July 18-20, 2014
On the eighth day: it was once again another fun filled day with
plenty to do together. In the morning, Ryan and Alisha helped the kids make ice
cream with this ice cream making set just for kids. They had a lot of fun and
had some good vanilla ice cream to eat by the end of it.
Around the afternoon time, we all got into our cars and went
to Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, which is exactly what it sounds like. Karl
and Jared loved it! There were so many Santa’s, snowmen, and shiny, festive
things to look at. Jared really like the little villages they had on display.
Karl liked getting to jiggle some of the bells.
After that we took a short drive to the shops in
Frankenmuth. It was beautiful day. We walked around and looked at different
shops. Ryan and I took this chance to load up on some of Frankenmuth’s famous
fudge. Before going home, we went to a nearby park to play a game of soccer.
All of us got out to play except those who were taking care of the babies,
including a tired, crying Jared. It was a fun game! Ryan and I got to have
Thomas ride around with us for the day, Jared loved it. He kept calling him “Romrus”
or when he’d forget he’d call him “Rups” (because Thomas’s little brother’s
nickname is Sup or Sups). Thomas made Jared laugh a lot!
Back at the house, Ryan and I got to work cooking. Over the
past day or two others in the family had made some delicious meals with what
they’d gotten from Jungle Jim’s and now it was our turn. We (along with some
help from Mark) made a Salmon Pot Pie and Ryan also made some pao de queijo,
which was so good. That night, we all got together in the living room and Mark
and Kris gave us our Kid’s Day gifts. They brought us back some fun things from
Germany and their travels around there, so we had some fun things to take home
with us.
On the ninth day: we finished packing up out last few
things, ate breakfast, and then said our good-byes to everyone. It was so hard
to leave after we’d had such a great week with so many people who meant so much
to us! We had a really long drive from Clio, MI all the way down to our hotel
just outside of Memphis, where we stayed for the night.
On the tenth day: we made the rest of the drive all the way
to Houston and were home by the late evening. After two days of traveling we
were very overwhelmed with fatigue and with letting it finally sink in that our
trip was over and we probably wouldn’t get to see everyone again for quite a
while. :’(
Luckily we had a lot of good memories, photos, and souvenirs
from those wonderful days. Jared, who was really missing Romrus, Rups, and Ben,
luckily had a few new fun things to distract him, like his blocks and train set
from Gramma and Papa and his Lightning McQueen bed from Eric and Becky, both which
he loved! We are so grateful to have such wonderful family! We feel very
blessed! J
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