Michigan Trip

For our oldest's birthday party he chose a trip to Michigan to visit his best friends.  We did this in place of a big birthday bash.   I loved this idea as well as I had been missing my best gal pal.

Hanging out with this family is easy for us because everyone has a great friend to be with.  The oldest three are deemed the '3 Amigos' and the middle two are our '2 monkeys' and finally we have our baby girls.  Both of our families were on a break from homeschooling this week during our visit so everyone could just play, play, play.

We flew out and spent a couple days and then had to get back to Colorado to pick out a house to buy.  The Michigan trip went fast.
When we arrived near St. Joseph's they had welcome banners and signs for us.  The kids ran off right away to go and play and we didn't hear from them for hours.


After dinner we went for a walk in their beautiful neighborhood and the kids all took turns on scooters.


After our ride we went to watch the sunset at an overlook spot.  After the sun was gone the lightning bugs came out.  The boys had a great time chasing fireflies and catching them and letting them go.


The next day we had breakfast at Bert's and all the kids got hats to color.






We packed a picnic for the beach and headed to the lake.  It was a nice hot day and the kids went right to work playing hard and swimming in that icy cold water.  Our baby girl had a blast playing in the sand and even eating some of it.  She didn't mind it and kept going back for more.


After the beach they ran around in some huge pop fountains, we saw some pirates, and headed back to get dinner.  After the dinner was the birthday party for our son, with an ice cream bar, singing, and gifts.  He loved it.  Happy 8th Birthday Peanut Butter!!!

The last day we slept in, had waffles, and then went to the children's museum. They had a blast trying everything out.  The most time was spent in the apple picking area with a conveyor belt, wagon, and cash registers.

Good byes were hard and there were tears (mostly from me).  I pray we find a family that we hit it off with this well in Colorado.