing and rejuvenating (and quite cheap!). Spending time at Grandma & Grandpa Tchozeski's house was so nice for all of us. Robert spent LOTS of time there growing up - summer time, holidays, weekends, etc. and it was special to be able to share some of that with Peyton. We walked the beach lots, toured the local lighthouse, walked to 'town' for ice cream, shopping, dining, and the local park, went to the beautiful state park for hiking and frolicking on the beach....just fun, relaxing times! Even Willow got to enjoy a lot of the Ludington fun - play on the beach is her favorite! Some pics from the trip:

Also, a video from the beach. If you can hear it, I say that it looks and sounds like the ocean, but it's Lake Michigan - just beautiful (although I'm still quite partial to the OCEAN and saltwater having grown-up in South Texas as a beach girl!!)!


More updates to come later...I am quite behind. Since our August vacation, we had the start of school, the start of soccer and ballet, and grandparents' visits. I'm heading to Girls' Weekend this week for 5 nights, so once I'm back, I'll update some more!