Yes, Michigan!

We got up to Michigan this weekend to visit Aaron's brother's family and stop in BR to empty a storage unit we still had and let Sam see his grandpa.

It was a good trip, but we had car trouble. I think I'd simply jinxed myself earlier in the week by saying our very old Toyota Corolla was still reliable. BUT no car payments, so I figure a repair every year on our 1990 vehicle (handed down from Aaron's grandma) is nothing to can complain about. We made it to Zeeland, where Aaron's brother lives, and discovered a leak. Seemed like gasoline. So, we stayed the night in Zeeland, instead of heading to Silver Lake. We moved the car from the inclined drive way and parked it in the level parking lot across the street. Hmm, no leak. Still, we didn't want to drive it without knowing what was going on so we got it into the shop right away Saturday morning. There was no visible leak that morning either, and they checked it out and found no leak in the fuel line, BUT did find that some wheel cylinder had ruptured and could be leaking brake fluid and the rear brakes needed to be replaced. And since the brake light had just started to go on, this seemed to all make sense. They were able to do the repairs while we all went up to Silver Lake.

Once we got ot Silver Lake, Steve (Aaron's bro), Sam, Aaron, Asha (one of Steve's kids) and I all went to Big Rapids to begin unloading the storage unit, and they dropped Sam and I off to have lunch with my dad and meet his new friend, Judith. We had a nice lunch, ice cream at Dairy Queen, and a walk over to Hemlock Park. It took them longer at the storage unit than we expected, but Sam, Dad, Judith, and I had a nice time sitting in the shade and enjoying the breeze.

Then we finally got back to Silver Lake for burgers and a fire. The next day Steve and Aaron went BACK to BR to gather a second load of stuff from the storage unit, but Sam and I stayed. Glad we did because we got to take Sam to the beach to play in the lake and sand. He has never even played in a sand box and he sure had fun!

And before we knew it we were heading back to West Lafayette.

Sam had started cutting his fourth tooth before we left and now he's working on one of his two front teeth! So fun!

Time for pics!!