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Back from Michigan, here is a synopsis of the weekend. On Thursday, Mom, Dad, Ellie, Nick, Tony and I went out to Union, IL to the train museum. It was a beautiful day, sunny but not very hot. We went on a train ride and then walked around the train barns. We had lunch and then came home. I quickly packed and when Rob got home we left for Michigan.
We had a full tank of gas and we all ate a later lunch so we blew through our normal Michigan City stop and went up to Stevensville instead. We had breakfast for dinner at Cracker Barrel. We got up to the cottage as the sun was setting. A complete day with ice cream from the soda bar.
Friday we had breakfast and we went into South Haven for Blueberry fest. We walked through downtown and looked at the sidewalk sales. The kids found a couple things in the $.25 boxes at the toy store. We had a scoop of ice cream and headed down to the park for the kids day events. The kids got to visit the children's museum booths and the history museum and then got to see the Ronald McDonald magic show.
We came back to the cottage and headed right out to the lake. The kids were right into the water, it took Rob and me some time to get into the cooler water. We stayed down at the beach for about 3 hours. The mosquitoes were horrible so instead of grilling we cooked inside. We had dinner and then Nana and Ellie walked down to the soda bar while Nick and I went to pick up videos.
Nick, Rob and I watched Mars Needs Moms while Ellie and Nana played Monopoly. We got the kids to sleep and Rob and I watched a movie. Dean arrived a bit before the movie ended and we vistaed with him until we were all ready for bed. We woke up to a huge thunderstorm on Saturday. The rain continued until around 1PM. The kids and I took a ride to pick up stuff for dinner and check out the fest scene. The parade was at 1:30 and by some miracle actually happened. We stood on the side of the street and watched (a much abbreviated form) the parade. Lots of Junior Misses and the local blueberry farm. The kids each got a bag of candy and we were off.
We took our chances that the rain would stay away a bit longer and we went to Jollay Orchards to pick peaches. The orchard didn't get the morning rain and the fields were dry. Peaches were just pick ready this weekend. We picked about 15 pounds of red haven peaches. The kids had fun and it wasn't too warm. We got our annual pictures of the kids with the Jollay man and his measuring stick. Nick fell off a tractor and got an instant bruise on his back. We headed home and were going to go to the beach but a storm moved in with amazing winds, rolling clouds and lots more rain.
We spent the rest of the afternoon inside with lots more board games. We had dinner and the kids went down to the soda bar but they were closed. Rob made them sundaes at home but they weren't the same. Luckily, the storms stopped and getting the kids to sleep wasn't a huge deal.
This morning we woke up to temperatures in the 50s. It was pretty obvious it wouldn't be a beach day. We cleaned up and got the beds made and clothes washed. Nick and I ran into town to return the videos and pick up some blueberries at the store. We filled up the gas and went back to the cottage. We packed the car and got on the road. The kids asked if we could hit Oinks on the way home and we agreed we could if they were nice to each other. We took the long way through Michigan, hugging the lake. We stopped at Oinks and had a scoop of ice cream and then hit the road home. The waves on the lake were incredible today. Whitecaps out as far as you could see. We got home and the kids went outside to play. I did some gardening and found that we finally have a zucchini. We had about a dozen tomatoes. The peppers finally have flowers. Rob did some work in the garage and then we headed to Mom and Dad's for dinner.
The kids told Mom and Dad all about the weekend. We had a nice dinner on the porch. The kids played croquet outside with Dad and Rob. We came home and the kids were outside playing again. At 7PM we called them in and got them into the shower. Ellie and I read her book and only have about 20 pages to finish the book tomorrow. Rob and Nick played with trains in his room. We got the kids to sleep and then played online for a bit. Rob and I had thrown out the idea of driving down to Florida for Christmas break but are back to looking into flying (20+ hours in the car with the kids).
I have my follow up appointment with Dr. Muldoon tomorrow and blood work for my appointment with Dr. Marsh in a couple weeks. My feet are about the same - I don't have any appointments with Patricia scheduled. I have a super itchy mosquito bite on the back of my leg. Visualising my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree