Uncle Randy & Auntie Cake Visit

LOVE this picture!

We were SO lucky to have Uncle Randy and Auntie Cake come out to Michigan again to visit us this summer. Kathy flew out for a week by herself, and then Randy came out for the second week of her trip. We definitely miss them on a daily basis, but we truly know how much when we get to spend extended time with them and then have to say goodbye again. Being with Kathy and Randy is just so easy... we just all flow nicely together. We can give each other a hard time and be brutally honest, and that's when you know you have a great friend! Of course two weeks didn't seem long enough when they left, but we did our best to do as much as we good. Although . . . my favorite moments were just sitting on the porch, talking, drinking, and watching the kiddos. Pete and I are so lucky that Charlie and Seda have Uncle Randy and Auntie Cake in their lives. Charlie will always have this wonderful connection with them because they have been there since the beginning, and Seda is just following right in those footsteps! Thank you, Kathy and Randy, for making the trip out here to visit us, and most of all for being such a wonderful presence in ours and our kid's lives. We can't imagine our lives without you, and we know you know how hard it is not have you 15 minutes away from us. We love you VERY much, and we are looking forward to hopefully seeing you again in the fall!

Uncle Randy bought Charlie his very first baseball mitt!

Crankin' the ball! Charlie left welts on Pete from hitting it so hard!

Charlie spent many hours splashing in the pool.

Jumpin' in!

Seda time! She was all smiles for Uncle Randy & Auntie Cake!

Seda had her own special Uncle Randy time every evening before dinner. 

Off for a hike up Sugar Loaf!

At the top of Sugar Loaf.

Our first little family shot!

Having a picnic at Wetmore Landing.

Throwing rocks with Uncle Randy. Charlie wants to grow up big and strong just like him!

All smiles... again.

... and a bit of giggling.

Story time with Auntie Cake. She brought some cool books with for the kids.

Walking around with Uncle Randy while Charlie was in swimming lessons.

Ice cream at the "Big Cow" (aka Jilberts).