Michigan Trip

This past weekend we took a road trip to Michigan for Philip's cousin's Courtney's wedding. We left Thursday after lunch, hoping that she would nap for at least a little bit on the way up there. ha- wishful thinking apparently. She did not want to nap, but was still so good and only fussed when she was ready for dinner, when we stopped at a McDonald's with a playground so she could play a little bit. It took us a little under 7 hours to get there, which considering we had a two year old and a 6.5 month pregnant woman, that is NOT BAD! 

We missed family dinner that night, but got there in time to hug several people before they went home for the night. Aunt Melody and Uncle Curtis stayed at Papa and Grape Grandma's (as ainsley calls her) with us, so we got to visit with them that evening. 
Friday was a fun day just spend around Papa and Grandma's house. Philip and I took A out on the lake in a canoe. She put her hand in the water almost the whole ride, alternating sitting with Mommy and Daddy and "helping" us paddle. She also saw her first frog, which she wouldn't touch. She loved talking about the frog though and how "we let it go on the steps". And held her first caterpillar which she claimed was a "nice boy". 

During nap time, Philip and I went fishing and had such a good time. We only caught little blue gill, but it was so relaxing and fun. (thank you for watching monitor Gramma!) I would like to point out that while he caught more fish, i caught the biggest:) 

That night those of us not at rehearsal dinner grilled out and hung out at Papa and G's house. After dinner, Papa treated us all to ice cream. Ainsley got "blue ice cream!" and was so happy. 

Friday morning we took A back down to the lake hoping to let her see one of us catch a fish- but they weren't biting:( and she got bored pretty quick. so we let her fly her kite and play outside until nap time and time for us to get ready for the wedding! 

The wedding was outside at a beautiful location. Courtney was a beautiful bride. Carol did such a great job on all the decorations and everything went smoothly for the happy couple:) 

That night Philip got Grandma and Papa all to himself and got to spend some time with them going over old photo albums and hearing old Europe stories. He had been wanting to do this and this night made him very happy:) I was sent to bed after falling asleep on the couch:) I was in bed before Grandma even got home from the wedding! 
The next morning all of the family came over for a brunch for Courtney and Brian and to open their wedding gifts. We didn't get to stay for the gifts as we had to get on the road to come home, but we were happy to see everyone one last time before we had to leave. Once again, on the ride home, Ainsley would not nap. But she was seriously soo good in the car. We couldn't have asked for better from her and rewarded her with a popsicle and sucker:) She was so good the whole weekend, we are so proud of her:) 
We had such a good time getting to see the family. We wish we could have stayed just one more day to have a day to relax and spend more time with Ted and Carol (who were understandable very busy on their daughter's wedding weekend). We will just have to make another trip up ! (well maybe not for awhile with this baby coming and all;) )