I'm back

Busy busy days. We went to Michigan for a week for my cousins wedding. It was a lot of fun. My cousin even managed to have a few hours to just spend chatting with me the day before her wedding! She is awesome! It made the whole trip worth it. She teared up when she first saw my son. We grew up together until we were thirteen and we are only three weeks apart. I kept wanting to call her and her brother and my other cousin Kaden's aunts and uncles instead of cousins. We were all that close as kids. Her wedding was beautiful. The weather had been awful but it cleared up perfectly so that she and all of us could be comfortable during the outdoor ceremony. I am so glad that she has found a wonderful man to marry. Weddings are happy! I am so glad that I got to go and spend time with her and show her my baby.

I also got to see my best friend from Fourth grade. We hadn't talked at all in four years. We hadn't seen each other for 9. But it was just like we had never left each other. We caught up on our lives- big things for both of us- she has a two and a half year old daughter now! :) We got to introduce our kids and I took a little video. We reminisced about our childhood. She told me about all the changes to my old house and neighborhood. She is a truly amazing person. Truly one of the kindest and most giving people that I have ever met. She is so wonderfully happy and grounded. She kept me sane through Junior high and even managed to make it a positive experience. Now we have each other's e-mail and I hope that we don't go through 9 years of relative silence again. She is someone I always want in my life.

The trip to Michigan was great. I got to see some more old friends- ones who've known me since birth. I've moved around so much it's fun to go back to those roots and connect with people who've known who you are from the very beginning. I love hearing what we've all done with our lives too. I know some really awesome people who have their heads on straight. They know what is important in life. I feel blessed.

On our last day there we went to the amusement park Cedar Point. Matt loved it! He went on a ride that accelerates from 0-120 in 4 seconds. That made the trip a vacation for him too. I mostly went on the old rides- very nostalgic for me. :) The Gemini was the first roller coaster I went on. It was a kind of coming of age thing in my family. My mom always took us on the roller coasters and my dad took us on the bumper cars. Kaden behaved really well the whole day. He is such a wonderful even tempered baby.

So overall I would say the trip was a success. Kaden was shown off well and we enjoyed ourselves.