Michigan Trip Part 1: Ron and Luann's Cottage

We've gotten a little behind with the blog since we left for Michigan a few weeks ago. During our nine days in Michigan we had such a great time getting to see our families and friends and getting to be a part of Josh and Sarah's (Bryant's sister) wedding. We will be posting highlights from the trip as we have time. As always, thanks for reading.

The first stop on our Michigan trip was with our very good friends Ron and Luann at their cottage on Big Star Lake. This extended what is normally a 17 hour drive into a 19 hour drive, but it was more than worth it to get to spend some time with them. For those of you who don't know, Ron and Luann are the parents of Jill 'DeVries' Johnson who was Becky's college roommate. I got to know them when they let me take over their basement during World Cup 2002 because I didn't have ESPN2 at my apartment that summer (the games were on at 1 and 3 am and they didn't even know me before that which gives you and idea of how cool they are). Ron and Luann were the Master and Mistress of Ceremonies at our wedding (which interestingly no one from outside of Michigan has ever heard of) and did so much to make sure everything went perfectly for us that day.

It was the first time we had seen them in a year-and-a-half so we had such a great time just hanging out and catching up. We took the waverunner out on the lake and they cooked us a delicious dinner. Hopefully next time we'll be able to stay a bit longer.

Becky and I on the sun porch.

Zoe and Chloe met for the first time and got along quite well.

Ron made me a gigantic steak and asparagus omelet with the previous night's leftovers. It was fantastic.