At least that's what Paige calls it.
This year we flew. Cheap Allegiant tickets combined with expensive gas means it was a minor cost difference. It also means a 3 hour flight, instead of a 3 day drive. While I realize that deprives our blog readers of our adventures from the road... we appreciated the quick an uneventful trip.
We arrived at the Meyer homestead without incident.
Our kids love it at Grandma and Grandpa's house. For a bunch of city kids, it's a chance to be one with the great outdoors...
(I didn't encourage this. Well... OK... maybe a little.)
To get some mud between their toes...
To have deliberate contact with nature...
(I actually didn't encourage this. Totally Paige's idea. I just took pictures.)
To experience things that city folk tend to frown upon...
(It was for Grandpa, who was baling hay. Really.)
To hang out with their cousins...
And be buried by them.
We also hung out at the Children's museum.
Our kids love it there. They love being spoiled by their grandparents, staying up way to late, catching critters, hearing Grandpa's stories about ol' Split Ear and Smoky the Pony.
It's like a big giant summer adventure...
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We missed you, Addinks, at the Grand Rapids Children's museum by 3 weeks! Isn't western Michigan paradise? John is from there, and we go every summer and stay longer and longer. The green; the blueberries; the small towns; (Holland is where we stay)the biking; the beaching; the cool weather... it is heaven. Loved your spin on it. Love that you flew, too. Can you believe Allegiant flies into GRR? Amazzzing. Great post!
Cool weather? It was 95 degrees and 95% relative humidity most of the time I was there. I'm hoping paradise isn't quite so... swampy. Pretty sure that kind of weather is a result of the fall. ;)
You shoulda gone in June, Jason!
There were 2 days when I wasn't in a sweatshirt... aaahh.
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