The Dunes

After our time in Springfield (I'm still waiting for some other pictures so I can finish that blog entry), we drove up to Indiana to stay with Indy's family.  Maria's family, our sister-in-law, has a beach house on the Dunes of Lake Michigan.  It's a super quiet and restful location.  We were so thankful to have some down time and be able to just hang out on the beach after the very busy 2 weeks in Springfield.

We spent most of our days there having fun playing in the sand.  We also did a visit out to the family farm and the kids had a blast running around, we got to host a couple of my high school friends that have settled in South Bend with their 3 children for a day of fun on the beach, we went to the 49'er drive-in theater and saw Cars 2, had old fashioned ice cream at the original Port drive-in restaurant, we had some family photos done, and we had a day trip into Chicago (that's in the previous blog post.)

Jon and Maria, you were such awesome hosts...stocking the fridge for the week, fresh bedding, the planning and tickets for the day in Chicago....an awesome trip, with an awesome family.  Love you all bunches and give all the kids big hugs from us and ours!!!

Got to love the beach toys

Digging in the pit...it got deeper and deeper each day

Starting a bonfire

Wiped out kids!  L-R: Alex, Gwangi, Krypto, and Ruthie

Some of Maria's family came out to visit too....Arlen and Norm

Covered in marshmallows

Krypto and his Grandma Stamp

Kids waiting in the back of our van to watch Cars 2 at the 49'er drive-in