Saugatuck Vacation

Day One
We got a late start today but we still made good time. We ended up getting here around 6 after stopping at BK for a bight to eat. The whole trip, Jackson asked how much longer till we get to the beach. Both boys were really excited in the car; we talked the whole ride about tractors, the beach, earth movers… We saw some construction on 94 at 131. I told Jackson that Bob the Builder was there because he has the DVD about road building, he grinned from ear to ear for a couple miles.
The camper is nice, we keep on telling Jackson that everything at the beach is smaller. The bathroom, the t.v. the kitchen, the microwave… We went to the beach right away. It is a nice little lake with a small beach area. It is about perfect size for the boys. No one was there so we got the whole thing to ourselves. They had to take a shower tonight and they did not like it much. It did not help that it was cold, I took a shower to and it was taking my breath away. We are going to meet Jen, Matt, and Isaac tomorrow at Oval Beach. I will let you tomorrow how it goes…
Day Two
After going to bed late and getting up at the usual 7:00ish time, I thought that we were going to be up the creek. The boys had their moments of tiredness, but they behaved great for the most part. We met Isaac, Uncle Matt, and Aunt Jenn at Oval Beach. We did not have cell phone service so it was hard to find them. Matt said that he ran by us at the beach and never saw us. We accidently left our van doors open and he thought it was a code for something. Ang spotted Matt running up the stairs so Brady and I went to meet him. They were glad to see us and we were glad to see them. We had a blast at the beach together. There was lots of castle building, cement making, and throwing in the air for all the boys involved. At different parts of the day we got to see Ike’s and Jackson’s peaches while they were playing in the water. Brady and Uncle Matt were able to bond some more at the beach. Matt was burying Brady’s feet in the sand and that was fun for half an hour for him.
By the time that we made it out of the parking lot of the beach and almost to the main street, Brady was out. He did not get a knap and was short some sleep from the night before. Jackson fell asleep in the car while I was getting groceries for dinner and a snack. They liked eating Taco’s for dinner. They seem to like the small quarters. Jackson slept with Ang at night and Brady slept with me on the floor in the living room. We broke them up because the night before they were trying to keep each other awake and then wake each other up if the other did fall asleep. They slept through a big storm that had the camper shaking. It was cute sleeping next to Brady and seeing him roll around, and groan while he slept.
Day Three
We started off the morning without water; a plumber was putting in a new water line to a camper a couple lots over. Once the water was turned back on we were able to get cleaned up and head to Holland for the day. Ang and I were both amazed at how nice Holland was and I was amazed at how many people had blond hair. Our digital camera broke the day before so we stopped at a couple stores to find a new one. We ended up getting a new Fuji camera from Circuit City and it works great. I asked the clerk for directions to Tunnel Beach and no one could tell me how to get there so they mapquested it for me. The beach turned out to be a blast.
While walking through the tunnel, Jackson kept on saying that Thomas was going to drive through the tunnel, he also said that the rest of the day as well. There was a high tide but the boys did not mind. I enjoyed being able to play in the high waves and the boys liked watching me. Brady went out a couple of times with me and had a great time. Jackson spent a lot of time building castles with cement and dumping sand on dad and mom. There was a family of five with two little boys and a tiny girl. That had some big shovels that Brady kept his eye on. He stood next to them for about 5 minutes and kept on pointing and saying please. He finally realized that he was not going to get them and gave up.
Day Four
Jackson had a belly ache all night and we almost went home because of it. I had called Mimi and told them to wait and see if we were going to stay or not, once he did his business he felt better. The boys went to the park in the campgrounds while mom got a shower and did some cleaning. After the park, we went for a drive so the boys would sleep while we waited for them. The camper was too small for the boys to be able to knap in so they would usually knap in the car on the way home from the beach.
Mimi and Papa came up and the boys were really, really excited. Once they got at the camp grounds we went to the little beach, as Jackson called it, and the boys had a blast. Brady was brave and would go in the deep water with me and practice swimming back to shore. As soon as he would hit the shore he would want to go right back out and swim back in.
We went out to dinner in downtown Saugatuck and walked around afterwards. Jackson got a sucker while the rest of us got ice cream. We expected Brady to eat his ice cream and be happy but he wanted a sucker like his big brother. It was not a big deal but the special Saugatuck writing on it made it cost five bucks! The boys licked the suckers for a couple minutes and Jackson dropped his. Luckily Papa went and rinsed it off for him. They did not even come close to finishing them and we saved them for the next day but we forgot to give them to the boys before we left the next day.
Day Five
Once we got the camper cleaned up and all of the adults cleaned up we headed out to Oval Beach for the last time. We stopped at a restaurant downtown and had lunch on the way to the beach. We all knew Brady was tired but lunch showed us how tired he was. He would not eat or sit still. I ended up walking around with him after I ate my salad. We looked at the boats and the wa wa. He liked that but would start crying every couple minutes. We went to the beach not knowing how he was going to act. He was fine for a little bit but he was just too tired. While Ang and I were in the water, we could see Brady having a fit because he was tired. He stomped around a little bit then fell face first into the sand. Luckily he fell into his hat so he only had a little bit of sand in his face. He fell asleep on the spot and slept for a good hour and a half. Papa moved him and woke him up a couple minutes into his knap; Papa ended up moving B onto a blanket and rubbed his back to get him back to sleep. I dug a little trench to keep the tide from getting him and it turned out to be a nice seat for me to sit in and watch the water. He woke up and was out of it but he was refreshed and ready to go. We stayed for a little bit longer and then it was time to go home.
Jackson had fun showering off his legs and head at the showers while Brady tried his best to like it because his brother did. We stripped the boys and put them into some nice clean clothes and headed home. We got to see a big John Deere Farm Tractor, many small tractors, and a huge lot of used heavy equipment machinery. Jackson talked about that for hours. Neither boy slept on the way home but both were happy to get bathes and go to sleep once we got home.


We look forward to doing it again next year!!!! Here is a link to some of our pictures on snapfish.

http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=66821217728339724/l=414815429/g=47210717/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

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