In going through our pictures, we realized that we had quite a few that we loved from Torch Lake. For those of you who aren't familiar, the Giddings family (my mom's parents) own a cottage on Torch lake, which is shared between three or four of the siblings. My grandfather is involved, and I have been going up there since I was a baby. If you asked me where my favorite place in the world is, I would say Torch Lake. Its been a joy to share this with both Nate and now Graham, and hopefully the Bell aunts and uncles next year.
On the way up, we had to drop off a deaf Australian Cattle Dog to a rescue in Lansing - we just happened to have a deaf ACD and the rescue just happened to be on our way, so we loaded him up. We were worried that Graham might mind sharing his seat with a dog, but he seems not to have minded too much!
When we arrived, there were many things to do! Nate and I try to make this our one true vacation each year, where we sleep in, sit around and do basically nothing. Since we were showing the place to Graham, and we had two fewer days that normal due to the wedding, we packed things in a little more tightly than normal.
This is a picture of the cottage, which while we were there housed seven people. Next to it is the 'small cottage,' which also gets rented while we are there. The first part of our trip, we had John and Judy (John is my grandpa's brother), their daughter Angela, her husband and their new baby. Thats quite a few for that little building! The second half of the time, Richard and Kay Gowman and their daughter Melissa.
One of our big activities was wine tasting, which surprised me by being a lot of fun. We got up early and went out, stopping at two wineries on our way in. The wine tour that we were on was on the Leelenau Peninsula, which is up the middle of Grand Traverse Bay in northwest Michigan. For lunch, we stopped at a place that used to be called the Bowery and used to be haunted... now its called the Jolly Pumpkin and looks a lot less ghostly. We did read up on the ghost story while we were there though. After, we went to a nearby lighthouse, at the very top of the peninsula. We had taken two cars, so the 'kids' went home from here: Nate and I, and Anna. It was a very fun day!
Now that we're home and the school year has begun, Nate and I are keeping pretty busy with friends and activities. I've signed up for a quilting class - the lady who signed me up said that by this time next month I will either be a quilting addict or I will never want to see fabric again. Nate is hard at work on his game, which has its own highs and lows. We seem to be getting a little it of a cold. We would love to hear how your lives are going! Always feel free to call, write, text or anything! Love to you all!
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