South Haven Winter Weekend - Part Three

Welcome to the final installment of our South Haven Winter Weekend, brought to you in part by my procrastinating writing my paper that's due in class this very evening at 6:00pm... which I have yet to start!

On Saturday afternoon after a quick nap and some snacks, some other friends joined us out at the condo.  It wasn't long before the tequila was flowing (yikes!) and Jim was making goofy faces for the camera...

We all went and grabbed dinner at an Italian place in town.  Note the putrid-color green beverage in front of Heather in this picture.  I must point out that I exhibited a good friend moment when (not shockingly!) it was too sweet for her, so I made a trade with her right after this picture was taken.  I choked it down, too!

Here's a shot of my husband and I, and my incredibly frizzy hair.  Boo!

Jim and Justin were dates for the evening, splitting their check on buy one, get one free sandwiches.  Sensitive!

 

 Then we headed out to the bar.  Looks like that about this time my husband was beginning to enjoy the evening... and his beverages.

He'd be a good bartender, no?  Keeping the beer flowing?  Note the disposable glasses... classy.

Heather and I snapped a quick picture while the boys went off to play pool.

After awhile, and several games of pool, we moved on to the next bar.  Here's a shot of the girls!

We didn't get back to the condo until close to 2AM.  I can't remember the last time I stayed up anywhere close to that late!  Yup, I'm old!  I was so tired the next day that I spent most of the day on the couch... but it was totally worth it to get our friends together and hit the town!

South Haven Winter Weekend - Part Two

On Saturday after lunch Travis, Heather, Anthony and I head back to Saugatuck to tackle some stairs...

Intimidating, right?!  You see, Heather and Anthony got married at the top of these very stairs, so each time they are in the area they like to head back and climb up to the spot they got married at.  They invited us to come along, and since it was a beautiful day we jumped at the chance.

We just didn't realize how much hard work it was going to be!!!

We stopped for a snack...

For pictures...

To look up and see how many more stairs were left to go...

But it was well worth it when we finally made it to the top.  Check out those views!

We got some great pictures - it was such a gorgeous day out.  We were all loving the sunshine!

I particularly like this picture of Trav and I... it's the best one we've taken in awhile.

The climb down was a ton easier than the climb up!  We were so tired by the time we were back down that we drove back to the condo and all fell asleep!  Does that mean we're old?  : )

More tomorrow!

South Haven Winter Weekend - Part One

How was your weekend?  We had an absolutely lovely one.  It was so lovely and filled with fun that I'm splitting it up into several posts over the next couple of days.

Travis and I headed to South Haven a little after lunch on Friday.  Our good friend's Heather and Anthony joined us a little later that afternoon.  We headed down to the beach to take a walk and it was gorgeous, so gorgeous that Bella decided that running INTO the lake would be a good idea!  Oops!

The weather was so nice.  It got into the upper 40's and is really starting to feel like springtime.  I know that 40 degrees isn't warm by any means, but it's enough difference from where we were that coupled with the sunshine on your back - it was such a nice change!

Heather and Anthony posed for a quick picture before we headed back up to the condo to warm up and get ready for dinner...

 

After a couple of drinks and some snacks at the condo we headed into Saugatuck (about twenty minutes away) for dinner.  We ended up at a cool burger joint named "Wally's" and enjoyed appetizers and dinner.  It's not often Heather and Anthony have the chance to go out without their kids, so it was nice for all of us to have a little adult time together!

Come back tomorrow for more photos and stories from our weekend.  I hope that YOU had a fabulous weekend as well!

R&R Weekend in South Haven

This weekend we escaped to South Haven... finally! The past few months have been... for lack of a better word... shitty. We've just been dealing with all kinds of issues - large and small - and there's been a lot of stress in the Roehm household. We were really excited to get away this weekend and spend some QT together.

Saturday was a BEAUTIFUL day - so there was lots of time spent outside walking and playing...




Paired with lots of time inside napping, reading, and relaxing...






I even picked up the BEST SLIPPERS EVER! Just $5.00 at Wal-Mart! I'm absolutely in love!


And of course lots of YUMMY food. Ultimate comfort!





It truly was a beautiful weekend on Lake Michigan. The weather was unseasonably warm - and it was a nice end to the fall season...








I feel rejuvenated and refreshed - and ready to tackle the holiday season! I hope that you had a wonderfully therapeutic weekend as well... and if not... why don't you come along and enjoy South Haven WITH us...



PS... Meg - I think you'd enjoy South Haven even more than Mackinac Island -- more to do! You should absolutely plan a trip out next summer so we can (gasp!) meet in person! : )

Fourth of July continued...

So as I was saying... we had beach fun with Lily....

Yup, pretty much adorable. Enough said.

But Lily wasn't the only one who had beach fun... the rest of us enjoyed ourselves as well!





And yes, we do have our cheetos in a plastic boat toy. You have to work with what you have, people! Don't judge!

Later in the afternoon we headed to the pool for Uncle Travis to work with Lily on her swimming skills...

We finished the day with great BBQ, a sunset, and patriotic cupcakes (of course!)

On Sunday we checked out the art show, then spent the rest of the beautifully sunshiney day on the beach. Here we are long before my dreaded sunburn...


All in all, it was a wonderful holiday weekend. It finally feels like summer... sunburn and all!

Unfortunate end to a beautiful weekend...

I'll get the whining out first. I got insanely sunburned yesterday. Ha, ha, ha very funny-serves me right for not liberally applying sunscreen-etc. I know. But not funny at all considering I've spent the day alternating throwing up and sleeping, with a screaming headache. Yup, too much fun in the sun. Love me some sun poisoning. Entirely my own fault, I know.

Phew! Now that I've got that out of my system I can share with you how GREAT the weekend was before today's aftermath! We headed to South Haven on Friday morning and enjoyed a lazy afternoon. It was warm enough to sit on the beach for a little while, but cooled right down in the evening. We opted to stay in with pizza and a movie. A nice, relaxing night.

On Saturday morning we took Bella down to the beach to see how she liked the water. She loved it! She chased sticks and had absolutely no reservations about getting in the water at all. Afterwards, we dried and brushed her and she wanted to get dressed up for the holiday of course... she's so festive!


Well, not THAT festive. You see, we tried to take her to the parade in town, looking all 4th of July-ish and everything... but the moment it started and all the emergency vehicles came by laying on their horns and sirens it was all over. Our tough large-breed dog turned into a frightened puddle of mush - practically jumping into Travis' arms in fear. Yeah, loud noises like that don't do it for her I guess. So that was the end of the parade for us!

Saturday afternoon our dear friends the Hill's came into town for some beach fun. It was a little overcast so the girls (me, Heather, and Lily - Bella was still too traumatized from the parade!) headed into town for a little shopping. With a few impromptu photo ops along the way of course...



We had a great time tooling around town - although I learned that the majority of those cute little gifty South Haven shops are NOT stroller friendly. Next time we'll take the men with us to sit outside with the stroller while we browse... : )

We headed back to the condo and after a snack made our way down to the beach for some sandy fun. I took about a hundred photos of Lily... I'm not exaggerating. I'm still editing them all - so you'll have to wait until tomorrow for the beach shots. For now, I think I'm heading back to the couch with my Excedrin, ice packs, and aloe... ah, good times.

Fourth of July weekend part two coming tomorrow! See you then!