Michigan Trip Part 3

We spent one morning at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum with the Powell family. 3 of the 4 kids had a good time. Jude was struggling with exhaustion.

The bubble table was a hit with Hazel, Madelyn, and Audrey!

Jude is nearly sleeping on Aunt Emily.

Playing around at Grandma's house.

"I'm ready for the beach! I have my hat and my calculator!"

"Hello!"

We were able to meet up with Joey and Katie Novak, our dear friends from Pasadena who now live in Michigan, for an afternoon at MSU and dinner at Panera Bread. It was so fun to meet their newest addition, Calvin, who was born just 4 days after Nona! See below for another picture from this day.

It was great to be a part of a baby shower for Hillary while we were in Michigan! Now we're just waiting anxiously for the baby to be born.

Jett enjoyed being a part of the games at the shower.

Our other dear friends from Pasadena, Tony and Christen, now live in Michigan and we were able to see them a couple of times and meet their adorable son, Samuel!

Hazel loved playing with the ball at Tony and Christen's house.

Jude's gearing up for the beach with a little r & r.

I'm not sure why these pictures are so out of order, but here are the kids at the museum again. Jude at the wheel? Scary.

This was pretty much the only thing Jude didn't cry at while we were at the museum.

"Hey! We have one of these at our house too!"

It was so great to have Grandma and Grandpa Dykema finally meet our kids! We were glad to be able to see them a couple of different times.

Out of order again...Hazel playing with Samuel. They're close to the same size, but Samuel is a year younger.

Katie and me with all the kids. She has Eli and Calvin, the oldest and youngest of the 5. That means we had 3 kids between their 2. Crazy since theirs are only 2 years apart!

A highlight of the trip for us was being able to visit Holland State Park. The weather was so hot, so the beach was great! It was still hot there, but the water was freezing!

Jude is always trying to grab my hair or sunglasses.

Yay for a family day at the beach!

Hazel and Jude weren't even scared of the cold water. They may have been if they went all the way in, but they enjoyed getting their feet wet.