Scribbles From Tricia: Michigan

Well It's been nearly 6 months since I last posted. Life with three young kids is oh so busy and I've been working on putting time into my education blog so this little family photography blog has been neglected.

I miss it.

I miss writing and journaling our lives just for me. I miss not having to put a picture that's "Pinterest worthy" like I have to worry about on my education blog.

My goal is to hang out here more often. I love having this outlet to keep track of our family life.

I thought sharing photos of our recent family vacation would be the perfect time to start posting again!

Last week we spent 5 days and 4 nights in Michiana, MI near New Buffalo. We rented a house on the beach with good friends! The weather was perfect and we had a wonderful time.

At the end of July we took our first family vacation to New Buffalo, Michigan. We stayed in a hotel suite on the beach, it was the perfect family get-away with two young kids. Everything was within walking distance....the beach, restaurants, shops etc.. We spent the first day on the beach and we discovered our little 2 year old, Mallory is NOT a beach girl! She didn't like the sand and was afraid of the water. After much encouragement I finally got her to feel the water and put her feet in it! Jillian, being 4 months old, slept through most of the beach day. We have higher hopes for sand and water days as they get older. Another day we took a drive along the scenic Lake Michigan coast and discovered a beach/dunes that was beautiful! We agreed if we come back we definitely need to make that a day trip! My favorite night of our little vacation was our last night there. We ate dinner at the hotel restaurant and sat outside on the patio facing the harbor. It was a goregous night and we took our time with dinner as we watched the sunset. After dinner we walked over to the beach, with the sun just having set and the summer breeze it was the perfect night! It definitely was hard traveling with two young kids in diapers but undoubtedly worth it! I hope to make our Michigan vacation a yearly occurance and I'm looking forward to the memories we'll continue to make there!