Aunt Shell Shell Visits

Sit down. Get comfortable. I have a lot to tell you about today. No worries, all of it is good. We were just busy this past weekend. Lets see, it all begins Saturday Morning.....

6am -- I am up and the kids aren't too far behind. We have a quick breakfast, finish packing, load the car and clean up a bit for Doug, load the kids into the car and we are off. First a stop at a local coffee shop for an Extra Grande Artisson for me. (Its a latte with vanilla and Carmel, whip cream and Carmel drizzle on top - yum-0) We drop Doug off at church and we are headed for Clinton Twp.

8:30am Call into mom to let her know we are on our way. Should be there in two and a half hours. Along the way we call pappa for some radio station info. He helped us find AM 910 Radio Disney. The kids loved it. They were able to hear their favorite Disney songs, like all the HSM2 songs or ones by Hannah Montana or the Jonas Brothers.

10:30am We arrive at Granda and Pappas. I have a lead foot. ;-) We settle in, unload the car, say hi to Cousin Peyton and her friend Drew, and make our selves at home. Aunt Shell and her boyfriend Josh are there too. They brought gifts. Namely a new game. Wii. They had already set it up the night before and had tried it out so it was ready to go for the kids. They all caught on very quickly. Josh was the main man as far as teaching how it worked and supervising the kids as they played.

12:30 Lunch at Granda's. Nap time for Sarah, Peyton and Drew, but everyone else is still playing Wii. Boxing was a fun game. The favorite was bowling or Baseball, depending on who you talk to.

4:30pm Headed to the softball game. Rachelle's friends boyfriend was playing in a softball tournament near Grandmas so we went to see a game. We all piled into the suburban and headed to the game. It was at Liberty Park in Sterling Heights. The big kids had fun but Sarah and Daniel were fidgety. We did a lot of walking. Daniel also practiced his numbers by telling me what numbers he saw on the jerseys as they passed us.

6:30pm Back to Grandmas for Pizza with the Easons and more Wii. Grandma and Pappa had gone to a SCWAPS get together earlier so they were gone for dinner.

7:30 Sarah to bed. She was tired.

8:00pm Daniel to bed. I was tired.

9pm Grace, Nathan and Jacob to bed. No protests, no horsing around. Everyone was tuckered out. That Wii is intense!! Aunt Renee and I even got in on it. Boxing is fun.

And that was just Saturday!!

Sunday was even better!

6:30am Everyone up and getting ready for church.

8:15 church at Immanuel. All the kids stayed in the service the whole time. A first for both Daniel and Sarah. I don't usually have 4 extra people to help with crowd control. After church we hung around for a while to talk to old friends. I ran into Joel Neumeyer who is teaching at Immanuel. Funny how small the Lutheran circle can be sometimes.

10:30am The girls head to the mall and leave the boys to play Wii -- of course.

Did you know Lakeside mall doesn't open until 11am? Neither did we. Good thing Sears was open early.

12:30 Lunch at Grandmas again. More Wii and a nap for Sarah. Uncle Brian, Aunt Kay and Great Grandpa Wyckhuys stop by for a visit. They watch the baseball and football games for a while thanks to dad's split screen feature on the TV. Then they play ummmm Wii.

5:30 Dinner -- KFC Very good. There is no KFC in Hillsdale anymore. So this was a neat treat. After dinner we of course played Wii. The kids all went to bed at a decent hour and the adults played more Wii!!

Bedtime for the adults was earlier tonight. We get tired just watching the kids.

Monday we got up early again as is normal for the Adams Clan. We loaded up the car, had breakfast and headed out. We took Rachelle and Josh to the airport. They had an 11 ish flight to catch and it was on our way. We stopped at Grandma Adams' for lunch and a break. Then we headed home. We got home around 3pm. It was a quick trip in but worth it. It was good to see Rachelle and Josh. Doug has gone to Grand Rapids for a few days to a conference for Professional Church Workers. He is due home on Wednesday. I feel like two ships in the night.

Thanks to Grandma and Pappa Wyckhuys for a great weekend. We love you tons and tons!!