Vacation

We went to Michigan and visited Jim's mom and step-dad, then spent several days at Colleen's parent's home in the U.P. SO fun and relaxing!!




There are four miniature horses at Jim's mom's house...Josie LOVES them. She hasn't stopped talking about them since our last visit on June 30th. Sometimes over the past few months she's just said, "Bye-bye? Grandma? Grandpa Jim? Ride Horses?" So she was finally able to ride them again in September.






This is how her face looks when she rides: ecstatic!





Josie and Grandpa Jim at the river on their property.





Josie with Poppa (Colleen's dad) taking a dip in the lake during sauna. This is Lake Superior. Below is the same shot of them last summer.


























This reminds me of that poem "Footprints in the Sand."









Beach fun with Ammi! (For those of you who don't know, we call Colleen's mom "Ammi", which means "Grandma" in Finnish.)

Josie went all the way in the water with Ammi, Poppa, and the neighbor's dog Chauncey!

That's an awfully big lake! I think I can see Canada on the other side....

The sauna.

So much fun with Daddy on the beach!

Helping Ammi and Daddy with their puzzle.