Vacation Highlights

We stayed at a resort in Cedarville, MI called Island View Resort. It's right on Lake Huron and was just beautiful. To be able to wake up every morning and see this view all day long was amazing. I would love to be able to rent a place on a lake for a month sometime. Honestly, I'd love to live there year-round but I'll go for realistic.

There was a family softball game one night, a variety show one night and lots of games and laughs every night. Tori did pieces of her ballet recital without any music. She did so good at remembering all the steps - I don't know where she gets the desire to perform from.

There was also an incident with the paddleboat. On it's 2nd run of the week, some boys took it out too far and needed help getting back in. Somehow the rope got wound around something, making it difficult to peddle and when they tried to force the peddles to go, it broke. A boat was sent out to rescue the paddleboat but the boys were on their own. :)

Another highlight was frog-catching. That is one of the best parts about a vacation like this. For a whole week, my kids get to do things like catch frogs and worms and parts of crayfish. I like that they get those experiences but I also like that it only happens a few times a year.

Some other highlights is that there were no major injuries (unless you count the time I bit my tongue really hard, which did affect my ability to read books out loud to Owen and Rachel clearly for a day) and no major sunburns (except for a stupid spot on my knee and also my toes - and I used sunscreen!) All in all, it was a great vacation. And I haven't even talked about our craft projects yet! I'll post about that next and how Owen and Rachel did in a big lake.

In my ballet shoes

Tori is probably the child least like me. Although I wouldn't say she's like Josh, either. :) She reminds me more of my sister than anyone. She loves dressing up and wearing skirts and frilly things. I still hate wearing anything other than jeans. She doesn't mind getting up in front of people to perform. I wouldn't say it's her favorite thing to do but if it's with a group, she does really well. She can be shy but she can also be very outgoing and talk to complete strangers about everything and anything on her mind.

She doesn't like to be funny, which is too bad because she's often hilarious. Just her way of looking at things or wording things is so unique. Hopefully someday she'll appreciate her sense of humor. The odd thing is that she likes to make people laugh but gets offended if you say she's funny or silly.

She is always up for any shopping trip. It doesn't matter if it's to the grocery store or Target (always hopeful for popcorn) or to Lowe's. Tori also has this really sweet nurturing side to her. Whenever she is given any kind of treat, she always takes two and gives one to Brendan. And if she only gets one, she'll often ask if he wants part of it.

That is a short description of an indescribable girl. :)