Michigan Adventures

What better way to detail our trip than a host of pictures? Here they come ( in no particular order)

Finally! Grammy :)

Mack checkin' out her loot

Mason had two birthday celebrations while in Michigan. This
is is how he reacted to his very own cake at Grammy's.

Opening presents with Aunt Janet

Mack climbing the wall at the Hands on Museum

Just like a day had never passed since last we saw Aunt Meg

Grammy doing some research at the museum

She's spent a lot of time plucking the green balls out of the
pit at the museum

A trip to our favorite zoo was in order- off to Toledo we went

Happy Birthday celebrations with the Wilson's!

An evening walk with Grammy

Where ever I go, March Mamas are a must!

THAT is how Mac and Cheese should be done! We had
dinner at the Pizza House on our last night in Michigan

We braved the cold to get in some time at McHattie Park

I was able to snap a few pictures of the Wilson's after the egg hunt

Mason's first trip to Ann Arbor, The Farmer's Market and Zingermans!

Mack atop a huge pile of poop at the zoo

Griffin having fun at the Egg hunt

Not in the mood for pictures, mom!

 Going home is never the fun part of any vacation. There always seems to be a bit of a hang over from all the fun and the let down of it being over. This was especially true for us.  Mike got very sick while we were in Michigan ( Just before his big presentation, as luck would have it. Strange since Mike never gets sick!). Not only that, Mack and Mason both seemed to have a touch of what he had. Despite it all, travel went well until we hit Nebraska. We'd been watching a storm tracking across Colorado . It dumped 11 inches in parts of Metro Denver ( not our area, thankfully) and then parked over Nebraska...and that's where we met it! There wasn't much snow but high winds and ice closed I-80 from mid-Nebraska to the Colorado border. We, along with a large number of fellow high way travelers pulled off to wait it out. Arbys was the only place around and boy was it packed! We got side lined again as we got closer to the border but still made it home that day. Thankfully! Mike went to the doctor first thing the next morning and came home with antibiotics for a sinus infection, infected ears and antibacterial eye drops for the infection that settled in his eyes! Home, sweet home, Indeed!

Ellie got to ride up front the last quarter of the ride.

My mom, who'd been taking care of our house, had a hot dinner ready for us.
Mason nearly jumped out of my arms into hers and we all settled in for a really
cozy first night home. Thank you to all our Michigan family for such a great, but much too short, visit!