Judging by the 447 pictures on the camera when Paige and the kids returned from Michigan, approximately 93% of their waking hours were spent outdoors. Generally participating in some redneckish type activity. You might be a Michigan redneck if you...
Feed barnyard animals at the fair...
Compete in little kid tractor pulls...
Let the youngest slurp down copious quantities of sugary beverages...
Climb on piles of logs that weigh 5 times as much as they do. Seriously, isn't this the kind of thing you hear about on the news, and think "What kind of negligent parent would allow their child to be crushed by a 600 pound log!"
Gotta be a redneck tooth joke around here somewhere...
Feed barnyard animals in Grandpa's front yard...
Eat s'mores on the front yard for no reason at all...
Play on Grandpa's tractor...
Bath in municipal water fountains, in lieu of an actual bath...
Scarf down spaghetti with your country cousins (and likely destroy Grandma's carpet in the process)...
Attempt to guard your cheerios from your cousin. I believe Luke underestimated the sneakiness...
Ride Grandpa's pony...
Head to the waterpark, in lieu of a bath...
This could end very, very badly...
Camp out in the "back 40"...
Share s'mores with your little brother...
Rinse off in Lake Michigan, in lieu of a bath...
Then I fly out to Michigan, after a month of outdoor activities, and stay for one day before driving them all back across the country. And where do we go for the one adventure while I am there?
Indoors...
To the geeky kid's science museum...
Compete in little kid tractor pulls...
Let the youngest slurp down copious quantities of sugary beverages...
Climb on piles of logs that weigh 5 times as much as they do. Seriously, isn't this the kind of thing you hear about on the news, and think "What kind of negligent parent would allow their child to be crushed by a 600 pound log!"
Gotta be a redneck tooth joke around here somewhere...
Feed barnyard animals in Grandpa's front yard...
Eat s'mores on the front yard for no reason at all...
Play on Grandpa's tractor...
Bath in municipal water fountains, in lieu of an actual bath...
Scarf down spaghetti with your country cousins (and likely destroy Grandma's carpet in the process)...
Attempt to guard your cheerios from your cousin. I believe Luke underestimated the sneakiness...
Ride Grandpa's pony...
Head to the waterpark, in lieu of a bath...
This could end very, very badly...
Camp out in the "back 40"...
Share s'mores with your little brother...
Rinse off in Lake Michigan, in lieu of a bath...
Then I fly out to Michigan, after a month of outdoor activities, and stay for one day before driving them all back across the country. And where do we go for the one adventure while I am there?
Indoors...
To the geeky kid's science museum...
If Paige ever posted on here, I am sure she could tell you all kinds of tales of the fun they had in Michigan. All "4H chick" jokes aside, their summer trip to Michigan is really one of the highlights of the year. They have so much fun running wild around the country, something they never get to do in Phoenix. Paige gets to spend some long quality time with her family, which she greatly appreciates since I dragged her out here to the barren wasteland. And I get a few weeks all to myself, which is something the anti-social introvert in me truly craves.
But it is always good to have them back home again...
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