We walked right into a family dinner when we got there, which was a wonderful welcome! I know my dad loved having so many grandkids there to celebrate the day!
We got to hang out with family we hadn't seen in a long time, and the cousins had fun bonding at the splash pad:
We also went to a sweet little children's museum...
...and piddled around town looking for my school mascots:
The kids loved my parents' dog so they just had to talk her for a walk with Grandma!
One really exciting thing about the trip was that my niece Rhianna flew in to spend a few days with us, and we hadn't seen her in years! Her plane was delayed so we had some time to kill in Lansing. We stopped by a bookstore, where Chase flipped out when he saw this coloring book:
That's my boy!
Then the girls just had to stop by DSW a couple doors down! Chloe picked out these shoes for us to try on. The girl has taste! Fabulous!
And then we had some fun with hats:
After picking up Rhianna we headed home and it was time for a big summer birthday party, where I got a little glimpse of what will soon be my new T-shirt quilt!
That photo was taken by Chloe with the new camera Grandma and Grandpa got her!
While in Michigan we also got to attend my niece Courtney's baby shower, just the girls:
Within this big road trip of ours, we took another little road trip, to Mackinac Island! That will get its own post ("Road Trip Part 4"), but on the way there we stopped at a fun donut place that I just had to share with you. It was called "Cops & Doughnuts," and we had way too much fun taking photos there! Here you go!
(Those shorts say "D.W.I: Doughnuts Were Involved." And yes, I bought them.)
And this photo of my mom is the best!!!!
It was such a fun time. The drive home to Texas felt way longer than the drive up north, but we finally made it back home:
Phew! We survived the drive! What a great trip it turned out to be!
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