Summer Days of Fun: Family Time & Civil War Reenactment

I'm not sure if this is some kind of record but 3 trips to Michigan in 8 days is at least a personal record for me. However, this weekend's trip was definitely worth the drive.

On Saturday, my dad and I spent some time visiting with my grandma and family. One of the main reasons for the trip to Michigan this time was because my uncle Jerry from Orlando was up visiting my grandma and my dad hadn't seen him in ten years.

 We just watched some old home videos, had dinner, and just spent time together. Also while at my grandma's my dad fall in love with one of my grandma's cats.

I have to say that Mike (that's the name of the cat) is one of my favorites as well. He's a giant black cat who is so sweet, loveable, and just little dumb- the prefect cat combination.

The next day, my dad and I return to my grandma's and visited for another hour or so before we started on our journey home. Little did my dad know that I had additional plans for our weekend other then just visiting my grandma- we were going to a Civil War Reenactment.

Turkeyville is only a ten minute dive from my grandma's house and I got to visit with more family at this stop.

My cousin's do Civil War reenactments throughout the summer and the picture above is of their campsite. I have always seen pictures from their reenactments but have never been able to attend, so I figured being that this was so close to my grandma's I needed to stop by.

It was kind of cool seeing so many historical things in one place that wasn't your traditional museum. Plus, watching the battle (once it really got started) was pretty cool.

Those canons were really loud and would take you by surprise if you weren't paying attention. All in all it was a great weekend and it's always nice when you get to spend some of it with family.