Alpena trip

Chris didn't have to go to Brazil this month, so he was able to come up to Alpena with us one weekend.

Farmers Market:



Mary's art at Art in the Loft:



Justin's art:



Blair St pier, walking Beau, and watching a kite surfer:






GG jumping waves:



Beatles concert in the park, complete with Not Your Father's Root Beer:



Birthday cake for Grandma:



After church on Sunday, we took a walk, and got a private tour of "the art garden" near Mom and Dads house. It was beautiful! The plants, the art, the handiwork. No pictures, sorry.

We said goodbye to Katie for two weeks. She stayed to help babysit Hazel while Mary was back at work.

On our drive home, we stopped at Tawas Point State Park and lighthouse:





















Check another state park off our list!


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Crossroads Village

Flint has an amazing historical village, Crossroads Village, with historic homes and businesses from the area. It was amazing!

We got to see so many artisans at work! Blacksmith:



Steam powered saw mill:



Steam engine powering the mill:



Train ride:






Our steam engine:



Beautiful cars:









Steam powered cider mill:



Toy shop:



Trying out stilts:



Watching milking:



They want chickens!



Pumping water by the school:



Beautiful gardens by the carousel bldg:



Carousel ride:






Ice cream at the end of the day:



There were so many things I didn't get photos of...farm houses, barber shop, doctor office, wool carding and spinning, leather shop, tin shop, broom making, etc. We all learned soooo much!


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Zoo and more

We had a nice day at the zoo earlier this month.














































We hosted a sleepover with three friends one night. We made them all walk to DQ. I don't think they were used to that much walking!



Lots of playing Clue:



Another pretty dahlia:



Our community garden plots:



Nice harvest:



Epic game of Hiss:


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