More Fun in MI

The rest of the week was very eventful as well. We spent Wednesday visiting Jen Britton, Ami and Matt Kipf, and Becky and Justin Vinson. It was really nice visiting with all of them and good that we can catch up even if it is only once in a while. Thursday we went to one of Jim's Highschool teachers Annual Christmas party. We were definitely old! But Josh was a huge hit. They throw the party every year to promote math/science programs for high school kids and so it is neat to see all the graduates and what they are all doing now. After that we went to Jimmy and Michelle Smiths. Ava and Josh got to play for a bit but it was pretty late so they crashed early. Josh was starting to hate all the new sleeping environments so he struggled a bit to go to sleep. He kinda had a rough night but we made it through and he was fine all day Friday.

Friday night Jim and I went to GLI (Great Lakes Invitational Hockey Tournament). It is an annual hockey tournament between the Div 1 MI hockey schools and one other team in the league. This year Mich Tech actually did awesome winning 4-1 against Michigan State. Jim actually watched the game. I on the other hand seemed to like seeing old college friends down in the Olympia room. I was definitely bummed as there were only about 5 DZ's... but I guess they all go down there Saturday night.

Saturday was Jim's b-day. We met up with his highschool friend Laura and Dave at teh National Coney Island. That was big fun! I had never officially had a coney dog. We went to DQ growing up to get hot dogs with chili on it. So this "Coney" world is new to me. It was a hot dog with chili. Didn't think there was anything special.

That night we went to dinner with some more of Jim's friends. We got to meet Sarah's fiance Mike and see Mark and Tara. Josh was SO tired by that point so G'ma and G'pa Kirkwood took him home early.

Sunday we made the trip back home. Again Josh did well for the first 5.5 hours. Glad the drive is only 6.5 total! We hope you all had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!