And Some Honorable Mentions...

In no particular order, because I simply don't have the strength ;)

These are Emily and I's "chachy hats"...

Will sailing with Nana...

Here's Johnny asleep with Papa Dave on our last day of vaca...

 Will with a wind whirler...

 Jude MUAH!

The cuckoo clock (which provided tons of entertainment for John)...

 Ice Cream...

 Fighting over the last spoonful...

 John story time...

 Digging for treasure...

 And sitting in the hole we just dug...

 Adorbs...

 Pirate's Cove eye patch (ARGH!)

 Auntie Em helping John down a slide...

 Auntie Em with my two beach goers...post beach time sand spray down in the back yard...

 A farewell snack with Billy before he flew home outside TC's library...

 Grainy i-Phone photo of some star gazing...

A quiet calm morning on the beach...

 The lake was like glass...perfect for wading and skipping rocks...

 Jumping...

Balancing...

More ice cream...

 Tic-Tac-Toe...

 Learning how to tie shoes...

 Will perfecting his croquet skills...

 Johnny bird watching...

At the airport on the way to Michigan...

At our gate in Chicago (a brachiosaurus awaited us...how fitting)...

 Johnny and I on our way home (delayed in Chicago for 5 hours)...

Johnny channeling his inner spiderman as we waited and waited and waited for our plane to get there...

And finally...it was over...

Three weeks of fun...

And an extra bonus week for Will...

Can't wait until next year!