Michigan

We spent 8/13-17 in Michigan. Well, 8/13 and 8/17 were pure driving days considering it was about 14 hours in the car with rest stops. Leah did a great job. She has always been a great traveler. My mom joined us on this trip. We go every year to visit Joe's dad, Shorty. We had a nice visit with him. We also spent a little time with Joe's Grandma Lucille and her friend Andy. Leah no longer needs time to "warm up" to Grandpa Shorty. It was fun to see how she greeted him with open arms.

We went to the worlds largest Christmas Store, Bronner's, where my mom and Joe both went crazy! We spent some time at Lake Erie. We also tried to do our ritual feed the fish at Cabela's but we got there too late, and the fish were already done eating. This was tough for Leah as she loves to feed the fish with Grandpa Shorty!

On Sunday, my Mom watched Leah. It seems they had quite the water day! About 4 hours total in the hotel pool (2 in the morning and 2 in the evening) with 31/2 hours spent at a beach on Lake Erie. We were told that Leah had a blast playing in the waves!

Joe, Shorty and I went to the Carfax 400 Nascar Race at Michigan International Speedway. It was a very warm day. But, we did have a slight rain delay for a mild shower. The shower was actually nice to cool us off a little bit! The race was going great- Jimmie Johnson lead most of the laps, but then, with 3 laps to go he had to pit- ran out of gas! So, Brian Vickers won the race. Neither Joe's Driver, Tony Stewart or mine, Jimmie Johnson, finished very well- 17, and 33 respectively! Oh well.

Today, Leah and I spent some time with Tiffanie, Thea and Delila. As always, the girls had a blast.



Then Leah and I met my old college roomies for dinner tonight. So fun to catch up!

Back to the "real world" tomorrow. Not looking foward to it!