Camping- (Photo Dump)

This past weekend we drove up to Interlochen to "camp" (in a fifth wheel with a bathroom...the only way I'll do it) with my Mom while my brother and Dad were at band camp. My brother is a senior this year (whoa!) and it was his last year there and my dad was chaperoning. Chris and I met at Interlochen 10 years ago, so it is certainly nostalgic to be there, but also much more pleasant to be able to be on the other side of the fence.

We took Bella and Isabel with us. Bella is our dog and Izzy is my parent's golden. Isabel has stage 4 lymphoma, but is still in good spirits!

Isabel

Bella enjoying the car ride.

Our first day there we got to watch the band march to dinner. I wasn't sure how N would do with the loud drums and the yelling, but she did great!

We went on a few long walks. Well, at least they felt long! A pretty big highlight of the trip for N were the swings. She LOVES to swing.

Bella also enjoyed some alone time on our morning walks down to the water, watching and listening to the birds. She was our first baby and got to go everywhere with us and I can tell she really misses it, so I'm glad she was able to come this time. She did so well and was really well-behaved.

Plenty of escape attempts...

And playing with Bella...

 

On Sunday morning we got to watch the band perform. By some sort of miracle, N just sat on my lap the entire time and watched, so I got to watch too! So proud of my brother, can't believe how much he has grown up in the past 4 years. They all looked like they were having a lot of fun out there.

Pretty typical attempt at a photo. Chris trying to tell my dad how to use the camera, Timmy getting annoyed and all of us trying to get N to look at the camera. 

Outtakes:

This is a perfect example of an interaction between my brother and I.

...and I wanted to get a picture of N in her "I love my Uncle" shirt. She might smile someday, but she was pretty focused on grabbing the drum sticks.

All in all, glad to spend some time in Traverse City and enjoying watching my brother. He is all grown up now...