Michigonians

Under the cover of darkness we snuck into Michigan and set up camp in a Walmart parking lot and readied ourselves for the onslaught of Marisa's family to follow. Keep in mind that until the 19th Marisa had about 9 family members that she knew... By the 21st she had met about 35 new ones. (That's nearly a 400% increase)

We were blessed to be at the nucleus house of all family activity surrounding Marisa's Great grandma's funeral, who passed away the day before we arrived. Although M never met the Matriarch it was because of her that we met so much of the family that we otherwise may not have. These people were super kind and generous to us and we were welcomed right into the inner circle of the Cruttenden family.

It was a lot like thanksgiving or the SuperBowl for about 5 days straight. We basically sat around, talked to family, played with the kids, had one huge meal a day and snacked the rest of the day.

While we were there we did manage to cut each others hair (A's head shrunk about two sizes and his hat fits again).

It was pretty exciting to meet so many relatives and learn some family history. Hopefully there will be opportunities in the future to hang out with the new found family.

We're now headed for the border, Canadian wedding on Saturday, eh!