In July, Tyler's family spent time in Michigan with Rachel's family en-route to his new assignment at Fort Rucker, Alabama, for his Captains Career Course. Elaine and I flew up there to spend a couple of days with them before driving with them to Alabama.
The kids always love driving in Great-Grandpa's golf cart.
And love running around the yard and fields in Olivet, Michigan.
One day Rachel took us to Lake Michigan to swim and play, where she used to go with her family when she was growing up.
The weather wasn't too warm, but we braved the chill since it was the only day we could go to the lake.
Andrew and Sylvia liked playing in the sand as much as anything else!
Splashing in the waves....
and swimming in the water. There were more waves than we expected in a lake, but Lake Michigan is a very large--some would even say "great"-- lake.
While we were in Michigan we had a "Moana" birthday party for Andrew
Rachel made a really awesome "Moana" cake
Too bad Tyler's eyes were closed for this cute family picture!
Andrew had a pinata for his party. It was very hard to break, but they finally did it!
Some of Andrew's second cousins came to his birthday party, but we didn't get pictures of them.
Also not sure why we didn't have any photos of Rachel's parents, since we were staying at their house!
We all went to the bowling alley for even more birthday fun
We gave Andrew this Maui fish hook for his birthday, and he thought it was pretty cool.
After having fun in Michigan, the day came to start our trip. We loaded up the van and said goodbye to the Judd family.
It was a big adventure for Rachel who was 8+ months pregnant - with twins!
Unfortunately as we neared Alabama, the van had trouble. So we rented a U-haul van, and Elaine and I towed it the rest of the way to Alabama while Tyler and the family drove in their Toyota.
It worked out okay--Rachel, Elaine and the kids waited in a McDonald's while Tyler and Kent rented the U-haul and got the van attached to the trailer hitch.
We got to Fort Rucker and were able to get the keys for their on-base housing and go right to their new home.
They were without furniture for a couple of days so we sat on pillows and slept on air mattresses for a couple of nights.
The kids found ways to have fun even in an empty house.
The moving van with the rest of their belongings came from Colorado, and we all helped unload. Even some neighbors came to help
The kids were happy to see their own toys
The kids were happy to see their own toys
We set up the kids new bunk beds - they were excited about that.
Elaine and I flew back to DC to our regular life. It was a fun adventure, and glad we got to travel with Tyler and Rachel's family!
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