Spring Break

We hadn't planned to go anywhere for spring break because we had just gone to Florida.

Enter: Matthew's Biography Project on Henry Ford

When we were doing research online, we found out that there is a Henry Ford Museum just outside of Detroit, MI which isn't too much of a drive from here.

Matthew asked if we could go there and who am I to turn down a kid's request to visit a museum?

(We laugh that we are probably the only people
who go to Detroit for Spring Break)

(our kids love swimming at the hotel pools)

The museum was very awesome.

I thought we'd spend 1 or 2 hours there,
but we ended up there for about 5

And that was without visiting Greenfield Village which was closed.

We also took a tour of the Ford Rouge Factory
where they manufacture F-150 Trucks.

Sadly, they weren't working that day because they were out of parts-possibly because of Japan, which we learned manufactures the red and black dyes for cars too.

but it was still cool to see the assembly lines and stages of truck building.

Matthew was in heaven!  

We also called Paul's cousin Corey and his wife Ashley as we were driving to Michigan.  I am so glad we got in touch with them--

They live a couple hours away and spur of the moment decided to join us!

It was so fun to see them and the kids had a lot of fun together.

Elle and Nora are a month apart and really liked each other!

Ashley and Corey graciously invited us to stay at their beautiful home

where the kids played and had a great time!

We went out to dinner on our way out of Michigan

I love how Max sat between Afton and Matthew.

Matt was glad to have another boy and Max thought having a big brother would be great!

It was a fun excursion for our family and well worth the driving!