Last Days of Summer...

We're grasping at the last days of summer over here trying not to let them slip through our fingers. Part of that is making sure we have plenty of time to spend at the beach house. So Labor Day Weekend, we made some concessions in our schedules and it allowed us to spend Friday night through Monday night in Michigan.

Saturday was a work day (it was a little on the cooler side too). Tom and Austen spent most of the day constructing our new shed while the girls and I ran errands and worked inside and then headed to the beach where the boys met up with us. At the end of the day, we were able to enjoy the golden hour and sunset by the lake and then headed up for a late dinner.

Sunday was more work as Tom bought a lawn mower and mowed the lawn. Our friends, who are building a house across the street from us, came up to check on their construction and we ended up spending the afternoon and early evening with them checking out one of the cider places we had been wanting to go to. They had lots of lawn games and a petting zoo for the kids so they were certainly entertained while we enjoyed our flights of cider. From there it was dinner and ice cream.

Monday morning we met up with another group of friends for breakfast and then headed down to the beach to soak up the sun on what was arguably the best day of the weekend before heading back home to Chicago.

Three nights there and still too short. Our only solace is that we get to go back next weekend for another 24 hours! That and technically there's still about 3 official weeks left of summer!