So I'm stealing a lot of this from my sister's blog and just changing it up a bit since she already wrote about this trip... why re-invent the wheel right? Thanks Beth ;)
Over Utah's UEA weekend, my mom and I went to Michigan to visit my sister Beth, her husband Tom, and my adorable niece Ainsley who live in Farmington Hills. We had a fun trip doing all kinds of things and most of all we just loved spending time with the Reese's! The first day, Beth showed us around their area.
We drove to a small lake near their house, it was so pretty. We let Ainsley play in the sand for a few minutes and watched the swans. Then we headed to the mall and JoAnns Fabrics.
Then we drove to Ann Arbor to have dinner with my dear friend Katie (aka Kaiters) Nibley who recently started grad school with her husband Joe at University of Michigan. Katie and I have been friends since our Freshman year of college and so it was really fun to see her again. We all then went and ate at the Pizza House in Ann Arbor, it was delicious.
The next day we dropped Tom off for work and then headed up to Frankenmuth, a small Bavarian tourist town. It had lots of quaint tourist shops including the Cheese Haus where we sampled a variety of different cheeses including their famous chocolate cheese. We bought a small Chocolate Mint Cheese to share with my dad and brother. We also went to Bronner's Christmas Shop which is the largest Christmas store in the country. It was the size of one and half football fields. They had so much stuff! But suprisingly we walked out of there without buying anything! Then we had lunch and headed to the outlets to do a little shopping.
Bronner's Christmas Shop
My mom and I saw this at Bronner's and thought it was pretty funny, they had a ton of them!
"Toilet Tatoos. The only way to crown your thrown
On Saturday we headed to Dearborn to the Ford Complex. We didn't hit the huge Henry Ford Museum, but we did go to Greenfield Village. This is a historical village started by Henry Ford. He had hundreds of historical homes, shops, and buildings transported from all over the world here to be a living museum. We saw Henry Ford's childhood home, a courthouse where Lincoln practiced law, Thomas Edison's Menlow Park lab where he invented many things, the Webster home (as in Webster's Dictionary), Orville and Wilbur Wright's childhood home and bicycle shop, Robert Frost's home, as well as many other historical homes from as early as 1600. It was really interesting. They had an old carousel with handpainted horses. Tom took Ainsley on a ride. We then stopped for lunch. Afterward, we headed to the living crafts demonstration area where we learned about glass blowing, tin making, weaving, and print making. We had a wonderful time. On the way home, we stopped for dinner and then us girls watched a chick flick.
The Ford Quadricycle. It was the first vehicle developed by Henry Ford.
Model T
Trying on lovely hats at the hat shop
Thomas Edison's Lab, transported from Menlow Park, New Jersey
Ains and I had fun making funny faces. I love this girl!
The last day was Sunday. We went to church with Beth and Tom. Then we had a big dinner and spent the last few hours chatting, doing crafts, and spending time together. We loved being able to come visit, thanks for making it such a fun trip. We love and miss you guys!
Sorry we made Ainsley cry for 20 minutes after you dropped us off at the airport ;)
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