Saugatuck, MI

Some of the benefits of living here being just a hop skip and a jump to the Lake Michigan area..literally, a very short car ride. Lake Michigan is not what I expected. It's practically an ocean in the middle of the country. I am used to the Oklahoma area lakes which are wildly popular but small and somewhat dirty. We journeyed to Saugatuck, MI a darling little artsy town that would rival Martha's Vineyard in charm and cutenss. Seriously...who would have thought? The quaint little town abounds with art festivals, boutique hotels on the water, tons of restaurants and some of the best shopping I've seen yet! We had a great time. In other news we were supposed to have inspections on the new house on Saturday so we went over with the kids all excited to see the house again ( it had been on the market for 5 days when we put our offer in and we only saw it once!) And the inspector didn't show up. Nice, eh? However, we got to spend about 2 hours with the previous owners who walked us through the entire house and showed us the ins and outs of it all. The landscaping alone is going to possibly kill me! It's Ah-mazing and it abounds with about 10 hydrangea bushes and 4 peony bushes...my two FAVES. My wedding bouquet had both:) Anway, they currently pay a gardner once a week to come in and maintain it all...So, now inspections are this week. We have been busy pouring over ideas for how to redo the kitchen and paint colors. Anyone want to paint? Anyone?? The couple has lived in the home for over 30 years and raised their 3 kids there. They have meticulously maintained it and it's so apparent how many memories they hold there. Very sweet. Enjoy a few pics below of a few happenings!

I'm sure you reconginze our sweet friend Maggie by now:) This was her 4 year old "princess birthday party"