We Got Visitors!!!!!

What a treat it was to have David and Grace visit us for a few days. David has just finished his third year of medical school and Grace has just finished up her classes at the Fashion Institute of New York. It felt like we were having Christmas early as it was so wonderful to spend time with family.
We had our first Senior Missionary Outing when they were here to the GM Assembly Plant in Lansing. The plant is highly automated with some excellent robotics and is supposed to be the most high tech automobile plant around. It is not open to the general public so it was a real treat to tour it. David and Grace loved hanging out with all of us and we all had a great lunch at the home of President and Sister Jones.

In between teaching our classes and the really terrible weather, we still were able to show David and Grace some fun places in Michigan.
The tulips in Holland were basically gone, but we were able to show them the massiveness of Lake Michigan, the beautiful beaches there, and the bright red Holland South Pier Lighthouse. I’ll admit it, that we did a little shopping in downtown Holland too. It is a beautiful little Michigan town with a serious Dutch heritage




We had short visit to an artsy tourist town on Lake Michigan, called Saugatuck—lots of Native American names around here

Today is Memorial Day and we are so grateful for all those who serve now, have served, and especially those who have given their lives for this great nation. Most of the students and young people here have all headed for the beaches or lakes. For those that are still around, we have invited to a BBQ here at the institute. It is supposed to be 90 degrees today with humidity.
Spring, I think, is here or has come and gone. I am never quite sure as this past week, it has been very rainy and cold and yesterday, we even had a tornado warning and went to a safe area to wait out the storm.
The campus here, however is beyond gorgeous and we are told that it has been declared a National Arboretum. Craig and I try to walk everyday and we have really enjoyed seeing all the ducklings and goslings along the river as well as the beautiful gardens. One of our favorites is behind the Radiology Building.

I love looking at the contrast between the tree outside our apartment window a couple of weeks ago and what it looks like now. I found out it is a dogwood tree and it so reminds me of the tree in our yard in Seattle when I was very young.