Charlie and Seda: Mackinac Island

Seda all bundled up for the boat ride. It was a REALLY cold weekend.

Pete's dad surprised his mom with a family trip to Mackinac Island for their 40th wedding anniversary. For those of you who don't know what Mackinac Island is... look it up! :) My family grew up going there for trips, but it had been a long time since I've been. One really cool thing about the island is that there are no cars allowed; everything is done by horse or bike. We took the boat over Friday afternoon. We spent the rest of the day checking out the island, and then we had pizza for dinner. On Saturday morning we headed out for a bike ride around the island. The weather was pretty questionable, and of course it started raining on us half way around (luckily it's only 8 miles around the whole island). We stopped for lunch, and then spent the rest of the day avoiding the rain, shopping, napping, and hanging out. Saturday evening we went out for dinner to celebrate the anniversary, and then Kelly and I hung out when the kids went to bed so that Grandpa and Grandma could go out with friends and Pete and Mark went down to watch the State game. Sunday morning we got up, had some breakfast, packed our stuff up, and headed to the Fort. After walking around there, we found a lunch spot, got some ice cream and fudge, and then headed back to the mainland on the boat. It was a great little trip, and it will be even more fun in the future as the kids get a bit older and can do more. It was a great anniversary celebration (I think Grandpa and Grandma enjoyed it too), and as always, it was so much fun to spend some family time together!