Darin's Lunch with the Ladies....

We spent Saturday on Grosse Ile visiting family and friends. Darin took all of his favorite ladies out to lunch: Wife, Mom & Grandma. We bumped into Grace at the restaurant. Darin was definitely outnumbered (4 to 1).

August Baseball

The race is on to make the playoffs, which made Friday night's game against the White Sox especially exciting. Sad to say the Tiger's couldn't pull off the win, but we had a great time anyway. Here's a picture of the GM Fountain (featuring the new Chevy Malibu). There were lots of runs scored, so the fountain definitely got a workout!

Vacation Highlights

We're readjusting to the "real world" after a two week roadtrip. We had a great time exploring all that South Dakota has to offer. Here's our picture in front of Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park. (This was where National Treasure 2 was filmed:-)

There's no better place to watch fireworks than at Mount Rushmore. We had to park 2 miles away (we were lucky--people were parked as far as 6 miles from the site!). The walk was definitely worth it. What a grand way to celebrate our country's birthday!!

Another highlight of our trip was a hike to Hearney Peak and Little Devil's Tower in Custer Park. Darin was daring enough to stand at the edge of the cliff for this picture. (I was dizzy just taking the picture!?)

Our trip ended with some quality family time in Iowa and an odometer reading of 4000+ miles (we started with 2!!).