Labor Day 2024

We thought we might have a few days in Michigan over Labor Day Weekend but it resulted in just 24 hours of fun. Friday night, Austen had a soccer game and Peyton had to cheer at her first high school football game (more on that in a later post). On Saturday, Austen had another game and then Austen and Peyton both had parties that they wanted to go to that night over going to Michigan. So Tom and I took Hailey to dinner. This is what it's going to look and feel like when she's the only one left at home and the other two are in college. Seems like it's happening way too fast. I told Hailey on her way to one of  Austen's games last week (that she got dragged to) that this is the last first high school game you will ever have to go to because next year at this time, he will be in college. She grew quiet for a moment contemplating what that might look and feel like. After a moment, she responded with "I wish it was Peyton who was leaving."

Anyway, we enjoyed our dinner and the two older ones enjoyed their parties and then the next morning we woke up and drove to Michigan. It was a bit cool there and pretty windy so not a good beach day. Tom and  Peyton went for a hike while I went to the grocery store. The other two stayed home and relaxed before we headed to dinner in Holland. The next day (Monday) happened to be sunny but the kids decided it was a little too cool for the beach still so we ended up going apple picking. Last year, was the first year we didn't make it apple picking in forever so it felt good to get it in early. We did get some choice apples too that are always gone when we are forced to go later in the season due to schedules. We did skip the corn maze this year and the apple cider and the apple cider donuts. These kids are getting older and definitely voicing what they want to do and don't want to do so they were pretty clear that it was just apple picking. We did manage to get them to pose for a few traditional photos. And, I was just glad that I got those. After apple picking, it was home to IL to get ready for Peyton's tumbling practice so we didn't have much time to enjoy our Labor Day up there but we still got some fun things in to kick off Fall.