Michigan Living Week 4

Now the weeks seem to fly by. I just sat down to blog and asked the question, "what did we do this week?" We started talking about IKEA, the GREAT WALL OF DEWITT, White Castle, etc, but all of that was just over the weekend; what happened to the week? Here's what we finally remembered--

During the Week:
Both girls registered for school, Rebekah to DeWitt Junior High and Danielle to Herbison Woods Elementary school (5th grade). Now there's an official end to summer on the calendar!


Emily did the normal week of keeping the house running -groceries (Meijer), household stuff (Meijer), cleaning supplies (Meijer), DVD rental (Meijer), banking (Meijer), drinking water (Meijer), prescription pick-up (Meijer)- you get the picture. (In case you don't know, Meijer is the one-stop-shopping-everything. Think Super Wal-Mart on steroids...)

And I worked, which primarily means learning names and systems right now. Still feeling like the new kid at school who can't find his locker- which is normal, but a getting a little old...




The Weekend:
IKEA and White Castle... Here's the story: the girls are sharing a large room, and we thought it would be fun to split the room down the middle with the GREAT WALL OF DEWITT which would give both girls times of privacy. So we trekked to IKEA and bought some curtains and a tension cable to hang them. On the way there we spotted at White Castle (made infamous by the movie Harold and Kumar go to White Castle). So we decide to partake in a cultural phenomenon-- Question: Have you ever eaten at a White Castle? Let us know what you thought and we'll tell you what we thought!




Well, IKEA turned out awesome! Man, those Scandinavians have some cool stuff! They even sell socks from a vending machine so kids going into the child-care-thing have their feet covered- crazy!




And the GREAT WALL OF DEWITT was a great success!















I also finally got my Kayak wet- spent a couple hours exploring the Looking Glass River- just awesome. River kayaking is so the way to go! While I'm sure I'll miss the dolphins and seals of ocean kayaking, I certainly won't miss the work, waves, salt, and cold!








And today was another opportunity to worship with people who genuinely love the Lord and their community and aren't afraid to express that reality in a corporate setting- awesome!