Michigan

It has been a whirlwind of 2 weeks in the Overall household!
Philip's cousin, Courtney, stayed with us for a week so she could shadow him at work. She is a soon-to-be junior and is wanting to go to med school. She thought it would be a good experience to follow her cousin around and see what life is like in the emergency department. She saw some crazy things! her favorite experience was when Philip let her put her hands in a patient's chest cavity that had been opened to keep them alive. She got to see lots of good stuff and hopefully has some fun things to brag to her friends about:)

on the dock of his grandparents lake house

Friday morning we got up and headed up to Michigan. Philip's grandma turns 80 in September, but her family planned a surprise party for her this weekend (since it was the best weekend for the most people). It started out Saturday night when she was supposed to be having dinner for Courtney's birthday with her family. Little did she know we were all right outside the door and came parading in when she entered the room. We came in single file line yelling 'surprise!' and she said she ' never thought people would quit coming!'. People traveled from all over, even California! It was well deserved for a well loved woman.

The next day we had an open house at her and papa's house. we had 85 people stop by to wish her happy birthday! I was blown away by how many of her friends and family came by. That night we stayed there and grilled out. We finished the night by playing games and just having a good time.

It was a good weekend for me to get to know Philip's family better.They are such good people and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with them.