Saturday, April 5th, was the day for a family picnic. Nissa and Todd agreed to have it at their home. All of Nissa and Todd's kids were invited and their families. Everyone would come except for Paul (had to work), Phoebe (Paul's daughter whom we are not allowed to see) and Mitchell and family (Todd's son who won't speak to him).
Nissa and I started the day with a trip to Meijer's for food. It was nice to just be Nissa and me for a bit.
The kids would join us at 1pm. Todd would cook burgers and hot dogs on his pellet grill. We ate first.
This is Aubrey and her fella, Mike.
Sunday, April 6th, was set aside as a day for Nissa, Todd, Claude and me to have together. Nissa was getting head cold. It was cold and windy outside. The day was spent inside. Todd made a great breakfast using Hawaiian Sweet Rolls cut in half and used to make French toast. Yum! I even got some crocheting done. Nice quiet day.
Monday, April 7th, was to have been a grandmonster play day with Claude and me for their spring break from school. Alas, I did not realize Nelson had his spring break the week before. So, we had a play day with the Roper children.
My plan was to take them to the Muskegon Museum where they have a mastodon. Muskegon has taken that them and place small mastodon statues around downtown. I had hoped we could walk and let the kids find them and take pictures of them with their mastodon. The weather did not cooperate. Plan B went into effect. We took the kids to the mall where they have a big carpeted play area. The kids were very happy to be able to run and climb and slide on things.
After about an hour and a half, the youngest were ready to do something else. Time for McDonald's. We all had a nice lunch together. Drew had to be to work at 3pm. We had some time after lunch so Claude tried to order a little ice cream cone for the four kids. Alas, McDonald's decided this was a good time to clean their ice cream maker. Not sure what it is with McDonald's but we have really bad luck getting a shake or ice cream with them. The machines are always broken or getting cleaned. Literally, Raelyn even warned us their machine might not be working before Claude placed the order.
We had a good day with the little ones. Drew headed to work, they headed home and Claude and I headed back to Holton.
We made a stop at Whispering Pines. This is the Amish bulk food store. The purpose was to find cookies for me, cheese and sour dough bread for Claude. We picked up a few things to take to our son, Jake, as well. The thing that I always am amused by is the parking for horses. It is an Amish community and they do not drive cars. Nissa tells me they have this same parking at the Meijer in Fremont.
Tuesday, April 8th, was our last day in the Muskegon area. We first picked up Paul and took him to Bob Evans. We had a nice meal and a very frank discussion. It was good to see Paul and be with him again.
Then we went to the Roper home for one more quick goodbye visit with the great grandmonsters.
Joel dressed as a Ninja Turtle. Please note the hot pad mittens he uses as pinchers.
Jake actually had the day off. He was doing all his errands before we came. We got to Chelsea about 5pm. We went to Jake apartment and dropped off some things for him. Then we all went to Valiant's for a nice dinner together. After we went to our hotel room to visit until about 8:30pm. Claude took Jake back to his apartment for the night.
Wednesday, April 9th, we left the hotel at 11am. We picked Jake up and went to the Mexican restaurant in Chelsea for lunch. We really like this place. After a great lunch and visit, we took Jake back home for a quick nap before he was to head for work. We gassed the car and headed toward Georgetown, Kentucky.
We would only stop once for gasoline and a snack break. It started to rain on us in Ohio. We were forever getting across the bridge from Cincinnati into Kentucky. But it was rush hour and to be expected. It started to rain again on us while we waited. It quit once we were into Kentucky.
We would stop at Jimmy John's for a sandwich for our dinner. We agreed to take it home. Unload the car but do nothing with the things we unloaded. Usually I am all about emptying the suitcase and starting the laundry. Not this night. We emptied the car, curled up in our recliners, ate our sandwiches and watch a couple of Castle's before heading to bed.
This was a really good trip. We saw all of our family the lives up north with the exception of Phoebe. Maybe some day her mother will open her heart and let us visit with Phoebe. We enjoyed a good meal in St. Louis, visited a new place the "Field of Dreams, and spent time with family in Chicago, Muskegon, Holton and Chelsea. Good trip!!
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