Winter Getaway

For quite a few years now, we've brought back my childhood tradition of going up to Lake Lawn Lodge (now called Lake Lawn Resort) over the MLK Holiday weekend. I have such fond memories of going there as a kid, and now my kids have great memories of being there. Sadly, this year we decided to not go. With Covid still spreading rapidly, we felt that it was safer to not venture to a resort with lots of people and shared spaces. We all accepted the fact that yet another tradition would be put on hold, like so many others this year.

I started to feel extra sad about the skipped trip, and decided to come up with a plan B. After a bit of researching and planning, we settled on taking a trip to Michigan for the weekend. We rented an adorable Airbnb that was nestled right into a little old neighborhood in Muskegon. The goal was just to relax, hang out, and sneak in an afternoon of snow tubing. All went well and according to plan...besides the horrendous pain that Tyler had the night before we left and throughout the whole weekend. He ended up at a quick care, where they weren't able to do much besides suggest that it could be a kidney stone. Regardless, he was able to keep the pain down some (thanks to Motrin) and we ended up having a great weekend. Some highlights were the walk along the frigid lakeshore, decorating a gingerbread house, lots of TV time (football playoffs, Love It or List It, and Hoarders were our most watched shows), yummy food, snow tubing at the Double J resort, and sledding on the awesome hills at Beachwood Park in Muskegon.

It wasn't our usual trip, but we still enjoyed it! We are so thankful to have found some fun and safe alternatives to the trips that were originally planned this year. Though we have definitely missed out on what we were going to do, we are grateful for the chance to experience so many other things that we otherwise would not have done.