Monday, July 13, 2026

Hello and let’s link up with Holly and Sarah to share the weekend happenings!

I’m still pretty private about going out of town, thus when I told you on Friday that I hadn’t done much socially last week it’s because I spent the week buying supplies and getting ready for…

On Thursday morning, Tom and I headed north!

It’s a 6-hour drive and we only stopped once! We did the same on the way back!

We arrived Thursday afternoon and some people were already in the water, and the weather was perfection and would continue to be until Sunday!

This is my mom’s side of the family. She grew up in Chicago and then came to southern Indiana for college. Her siblings stayed in the Chicago area and then moved to Michigan and now half the cousins live in Michigan and half live in Ohio.

Cousin Neal has the lake house, and he graciously invited us to come again this year. There is one main lake house and then on the hill above he has two other cabins. The lake is big enough for water sports and it feeds into Lake Michigan in the town of New Era, Michigan near Muskegon.

They have a floating dive platform, a dock…

a wake boat, two jet skis, a bunch of kayaks, paddleboards, sailboats, and all kinds of inflatables!

We wasted no time getting our suits on!

We walk to Lake Michigan to see the sunset and take photos, of course!

And, one day we designate a time for the “family float” to Lake Michigan from their smaller lake. It takes about 45 minutes.

The float:

One of my cousins is a new grandma to this sweet baby boy:

We spent lots of time just hanging out on the giant porch, too!

My Uncle Jim had the idea to take everyone on a dune ride at Silver Lake Sand Dunes. It’s really something to see!

Look at our group before getting on our “dune buggies” :

They stop on Lake Michigan and let you take photos:

After the ride, we visited a lighthouse:

Look at that sky!

Also, I want to tell you that the high each day was 77-79 degrees. The air feels so good!

We logged hours doing this:

We even got a kid to deliver us drinks on a paddleboard when we ran out!

Tom had some alone time:

Tom had some wakeboard action, too:

This is the only store and the place to be! Their ice cream stand is hopping every night! This is my niece Lena and my niece Nora is right behind her.

The sweet ice cream shop girls would try to yell the orders, but their voices were so soft so I started using my cheerleader/teacher voice to help:

“SMALL DEER TRAX IN A CUP!”

“TRAVERSE CITY CHERRY IN A WAFFLE CONE”!

“MICHIGAN POTHOLE IN A CUP”!

Niece Lena is always laughing:

My sister Molly and her husband Jason:

We had a glow stick rave/dance party the last night:

And someone started doing some really good fireworks over the lake on the last night!

There’s so much more to say, but I’m waterlogged, sunburned, dehydrated and my heart is full in the best way!

Tell me about your weekend!

Amy

P.S. – I took a break from social media and blog reading and commenting so if you left me a comment, thank you so much and I will try to get to it.

I posted about Dancing on Thursday and my regular favorites on Friday.

You’ll be happy to know I was the adult who danced with the kids during the rave/dance party!