Isaac's 6!!

Isaac took birthday treats to school on Wednesday-ice cream cone cupcakes with "tiger" sprinkles. Then, Matt went to school to eat lunch with him on Thursday for his birthday. He got to go to recess with Isaac, too. We left Thursday afternoon to go to Michigan with the Messer family for the long weekend. We had a wonderful time enjoying God's beautiful and awesome creation with friends in northern MI. The colors were gorgeous. Temperatures were cool but pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Tate (Cyndi's mom and dad) opened their home to us and we enjoyed waking up to a spectacular view of the lake every morning. The kids all got along and played well together.

Lumberman's Monument
...climbing area 4 kids

View from just beyond the Monument

Elli, Rylie, Isaac and Griffin
(Dom didn't want to be in this picture)

Breathtaking views of God's Creation

Isaac climbing the sand dune
(where logs were once rolled into river)

Rylie climbing, too

Jason and Dom climbing

We walked down almost 300 stairs to experience Iargo Springs.
Fun and Gorgeous.
But we had to go back up those 300 steps!!

Farmer Gene's
...feeding the sheep

...holding the bunnies

About the bunnies. Isaac made sure to ask if Farmer Gene had any black bunnies (while he had tears in his eyes). He didn't want to see any that would remind him of our Jackers.

...and taking turns driving the gator