To celebrate Jonathan's birthday, Lacey organized a surprise party at Sky Zone Sports. She didn't tell him anything about it. She blindfolded him and drove him to our house, then kept him blindfolded as we drove to the Sky Zone.
I think the last time I was on a trampoline was 2-3 years ago at Donald's house. All these trampolines together in one place was awesome!
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Gatlinburg - Roaring Fork Trail Part 1
The next day in Gatlinburg, we explored the Roaring Fork trail. It's right outside the city of Gatlinburg compared to the Cade's Cove trail the day before that is 20 miles outside the city.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Driving to Gatlinburg
The second part of our visit to Michigan was to pick up Rich and Chi and grab my parents from the airport and all head down to Gatlinburg Tennessee and see the leaves changing colors.
We all piled into Donald's raised Ford Excursion and headed out.
We all piled into Donald's raised Ford Excursion and headed out.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Erie Apple Orchard
Another tradition in Michigan is visiting the Erie Apple Orchard.
Normally we head back to the U-Pick apples and walk up and down the rows sampling different varieties. Unfortunately Michigan had a really warm March which caused the trees to bud, then a few weeks of below freezing temperatures. Erie Orchards was one of the only places left that still had U-Pick apples because of how close they are to Lake Erie.
Finding apples on the trees this year was difficult. One of our group likened it to an Easter Egg hunt.
Normally we head back to the U-Pick apples and walk up and down the rows sampling different varieties. Unfortunately Michigan had a really warm March which caused the trees to bud, then a few weeks of below freezing temperatures. Erie Orchards was one of the only places left that still had U-Pick apples because of how close they are to Lake Erie.
Finding apples on the trees this year was difficult. One of our group likened it to an Easter Egg hunt.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Pumpkin Carving in Michigan
It's tradition to carve pumpkins while we're up in Michigan. The turnout was a little lighter this year. Rita's running the Detroit Marathon the next day so her and Tyler are skipping it. Rich and Chi also decided not to do one. The good part of carving this year was that the kids can carve almost entirely on their own.
Aubrey's Basketball game
On Saturday, we all headed to the community center to watch Aubrey lead her team to victory in two basketball games.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Flowers & Bees Honey!
Earlier this year, my Dad started getting into bee keeping. Summer is just about over and it's time to harvest the honey! Not long after collecting it, Theresa and I got a fantastic package in the mail. Mmm.
You can read more about setting up the hive and getting the bees on my Dad's site here.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Day 2 afternoon
After an amazing morning seeing all the balloons lift off, we headed back to the hotel for a quick nap.
We met up just after noon and I guess that Schlotzsky's balloon marketing really worked on me, because I chose it for lunch.
We met up just after noon and I guess that Schlotzsky's balloon marketing really worked on me, because I chose it for lunch.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Day 2
Another bright and early start to get over to the balloon fiesta. It's colder than yesterday (45F), but the skies are much clearer. Yesterday the park and ride was pretty empty, but today we got the 2nd to last spot in the whole lot. Lucky us!
Another bus ride to the balloon field. After seeing all the cars backed up trying to park at the field itself, we're glad we took the bus since they were allowed to take a back route and drive right up.
Another bus ride to the balloon field. After seeing all the cars backed up trying to park at the field itself, we're glad we took the bus since they were allowed to take a back route and drive right up.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Day 1
Theresa and I have wanted to go to a hot air balloon festival for a while, but the one we were thinking of going to in Colorado Springs is always over Labor Day. We're always running the Disneyland Half Marathon at that time.
Theresa saw that one of the biggest hot air balloon festivals in the world happens in Albuquerque in early October. We're always ready to travel and it's always fun to travel with friends, so we invited the Bakers to join us.
We all got off work at noon and headed to the airport.
Theresa saw that one of the biggest hot air balloon festivals in the world happens in Albuquerque in early October. We're always ready to travel and it's always fun to travel with friends, so we invited the Bakers to join us.
We all got off work at noon and headed to the airport.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Painting Day at the Flowers' House
Time for another painting day! These are getting pretty popular.
We stocked up on lots of different colors for people to use for backgrounds.
We stocked up on lots of different colors for people to use for backgrounds.