Michigan and Salt Lake City

I got to go to Michigan to visit with Kathy's family this summer (2013).  I had a wonderful time.  Kathy took us the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Belle Island, and Walled Lake, to name a few places.  We went out to eat  and walked to the school playground, attended a music concert at a park, attended stake conference (with Kellen, Kathy couldn't go, after which we went for a walk--with Shade, a run--on a path through the forest behind the stake center), and I just generally enjoyed being around the kids--and grandkids ;)  I got to see my first real firefly, and chasing and trying to catch them (Kathy actually caught one) was almost my favorite part of the whole trip.  Kathy has probably better photos and information on her blogspot (kathyandkellen.blogspot.com).  On the way back I had a several hour layover in Salt Lake and got to see Teresa, Lily, and Richard.  They took me out to eat and go shopping, showed me around their home they are remodeling (I'm quite impressed), talked me into dancing (or something) with their video game set-up, and took me for a gelato (I think that's what it was called--something like an ice cream, very good!).  I quite enjoyed that visit also.

Riding on a carousel.

Filling for the Oscar Mayer Hotdog couch.

A dimaxion house built by Buckminster Fuller (my hero)!

Shade driving us in a Model T.

Shade showing off his "guns."

I think Kathy's paper airplane beat both my and Shade's airplanes.

Me, Kathy, Olive, Shade on the shore between the U.S. and Canada.

Olive getting her feet wet at the splash park.

Shade's T-ball trophy :)

Kathy and Kellen taking us out for dinner.

Getting a tour in an antique car.

Shade learned some old-fashioned games.

Kathy and Olive on the steam-engine train.

Shade really likes live things, from worms to ants to fire-flies.

Shade trying on a knight helmet I crocheted.

Olive trying on a toe-sandal I crocheted.

We got pretty close to the ducks.

It's so fun to hold a sleeping baby :)

Shade swimming in the lake (in the middle of the photo).

Attending a musical concert at a local park.

Some of the audience (!) dancing to the music.

Visiting with Teresa and Lily in Salt Lake on the way home.  Teresa braided Lily's hair--very nice!

Teresa and Lily introducing me to a "gelato" (sp?)