On Wed. the 18th of July, Ron and I packed up and drove 8 hours up to Rockford, Il. We spent a few hours there and took my grandparents to lunch/breakfast before driving another 7 hours (would have been shorter but we got a flat tire) up to Upper Michigan to see my other grandparents (and family). Ironwood is like a haven away from home for sure ( Read more... )

As of tomorrow night Ron and I will be leaving for Michigan for my family reunion. I've missed it the last two years in a row and I'll be damned if it'll be a third. There's family fun (the cool kind of family), ATVs, swimming, hiking, sauna, croquet, Uno, Aggravation, aaaaand Raspberries and Vanilla Ice Cream *_ ( Read more... )