Frozen Cross

Today we trekked out onto frozen Little Traverse Bay to view a crucifix at the bottom of the bay, 24 feet down. Every year (when the ice allows) Petoskey/Harbor Springs has their annual cross viewing, and it is believed to be the only fresh water crucifix in the world.

We bundled up the girls and headed out onto the bay. We weren't smart enough to bring a sled and after a couple minutes of walking, the girls decided they wanted to be carried. We made it out there and stuck our heads under the tarp and saw the crucifix, it's pretty neat to see. The guys working it brought out an underwater camera so the girls could see it on a tv, they liked that. We headed back in, again carrying the girls, but this time made a short-cut through the rocks and got back to the car where Ainslee started screaming her head off. We realized her poor hands were purple and probably tingly at this point. Apparently we need to get her better mittens! Luckily hot chocolate did the trick, and she was fine. It was fun to go out and see the cross, we had talked about going out there since we have moved up here, and we finally did it.

The walk didn't last long, next year we will bring a sled.

The beginning of our adventure, all smiles so far!

We made it!

Peeking over to view the crucifix

The waterfall at Sunset Park

Cha-Ching!

Brandon and I had a great get-away this past Sunday until today. Grandma Glass came up north to stay with the girls while Brandon and I headed to Turtle Creek for two nights. It has been a year since we have gone away for more than a night, so we were looking forward to spending time together. We decided to stay at Turtle Creek Casino for the entertainment aspect and also because of the rooms, very, very nice and reasonable. I would recommend staying at the hotel to anyone. Before we left on our get-away my mom gave both Brandon and I 20 bucks to gamble with, and she told Brandon "You MUST spend this". For most of you who know B, he does not like to part with his money, unless it's for hunting, and even that can take some persuasion (but somehow Marty has seemed to master this with B, but that's another story)! Anyway, my mom made it clear that I was to make sure he gambled this money. About 7 or 8 years ago we were in Detroit on New Year's at Greektown Casino. My mom gave B, Gari Lee and I money to gamble with, and B thought "Why gamble with it, it's 20 bucks I never had", my mom found out he didn't spend the money and to this day we continue to joke about it! So our first night at Turtle Creek we went down to check out the casino and we were trying to find the old-school slots, not the crazy play 30 line machines. We found few Wheel of Fortune machines and Brandon sat down at one because he wanted to get "just one spin on the wheel". He starts playing and hits for 400 bucks!!!!! He was crazy excited and it was fun to watch him. He called my mom and asked if he could have another 20 on her since he did so well with the first! Of course he's not sure what he's going to do with his winnings yet, likely buy hunting stuff. So this morning after we checked out of our room, we headed back down to the casino, B wanted to try 10 more bucks in a machine. We headed back to the Wheel of Fortune machines, and I sat down and put 20 in the machine next to him and I slowly gained credits. I was up 140 bucks and got a spin on the wheel, and hit for another 250 bucks!!! So all in all I walked out with 350, B with 400!!! We were very happy with our profitable weekend, and I suppose the time we spent together was pretty great too!!!!!!!

Wii Fit

Grandma Glass picked up a Wii Fit not too long ago. When we were at her house last week, Cadence gave it a try. She went through all the "training", and her physical age ended up being 17, go figure! She had a lot of fun, yoga was her favorite, she tried hula hoop, but that's a little tough for her right now.