As we return from another amazing two weeks spent with our family and friends in the Midwest, I am excited to share the many adventures we went on and cool things we saw in the states of Michigan and Illinois! While you wait for me to download all the pictures and type out all the stories, here are a few of the best videos to hold you over. The girls and I have already watched these 100 times, missing these fun and wonderful people. These videos show some of the best scenes of our vacation!
I'll start with my favorite video of the trip, on the Funnel of Fear ride at Michigan's Adventure Water Park. Heather has this great waterproof phone case, so I tucked it into the top of my suit and recorded our terrifying plunge! And yes, that is us 4 adults screaming our heads off (Dave, Andrew, Heather and me), the girls were too scared to ride! Maybe turn the volume down before watching this one. ;)
The WORLD'S LARGEST SINGING AND DANCING FOUNTAIN, found in Grand Haven! Revisiting this was kind of an inside joke. For our first wedding anniversary 18 years ago, I totally oversold this as a fabulous date night idea. Dave has teased me about it ever since. It's become a core memory, we had to see it one last time on our final tour of Michigan!
We don't have lightning bugs in California. The girls were delighted to spend a night catching them at Reed's Lake in MI.
Some fun with the giant bubble wand and solution our friends Nick and Amy rigged up.
Jumping for joy while watching the sun set over Lake Michigan.
One of the many many things I love about my girls and their cousins: they spend their time together planning and performing talent shows!
The BEST-- singing "Go Cubs Go" in our front-row seats at Wrigley after watching the Cubs take the W! Still get a huge smile watching this one!
This was super cool too. On a Downtown Day with the family, we happened to discover that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has open air practice times in the band shell at Millennium Park. This was the soundtrack to our picnic lunch!
And finally, just another scene from around the house, but one that fills my heart with happiness: a little VM Rock Band, starring Aidan on vocals. :)
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