Michigan Fun

It was so nice to see my parents and little brother Ben when we got to Michigan. And to be in a beautiful, green environment with fresh, fragrant air. The boys enjoyed lots of time outside and had lots of fun hanging out with Grandma Paulson...

There was lots of water fun

The boys loved playing with the neighbor's hose and their grandsons

Charlie was happy to do nothing but be the hose-holder

We played with Grandma at Great Lakes Crossing, stocked up on shoes at the Stride Rite outlet, and rode the carousel

We also really enjoyed hanging out with my good friend Amy and her girls...

Davey LOVED the water slide at the Troy Community Center

Ada, Lucy and Amy

Some good one-on-one with Grandma making marshmallow men!

A pony ride at Chuck-E-Cheese

As you can see, we had lots of fun just in the first week we were in Michigan. We all adjusted pretty quickly to the time change, with Charlie deciding to continue his usual 5am wake-up time. I had really hoped to adjust that later, as you can imagine.

By the end of the week, though, things got really hard for me as I miscarried our third baby. It happened at only 6.5 weeks, but as you can imagine, there is never a good time to lose a baby. Luckily only a few days later we were off to Cincinnati to see Colter and his family and then on Texas to see our friends and both provided good distraction for me.