The Baxa’s

Last Sunday, we had an impromtu beach day with the Nelson’s. We piled in the car and headed out to the Warren Dunes. I love doing outings with my sister. Not only do the kids have the best time ever with their cousins, but it reminds me to slow down, and relax. April is really good at going with the flow. Relaxing. Sitting back and watching the kids have a good time. Me? Not so much. I am a very scheduled person. I like a routine. So, when we do outings with the Nelson’s, I try to be more like my sister, and just enjoy the day. It is always a ton of fun, and relaxing. We spent the day at the beach, the boys and the kids hiked up the huge sand dune, we enjoyed the sun and the water. We packed up around 6 or 7. We stopped for dinner in a cute harbor town, New Buffalo. And we even got ice cream afterwards. We didn’t get home until after 10:30. It was a great day!

Our "camp"

Digging and building

Hauling supplies

Excavating

Serious discussions

Sisters!

Living in the midwest, we don’t make it to the beach very often. Especially one where the waves make it seem like you are at the ocean. The day started out cloudy, with a little drizzle and ended up very sunny, hot, and without a cloud in the sky.

We started with a hike up the sand dune. It was huge.

Then the kids played in the sand and the water. Had some lunch and some snacks.

One more thing to check off the list of “Things we want to do this summer”.  It was a great day.