Michigan Vacation Recap

*a fair warning.. this post is long and full of picture collages!!* =)

We took a trip to Michigan for the 4th of July break... we made it a bit longer this time around since it'll probably be our last major vacation before the twins arrive. We started our trip on Friday, June 28th. We split our trip into 2 days... spent the night at a nice hotel near Rochester, New York. As soon as we arrived at my brother's condo on Saturday, we headed out to National Coney Island for dinner =) I have been craving a Hani and Chili Cheese Fries from there for soo long - had to have it, hehe. One of my great friends, Thao (she's also my first friend ever in the US!) joined us for dinner too. During the weekend, we also celebrated my cousin Kat's birthday a little early (her actual bday is today). I took her out for a mani/pedi and we had a nice dinner at home with a few of our friends. It was a fun time. Miles enjoyed hanging out with everyone. During the weekend, we also got to hang out in Royal Oak. Reminded me of so many fun times there back in the day.

Monday, we headed out to Detroit Zoo and met up with Tim's brothers, Joseph & Jalal and their families. We had lunch first before going to the zoo. It was nice to hang out and just chitchat & eat with everyone before doing the whole zoo thing. We brought a wagon to the zoo and it came in pretty handy. It was cute to see all of the combinations of kids in it throughout the zoo. Miles hates being in strollers nowadays, so it was nice to have something for him when he was tired of walking. Even with the rain, I think everyone had a great time. The kids had a lot of fun seeing all of the animals - I think the butterfly garden and the polar bears were the favorites. After the zoo, Miles zonked out in the car before we even got to the restaurant for dinner! He was asleep on me for the beginning of dinner but eventually woke up and got to play with some pizza dough with his cousins! We ate at Tim's cousin's restaurant in Livonia. It was definitely a fun time eating there.

It was nice to spend some time with my brother Herman for a few days. Miles liked playing with him and found it funny to wake him up in the morning. His place is full of random stuff, so Miles explored the condo and had a lot of fun. My brother took us out to dinners which was really nice. One of the nights, we went out to dinner and got to walk around downtown Rochester afterward. I love Michigan summer nights! They are so much longer!!

Wednesday, we headed out to Cass City for the rest of our Michigan vacation. We got to hang out with Jalal, Mary, and Abbie some more. Miles and Abbie had a greatttt time playing together. They played so nicely together - they chitchatted a lot, got to watch fireworks, play at Tetah & Sedo's house, swim and ride bikes, and enjoy the Cass City 4th of July festivities. It was so cute to see them look for each other each morning too. They were truly buddies during this vacation. Miles also got to feed cookies to some horses in Cass City too! Gotta love the country. I'm glad we got to spend some time with family and friends before we "settle" down a little for these angels of ours. I'll post an update of the twins and my pregnancy soon too.