Boyne Vacation 2013

Our annual Pridgeon Family vacation up north was July 26 - August 2 this year.  On our way up, we stopped to see our good friends, the Hammers, for a night.  Lincoln and Graham were already in bed when we got there, but the kids had LOTS of fun together on Saturday.

love is in the air:)

these two held hands while eating lunch...so sweet

In the late afternoon, all of the Pridgeons and Hammers got together for dinner and hanging out.  The guys played bags.  The girls cooked.  The boys grilled.  The kids played.  Our families had such a great time together.

grill masters

first time eating corn ON the cob

the kids had a fantastic dance party before we left on Saturday night

Matt had to work Monday - Wednesday in GR, so he took off on Sunday night.  Monday, we took a trip into Gaylord, and then Paul, Nikki, Brian and Tristan and I had dinner out at Cafe Sante (thanks, Grandma for putting Kate to bed!).  The food was, as always, awesome.

silly girl in the car

We went to the park on Tuesday morning, and, even though there were no swings, Kate had a blast playing with Uncle Paul on the teeter totter.  We also had a really yummy dinner at Morel's on Tuesday night.  Kate ate a ton of red peppers, pasta, and even some of my salmon!

Kate and I went to the farmers market in Boyne City with grandma on Wednesday morning.  Luckily, there was a huge playground right next door, so we had extra play time before leaving to go grocery shopping.  The playground was seriously awesome.

Thanks for the fun tubes to play in, Aunt Nikki!

The Durows were also up north for the week and Kate and Jack played together a lot.  I think this is the only picture I took, but they had a lot of fun.

Matt came back up Wednesday night, and it was so good to have him back.  The Hammers came over to hang out at Boyne for the day on Thursday.  Matt and Brian golfed 18 holes in the morning then Brian and Tristan joined them for another 18 holes in the afternoon.  Jill, Aunt Bethany, Lincoln and Graham hung out at the condo for the day.  We took a trip to the playground, had a yummy lunch, took naps (not very good ones!), walked down to get ice cream, played with Jack, and had a great dinner together before the guys came back and we had to say goodbye to our friends again.

jumping in the pack n play

yummy ice cream!

thanks for sharing, Aunt Tessa!

We took a quick beach trip Thursday afternoon.  It was a bit chilly - and rainy - most of the week, but we took advantage of the sun when we could.

Kate wanted to 'sweep' the sand

We spent Friday morning wandering around Petoskey, and headed back to Boyne after lunch at City Park Grill (where Hemingway used to hang out!).

Kate was very sad to say goodbye to Brian and Tristan when we left Friday night, but got some good play time and loving in before we had to go.  By the way, Kate developed quite a crush on Tristan during vacation.  She walked around saying his name all the time and was always looking for him around the condo.  She didn't warm up to him enough to give him a hug until Friday, but she sure smiled at him and wanted to play with him a lot!

We had a really great time with family and friends.  Thanks for a fun week up north!