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Friday Funday!

Posted on July 16, 2013July 16, 2013 by Jacky Hackett

We spent a long Fourth of July weekend in Southwest Michigan for a family wedding. We spent the Fourth on the beach, no better pace to be. Friday followed with lots of fun. You know it is a funday when the Hummer limo pulls up before noon! We had a fun-filled day planned to celebrate…

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Summer Road Trip: The Food

Posted on September 3, 2012September 4, 2012 by Jacky Hackett

Labor Day has been nice and relaxing, finally getting a chance to get through the vacation photos.  It seems like a distant memory, but fun to relive via the photos.  The first stop on our trip was Michigan for camping and fun on the beach.  Wouldn’t be camping without s’mores and some Jiffy pop over…

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup S'mores

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup S’mores

Posted on August 18, 2012April 8, 2014 by Jacky Hackett

The first leg of our vacation was camping in Michigan.  Can’t go camping without s’mores.  My sister-in-law brought Reese’s peanut butter cups, genius! We roasted up the beer marshmallows.  I have to say,beer or no beer, homemade marshmallows are awesome.  The texture is creamier than the packaged kind. They roasted up nicely, and melted very…

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Spring Break at the Beach

Posted on March 30, 2011December 15, 2011 by Jacky Hackett

We spent a long weekend at the beach, though the shores of Lake Michigan are hardly the beaches you want to hit up on Spring Break.   Looks like a beautiful sunny day for the beach right? Looks can be deceiving, the air temp was about 30° and I did not dare test out the water…

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Getting out of Dodge

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Jacky Hackett

This past weekend we got the hell out of dodge to have a much needed long family weekend.  The main destination was MSU, my husbands Alma Mater, for a tailgate and a football game.  The weather wasn’t too great, rainy and chilly, but we had a ton of fun anyway.  We were located near an…

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