I feel so much better

From the last post, you might know I was really sick. Like, REALLY sick. My MIL thought I had swine flu. It was not good. Praise God that my wonderful husband had 2 days off of work so he could take care of me for the worst of it. I felt really bad every time we ran out of chicken noodle soup and saltine crackers. You'd be surprised how fast I go through those suckers!

So to update you a little, it has been really busy around here. Our awesome friend Tommy came to visit. Leave it to me to NOT take pictures. If I could show you what the weekend we like, it looked like this:

The three of us get along famously! We only wish we lived close like we used to!

Tommy is just one of those people who gets along with everyone. He's always smiling. Always up for a good time. No wonder he was our best man. There's no other way around it. He was only here for 2 days but we watched Star Wars Episodes 4-6, since I had not completely seen them before. That was also sort of a gift to my brother in lawS because they almost keeled over and died the second I told them I hadn't made the time to watch the movies. My brother is the most un-nerdy guy on the planet so you can imagine those movies would NEVER have graced our house. Too bad, but they are now watched!

On a side note, most likely Tommy will be here for Thanksgiving. Did you know it would cost $1,000 (as in ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS) to fly home for turkey day? I'm still laughing about it! I'm surprised I'll be doing my first one at 22 years of age, but heck. WHY NOT?

So after Tommy left, I had to haul butt to get the house ready for my in-laws. Oh the excitement! I was literally giddy. Their flight left early enough that they had to get up at 3am, 6 our time. I was so excited that I actually woke up without an alarm and watched the sun go up that morning. Pure excitement. Really. I even texted my MIL telling her how much I was. They weren't going to be here until that night so I had to wait. A long time!

It just so happens that I was cleaning the house all day and I had to take a shower and they came right when I was getting out. Curses! Oh well, after I dressed myself half towel dried, I finally saw them! I felt home again. We went to a lovely dinner at Webber's, a place that Taylor and I will mostly likely go to again for something to celebrate. We knew we had a jam packed week ahead of us with not much time in between. The plan was to leave on Sat to drive up Michigan to Traverse City, and then end up in the UP, (Upper Peninsula) and take a ferry ride over to Mackinaw Island. Oh what fun!

Just having my in-laws here was comforting. Julie taught me how to make her famous pot roast! What makes the recipe even better is that her MIL taught her! I love that. We also went shopping for souvenirs for them to take back home and she was overly generous with getting me some U of M gear. It was fun. We also did a little decorating around out apartment because I needed some help. Ok, that wasn't true. I needed all the help I could get and I knew I wouldn't get better advice than from my MIL. I'm really partial to her decorating. And my sis in laws'. So after a long, long day of shopping and cleaning, we sat down to a comforting meal from Cottage Inn.

Doesn't that look good? Let me tell you, it IS!

It was so nice showing them Ann Arbor. People in California think we're like in India or something they way they talk about Michigan. I'm so excited for the snow I can hardly stand it! I promise!

Fast forward a little to our road trip. Love them, and even more love them with the in-laws. My FIL told me that he wanted help reading the map so I was the one to navigate. Me, yes me. It was actually pretty cool the way old people, I mean people back in the day used to do it.

Here's Marty with our trusty map!

We drove through Clare, MI that day which is where Marty lived BY HIMSELF for a year and a half when he was 25. He had gotten a huge promotion for Suzuki and he was moving up on the big wig scale. Let me tell you, I admire him even more. That place was so tiny with nothing to do. Poor thing, I would have been dying to go back home! Especially since Nashville is like another home to me too.

See how happy we are on road-trips?

After having a nice lunch in Clare we made our way up to Traverse City where we traversed through the city. Get it? We did. Anyway, another beautiful part of Michigan!

The next day, we made our way up to the UP. I guess they are famous for Pasties (dough filled with beef, potatoes, and onions.) Let's just say Taylor was the only one who liked it. My verdict- YUCK! But what do I know?

After we made our way across this bridge (EEEK!)

We made our way to Mackinaw Island!

Here we are on the Ferry ride. I don't know if you can tell but I was a little scared. I'm a baby when it comes to things like this now. Don't ask me why, I don't know!

Here's my in-laws. It's hard to take a good picture with the wind so harsh but it worked out.

And here is where the fun stopped.

Seriously. I need to skip a few things because we had a few problems. Not with each other. With the Island. Ask me the story in person, its a hoot. Really.

In the end, it was a wonderful visit! I couldn't help the tears when we had to say goodbye. I can't wait til we visit again. Now let's just hope I don't get as sick as I did before when they come again!