Memorial Weekend in Michigan

We had a fantastic vacation in Michigan this weekend. Scott, Christina, Tony and Zoe picked me up from school at 2:00 Friday afternoon. (I was able to leave a little early!) We arrived in Grand Rapids at the Van Zanten's a little after 8. Zoe did fairly well on the trip but she was definitely ready to be out of the car. We spent the night catching up and eating with the Van Zantens and DeJagers. For those of you who don't know, they are college friends of ours.
Saturday we went to the beach of Lake Michigan with The Ten Hakens. The water was obviously cold (about 55 degrees) but the sun was very hot and we all were a little burnt after the couple hours in the sand! Zoe hated the water, who can blame her, but did quite well on the sand.

Saturday night we were able to go to A Grand Rapids White caps game, their minor league baseball team. There was little interest in the game, but much food was eaten and much fun was had:)The burger in the picture is famous to this ball park. It is more than 1.5 pounds of beef with many other toppings including chili. The guys all shared it.


Sunday we went to church and just had a grill out and relaxed inside for the first part of the afternoon as it was sooooo hot. We spent the late afternoon and evening on Lake Macatawa. Kim DeJagers parents have a house there and they were gracious enough to host us and we were even able to take a boat ride onto Lake Michigan. Tony took Zoe into Lake Mac, which is much warmer than Michigan and she loved it!

Monday morning we were planning on going to the Zeeland parade, but it was canceled because of thunderstorms. Once the rain stopped, we took a nice walk around downtown Holland and the Hope campus.

The trip home was much quicker as we did not hit any bad traffic, other than a 30 minute section of downpour, it was a great trip.

Thanks to the VanZantens, Dejages and TenHakens for hosting us and sharing a great weekend!