Sunday, July 30, 2006

Day 22 - Norton Reunion - 7/15/06

We made it to the Norton Reunion in Mount Pleasant, MI on the day before we headed for Minnesota.

This is actually someone's backyard! They are family friends and have let us use the place for the past few years. They have a swimming pond, zip line, paddle boat, canoe, beach volleyball, bathrooms, horseshoes, and a softball field - pretty much the perfect place for a reunion!
The Norton kids. Uncle Elwood, Aunt Colleen (standing), Aunt Norma, and Dad.
My cousin Nate's little girl Paige showing off the homemade ice cream she was eating.

The Norton Cousins, from top left - Pam, Reggie, Jodi, Paula, Sherry, Kim, Shawn, and Nate.

On our way back to Grandma's we drove through the Central Michigan University campus where Mom and Dad went to school - this is the married housing they lived in the last year they attended.

Day 21 - Michigan - 7/14/06

Day 21 we went back to Sage Lake, MI, which is about 10 miles from my Grandma's house. The lake was very clean and deep - up to 70 feet in some places.

Mom and Dad Norton on the water...

Mac was our spotter...

Dad landed his first aerial 180!


Shawn doing a rail grab...

Dad decided to get fancy, going for the double-refreshment move...drinking a diet pepsi while wakeboarding!