Summer of 2007 we went on a two week vacation to the mid-west.

Here is Annika helping mommy walk Rolf at a rest stop

Here is the cottage we stayed at in Union Pier, MI

The owners son was an artist and here is some of his work

Nikolas sitting on the bed in one of the bedrooms

Annika checking stuff out

The Kitchen

Living RoomFun at the Beach (Lake Michigan)
Annika all tuckered out from a fun day at the beach

We went to a couple car museums in Michigan

One of them being the Gilmore Car Museum. What an amazing collection.

They are working on restoring this old London Double Decker Trolly

They had the 47th Tucker. Only 50 were made!!!!


Duesenberg
Room full of Duesenbergs, Packards, Cadillac and other high end vehicals

Annika stopping to smell the flowers
They had a original diner that we had lunch at. Very cool

The originial SUV??? :)

Besides all the amazing cars, check this out. An original Shell Gas Station. WOW


Shell Service Truck


Mom and the kids infront of a Thunderbird. ORIGINAL!!! Awesome
We took a little trip up to Holland, MI for mommy to get some need trinkets. Here is Annika trying on her first pair of wooden shoes. To Big???

Ahhhh Back to the Beach

Mark's Uncle and Aunt joined us at the beach.

To walk off a heavy dinner we visited New Buffalo, MI. Not to far from Union Pier.

Teta Blanka and Annika

The lighthouse at New Buffalo Beach

What a sunset?

Nikolas and Teta Blanka
And... back to the beach. :)

Annika was so tuckered out.

Took a little visit to St. Josephs, MI. Every year they have a theme of things they will have painted for different MI landmarks or what have you. This year that had different cars.

Eating a good healthy breakfast

Rolf chillin' out in the kitchen
Another Car Museum we visited. Rag Tops in Michigan City, IN

Mommy's Next car??? PLEASE!!!!

Last day at the beach :(

Hey, who is watching the kid?

Ahhh Lake Michigan

These are the stairs we climbed up and down every day that week!!!!

One last parting shot. :(
Well there is our virst to Lake Michigan. Now on to Illinois