Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Dec 30-Jan 5 New Years with Cantzlers' in Wisconsin

Dec 30, 2014 -Jan 5, 2015

I wondered for months if we would be able to make this trip up to Wisconsin for New Years with the Cantzlers'. I'm 36 weeks pregnant and we packed the car seat and diaper bag just in case. Thankfully it came back without a baby in it!

Amazingly, we hit a new record for drive time…9.5 hours from Columbus to Sturgeon Bay! Rewards of the long drive!

Sunrise over Lake Michigan.

Beautiful sunny day on the beach!

Ken, Mady and Carmen joined me for a beach walk. Here they are "holding" up a walkway.

Collecting treasures.

Sunset over Lake Michigan.

Wind is coming in off the lake today.

Family game time.

New Years Eve or Mardi Gras? I made it until about 9:30 pm…lame!

Snow this morning, but the sun is trying to show its face.

I took a quiet, solo walk in the woods this afternoon.

Happy New Year from Door County.

Sturgeon Bay YMCA offers free entry on New Years Day. Fun for the whole family!

Carmen.

Chris and Cora.

Ever changing…sunset tonight.

Hanging out after dinner. The majority of the Cantzlers' are playing trivia crack with each other :)

Kevin and Lindsay on dish duty. Kevin getting in some squats! Work it.

Carol and Chris checking out the annual San Diego Cantzler photo album.

Brayden with one of his Christmas presents.

I am impressed with the crazy cloud formation this morning. I call it the 'cloud vortex.'

Giant floating snow balls in the creek today.

Ryan and I enjoying a hike.

Aunt Beth got all the Packers gear!

Sean and some upside down girls.

Carol and her boys.

All of us, sans Nana this year...

Do you wanna build a snowman?

Door County snow tastes good!

Kevin, Lindsay, Ryan, Ken and I took a little trip to Cave Point County Park.

Kev and Linds above the icicles, not nearly as much ice as last year at this time.

Brr.

Its hard to zip my coat these days!

The snowman is a little bent over today, wonder what he was up to last night?

Cora trying on some big shoes. Good thing Isla is helping to keep her little sister upright :)

Sunrise on our last day, until next time…Thanks to everyone for making the trek up here. It was a great week at the lake!

Dec 18-21 Parak Christmas in Detroit

Dec 18-21, 2014

Ryan and I made our annual trip up to Detroit the weekend before Christmas to celebrate the holidays with my family.

It felt amazing to see the sun after a gray December week. We enjoyed this beautiful day on the Paint Creek trail in Rochester.

Ryan ran 6 miles and I walked about 3 miles with my 35 week bump.

Aunt Cindy and Uncle Bob graciously hosted the Christmas Parak gathering this year. Olivia and I showing off our gifts. We both got each other Alex and Ani bracelets…great minds think alike?!?

Chris, Mom, Jenny and Darren.

Mason, Lila, Me with Rosalie and Olivia.

Megan, Aunt Patty, Uncle Ronnie.

Aunt Lorrie, Derek and Katie.

Me, Rosalie, Lila, Megan, Dad, Leah and Ceci.

Little girls watching a movie in Jacob's room.

Leah knows how to get a smile out of Rosalie.

More sweet faces, Aunt Cindy and Julia.

Olivia and I.

Funny faces!

Men + Bun = Mun

Ryan and Weston sporting their long locks.

Lanfear family.

Parak family.

Kiddies posing before our family gift exchange after a delicious Sunday brunch.

Watch out, I have people in Detroit! Cute bib from my parents for our baby-to-be. What a nice long weekend catching up with friends and family in Michigan.