Friday/Sat July 26&27
Here goes another week in Michigan! Violet picked up Drew on her way to school Fri morning and had her car so she didn't have a car sitting at the Capri parking lot. Fri morning I mowed the lawn, we all packed up, and left our house by 2:45 to pick up Violet from school at 3pm. This is the first year we took two cars! We rented a big van last year but this year opted for two vehicles. Drew drove Violet's car with Vanessa and David, Calvin, Eli and me were in the van. We drove approx 6 hrs, grabbed Chipotle in the Madison, WI area, stopped at Cabela's for lures, then went to SkySlam for boom sticks, then arrived in Marinette, WI and stayed in the Holiday Inn Express. The drive up we made a meal plan and I created a shopping list at Walmart and scheduled a pick up for 3pm Saturday in Escanaba.
We stopped at Seguin's Sat morning - got jelly and cheese, then headed straight for Ted and Cindy's house.
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| Vanessa with Daisy |
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| We had shipped them some shades for their master bedroom a couple weeks ago, and Violet, Drew and Calvin all put them up! |
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| The LaMarche family get together was happening - met some relatives. |
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| Checked the pasty box! |
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| Violet started the week off by snagging a bass right off the dock! |
Sunday, July 27, 2025
We went to church with Ted and Cindy in Escanaba - so it was an early morning for all of us. We had croissant egg/cheese/sausage sandwiches and grapes.
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| Dave's "mad face" |
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| After church we made a quick shopping trip to Dunhams and Eli got this sunglasses/hat combo. A stop at Walmart for things - and we were back at the lake. |
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| We spent the afternoon swimming and fishing. |
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| Eli caught a 23" northern as we listened to thunder roll in. |
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| The lighting and rain were heavy - some hail. |
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| Vanessa made brookies |
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| Sun came back out, and it turned out to be a good night of fishing. |
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| When we were at Cabela's I grabbed a new lure - and it caught 4 bass! Vanessa was initially giving me grief about not catching anything for the first 15 minutes but then we started hitting fish right and left. |
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| Calvin got this one after a second cast. |
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| The kids are fileting their own fish this week! |
Monday, July 28, 2025
Creamed eggs on toast was the start to the day - the boys are always up first, they were watching some deep sea fishing on youtube which was quite interesting. Dave and I are going to talk to George about boat and jetski rentals.
