Michigan

Chris and I took a much needed vacation to Michigan for the past week and a half to visit Chris' parents and see the sites. We started our vacation by going to the largest Christmas store in the world called Bronners. I love this store! It is about the size of two Costco's put together full of Christmas delights such as ornaments (which can be personalized), stocking, music, Nativity Scenes, figurines, and much more. We got several beautiful ornaments and some figurines. We then visited the cute village of Frankenmuth for some amazing chicken as well as cheese and fudge! It was heaven! Our next big adventure was going to Mackinac Island where we went to an old fort, ate fudge and ice cream, walked around and saw horse drawn carriages and bicycles everywhere (cars are not allowed on the island) and went to a butterfly house. It was such a fun day! We then went on a boat cruise in the upper peninsula of Michigan called Picture Rocks where there were beautiful rock formations and colors! Next we did a nature walk to a waterfall and enjoyed the scenery. Our next destination was to the Petoskey State Park Beach where Chris looked for Petoskey Stones (stones containing fossils that are only found in the Petoseky area), enjoyed the beach, and walked around the city of Petoseky. On our way back to the Miller's house, we stopped by Sleeping Bear Sandunes where Chris and I climbed up some gigantic sandunes! It was hard, but the view at the top was well worth the effort! When we got back to the home base, we went to Greenfield Village which had many famous historic building such as Edison's workshop. We got to eat a meal from the 1850's and watch various craftsmen such as glass blowers and potters practice their trade. On the last day of our trip we went to the Detroit Temple with Mom and Dad Miller and took a tour of Detroit! Unfortunately, vacations have to end and we came home. Thanks Michigan Millers for a wonderful vacation! We had so much fun and hope to make it back up there soon!

Here are some pictures from our trip: