Michigan Part 1

This past weekend Dan and I went up to spend it with my sister and her family. It was my niece's 5th birthday and we were excited to get to spend it with them. We were welcomed Friday evening with the usual, don't look at the dog or touch her. The excitement of people will make her pee on the floor if she gets attention.

We also got a sneak peek at the cupcakes that would be making up the "cake" for the party.

The plan for Saturday was a little crazy but we were ready to go in the morning. The kids needed to get their Tee Ball pictures taken at 8:30 am, Michelle had a conference call at 9 am, and Stephen had a men's breakfast at the church at 8:30 am. So Dan and I were going to go with the kids and meet up with Michelle after to grab some lunch, pack the car, and meet Stephen at the church. Then we all would set up for the party. But first I had a cupcake for Dan in honor of the founding of Rome...we even sang Happy Birthday to Rome.

For the pictures we loaded the kids in the car and headed to their athletic fields. It was FREEZING outside and Dan found out it was 33 degree's outside. People were in sweatshirts and Baseball Jersey's...I thought they were crazy. Things took almost 2 hours as a couple of their team mates forgot that the pictures were on Saturday. But things went smoothly once everyone was there. Dan and I enjoyed getting to spend the time with the kids and started some games of chasing each other around to help distract all of us from the cold. The kids started to have fun and liked running around...I even got some flowers brought to me.

Back at the house we had hot chocolate and tea to warm up and Dan was reading to the kids while Michelle and I got lunch together. Then we were off to set up the party!