We had an AMAZING time up north. It was great for us to go away, and to make memories with each other. It was HOT, HOT, HOT, but well worth it :) Vacationing is different when Lyme tags along, but Jon was a trooper and enjoyed the time away too. His body required more stops along the way, as well as more naps. We really wanted this to be a relaxing vacation, and it was for the most part, but anytime you go away you always come home exhausted, and that is how we are all feeling today. We took the scenic route to the bridge and it was worth it. We enjoyed lunch at Don's Drive Inn... yum, yum, yum. It was fun taking the girls to places we went to on our honeymoon 10+ years ago. The girls enjoyed the pools and indoor water parks. They certainly are little fish :) On Friday we crossed the Mighty Mac and headed to the Mystery Spot and Deer Ranch. It was a lot of fun watching Claudia at the Mystery Spot... you could see the wheels spinning in her little head. I personally LOVED watching Jon with the girls at Deer Ranch, they fed & touched a lot of deer, and I could tell he was loving every minute of his girls being interested in the deer. However, the fun there was quickly overcome with panic as Chloe had an allergic reaction to something. Poor thing was dealing with some allergy issues, but in a matter of less than 2 minutes her entire face swelled. She couldn't see out of her eyes, and was covered with hives and lot's of swelling. We think one of the deer up there had fly spray on them and that set off a major reaction for her. Luckily I had allergy meds with me, so I gave her the max dose and we quickly made our way to McD's so we could get her out of the heat and I could give her a bath. It was definitely scary, but after about an hour she was starting to act more like herself and she was able to see out of her eyes again. Later that night we did some walking downtown Mackinaw City and that was really nice. The heat had finally let up a little and we were enjoying the nice breeze. It was greatly appreciate, because it was HOT, and having no air in the van made it even hotter, but we all sweated it out together :) When we got back to our hotel, Jon's mom and I put the little & big kids to bed and then made our way over the Mighty Mac again to try our luck at the casino. We tried our best to come home with more $$ in our pockets, unfortunately that didn't happen, but we did have a great time. Our ride home was nice too. We stopped by the farm that the boys hunt at, and we visited with dad's cousin Dave for a bit and Jon showed the girls where he deer hunts... they even got to use the bathroom in daddy's trailer. It was GREAT to get away, but it was really nice to come home too.
I have a bazillion pictures from the trip, surprise surprise, but my computer screen is all messed up so looking at pictures isn't an option right now, but I will definitely post pics, once I'm back up and running again.
Please continue to think of Jon and to pray for him as he tries to "recover" from vacation. He's been having A LOT of neck pain lately and the exhaustion is getting the best of him. He's supposed to go back to work tomorrow and I know he's not looking forward to it for many reasons. Today is also Jon's last day for his nasty meds... he'll have a week off and then back at it for 2 weeks. They definitely didn't hit him as hard this time as they did the last time (and we are thankful for that), but it's still been a rough few weeks.
We have SO much to be thankful for right now though. We hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July "week" and that you were all able to Make EVERY moment count!!!
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