Week 28

Yesterday was our first Saturday in forever that we had nothing scheduled.  It was so nice!  Hurley had spent the night at Hannah's house on Friday night and on Saturday morning, we all slept in.  We basically hung around the house in the morning and then Rob took Brooklen to the batting cages while I took Zaya and Kaiton to Great Lakes Ice Cream to redeem their coupons from the summer reading program.  They both got Blue Moon ice cream and it was fun to be out with just the two of them on a "date."  At 1:00pm, Rob took Brooklen to Carter Greiman's house to play.  Rob and I hung around the house with the younger kids while he was off playing.  At 3:30, Carter and Brooklen came back over and they, along with Zaya and Kaiton, did the slip n' slide outside.  After about an hour, we took Carter home and we ran to Meijer to do our shopping for the week.  When we were done, we came home and made a salad for dinner.  After dinner, I took Brooklen to Great Lake Ice Cream to redeem HIS coupon.  I almost never get time alone with Brooklen, so I was grateful for the chance to take him alone.  Hurley finally got back home after 8:00pm.  She had been with the Hills for over 24 hours!  I was starting to really miss her!

On Friday I taught piano to the Hill girls in the morning and then in the afternoon we met them, and the Rudds at the Plymouth Park pool.  We had soooo much fun! Zaya spent the entire time with the Rudd triplets and Hurley and Hannah played while Maddy and Sydona played with Kait.  I wish we could have brought a friend for Brooklen, but I couldn't find anyone last minute.

On Thursday, we had tried to go to the pool, but the forecast said thunderstorms.  Instead, Abigail and Lucy came over to play with Hurley and Zaya and Brooklen played at Jake's house.

The early part of the week was spent with my parents and Ethan.  They arrived last Thursday evening and stayed until Wednesday morning.  We had a blast with them.  We went to the Nature Center, the Cottage Creamery, Dow Gardens, picked blueberries, went to see Cinco's new movie, "The Secret Life of Pets," went mini golfing, and played at the house.  Last weekend, we actually took a trip to Traverse City with them.  It was so fun!  We picked cherries, ate at Slabtown Burgers (the BEST), walked downtown and spent forever at Cherry Republic.  We also stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge.  It was so fun! The kids had a blast at the waterpark, and they bowled, ate pizza, went to story time, and mini-golfed.  We were so busy, but we had so much fun!  I am so grateful that they came and visited.  It was super fun to have Ethan here too!