Great Day at a Great Lake

What a fun day! Bob and I took the kids to Lake Michigan. I don't think they've been - at least not that they would remember. David and Emily did go when they were preschoolers.

I have so many fun memories of Lake Michigan trips when I was little, so I wanted my kids to have some too.

The beach is about an hour from my parents' house, so the drive over was looooong. But once the kids saw the beach, they were amazed. "It looks like the ocean!" It does, too. If you've never seen any of the Great Lakes, well... they ARE pretty great! I wish I had photos but my camera picked today to be temperamental. I do have some video, so maybe I can capture some photos from that.

We were at the beach about 3 hours. The wind blew, the waves came in, the kids swam and dug in the sand. I read New Moon. Almost all of it! lol After a while, Bob went out and swam with the kids too. Everyone had a wonderful time.

And now we're sunburned. With family pictures scheduled for 10:00 tomorrow morning. lol Oh well.

Tonight my sister Janet took my kids to see Wall-E. I tagged along, as did my sister Christy and her kids. What an adorable movie! I laughed out loud several times, especially when the chubby helpless chair-people went rolling out of their seats and down the deck. ROFLOL

Snow's Good for Something!

All this snow has a positive effect on SOMETHING, according to the news reports I've read recently. The water levels in the Great Lakes have been very low over the past few years, with last summer being very obvious to visitors to the lakes.

Apparently the record snowfalls this winter have imported moisture from Canada and the Gulf of Mexico and this could help to replenish water levels in the Great Lakes.

(If you're not a Michigander, you may not realize that Michigan is The Great Lake State and 4 of the 5 Great Lakes touch Michigan.)

Can you name the Great Lakes? The acronym "HOMES" can help you remember - Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.