Masons and Denjas and Friends, Oh My!

We had a great five day stretch of visitors this past week. Maeve and Aaron visited from Lexington, SC from Wednesday through Saturday. The Denjas came up Friday through Monday. In between Maeve's friend Tara stopped by for a nice visit from Petoskey and Sean and Michelle Coakley with children Alyce and Conner stopped by, too! We even hooked up with the Denja's old neighbors from Plymouth who moved to TC and we all went to the Kung Fu Panda then had pizza and ice cream birthday cake for Mikey's second birthday. It was great to see everyone and we did a lot of fun things despite very warm, muggy weather and some rain.

Maeve and Rose compare their shopping treasures.

We had a little wine, too!
Maeve, Aaron, Rose and Bob at the Aerie Restaurant atop Grand Traverse Resort Tower
Aaron had to stop at the Underground Cheesecake Factory at the Village Commons at the old state home in TC

Rest is important after wine and cheesecake

We grilled ribs, cherry brats and salmon

The kids drove the Corvette

They drove the Corvette some more

And, they drove the Corvette some more yet!

We went to see "Kung Fu Panda" at the Elk Rapids theater

Thanks to Mike's metal detector the girls found the time capsule they made and buried last year in the backyard

Grandma Rose read lots of stories

We all had to keep hydrated

The Denjas made a visit to the beach and they found shells, frog eggs and tadpoles

Left Foot Charley winery at the Village Commons in TC

We had a bonfire

We played outdoors

We went swimming at the Grand Traverse Resort

Don's DriveIn was a big hit for burgers and real fruit shakes

Grandpa gave the big girls a ride on the Harley

We celebrated Mikey's 2nd birthday with ice cream cake with red frosting

Maeve and Aaron just before they had to head to Grand Rapids to return to SC

The Denjas said goodbye just before they left for home