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Michigan Trip Part Three

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Remember that trip to Michigan we took in September? Remember how I keep promising to post Part 3 of said trip? Well hold on to your britches folks, because here it is...

Part 3: Holland, Michigan

One of the main reasons that we decided to go to Michigan in September was because Mike's Hope College 10 year reunion was then.

We convinced Mike's mom to come with us to Holland so we could spend more time with her as well as abuse her amazing babysitting powers during the grown-ups only portion of the reunion. In looking at hotel rates, we discovered that since it was off-season in Holland, we could rent a whole cottage for less than the price of two hotel rooms. We booked the Mirandy Cottage at Rosewood Pointe before we left Utah, and it did not disappoint.

The cottage was located on Lake Macatawa. One of the best parts of the cottage was the nice beach. We liked the cottage so much we stayed an extra night.





Across the river from us were some pretty impressive houses.




Literally the first thing we did when we got to Holland was to visit Lake Michigan.



Grandma and Andy walked back and forth along the beach and tried to catch seagulls.



The water was cold, but that didn't stop Autumn and Alex.



We had a great time at the beach.





Autumn drew this awesome picture of a whale in the sand.



A trip to Holland wouldn't be complete without a visit to the famous windmill. (Brought over from Holland, the country)



We took a tour of the inside of the windmill, and rode on the carousel at Windmill Island.



And Andy met a new friend.



We also spent a lot of time doing reunion activities. We had the Reunion Brunch, Reunion Barbecue lunch, and Reunion grown-up dinner-sort-of (we thought it was going to be dinner, but it was more of a light appetizer buffet.)

We had a great time at Hope college and it was nice to meet some of Mike's friends that I haven't met before, as well as reconnecting with some we haven't seen in a while. I didn't want to post their pictures without them knowing, but just know that they are a good looking bunch! It really is nice that I married into such awesome family and friends.

Holland was a blast!

Stay tuned for Part 4: Fun times in Mason

  
   





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