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We went to the fair last Friday and had perfect weather, not too hot not too cool and no humidity. Perfect! Cameron rode a bunch of rides, including one that I think really impressed her daddy, it looks like this
It takes you up several feet and the drops you quickly a few feet at a time, pulls you back up and drops again. Travis didn't think she would like it. She rode it twice. 
She did ride one like it at Michigan Adventure but it didn't go quite as high as this one.
She played some kid games and won little prizes. Hubby and I played some big games and daddy won her a big puppy.
And of course you can't leave the fair with out having a jumbo corn dog. Yum!
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On Sunday we met my dad at the finish line in Chelsea, Mi. My brother (who wasn't able to ride this year) and SIL and their 2 kids went with us because my SIL's dad and sister also ride. 
They were coming in fast so I got one quick (blurry) shot off of my dad which I thought was neat because it had the finish line sign in the background.
After the ride, each team meets with the child that they raised money for and are each presented with a medal. This is my dad receiving his metal from Curtis.
After pictures we all headed to the food building to eat. The event was catered by Carabah's restaurant with some yummy food. They had loads of stuff for kids to do and lots of fun little freebies for the kids. Lots of fun for the families.
The kids made signs and were very proud of them. They wouldn't let anyone hold them for them.
They were coming in fast so I got one quick (blurry) shot off of my dad which I thought was neat because it had the finish line sign in the background. After the ride, each team meets with the child that they raised money for and are each presented with a medal. This is my dad receiving his metal from Curtis.After pictures we all headed to the food building to eat. The event was catered by Carabah's restaurant with some yummy food. They had loads of stuff for kids to do and lots of fun little freebies for the kids. Lots of fun for the families.This is a picture I took of a man named Kevin as he finished the ride. I think this is his 5th ride for Make A Wish and he is amazing. I am not sure of his age, but he is disabled.He completes all 300 miles on his bike with only the use of one arm and one leg. What an inspiration! He got a huge welcome at the finish line and was also honored the night before at an awards ceremony that the bikers had at one of their stops.
Some interesting things I learned about this fund raiser. It was actually started 20 years ago by two men from my home town of Canton. They had bet each other that they could ride from Canton, Mi to Mackinaw, Mi. The decided if they were going to do it they wanted it to have a purpose and Wish A Mile was born. Their goal this year was to raise a million dollars. They succeeded that goal with $1,340, 995.00 and was able to grant 167 wishes!!! WAY TO GO RIDERS!! The oldest rider was 74 and the youngest was 12. Amazing.
And as I have said before, I am so proud of my dad and so happy for him for being able to ride all 300 miles! I know he was very nervous about this journey. 5 Years ago this would have been an impossible task for him as he weighed over 300 pounds and suffered a heart attack just a couple years before that. During the ride he carried a picture of himself at his heaviest and a picture of Curtis, the boy he was riding for. If he was struggling he had the pictures to remind him of what he had achieved and why he needed to push on. He is already looking forward to next years ride!
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Cameron and I are enjoying our time here in Michigan so far. We have had a chance to visit with some of our family and Cameron has had a lot of time with her cousins. Today we will be meeting my dad at the finish line of the Wish A Mile 300. He has checked in the last 2 days after he completes his 100 miles. It has not been easy but he is doing it and we are all very proud of him! My mom had a picture on the computer of my dad from when he was training that I wanted to share. We will be taking lots of pictures later today. We were actually able to see him riding in to the first stop at Ferris State on Friday because of the live feed they have been broadcasting online. He is also in one of the still shots they are showing as well. We all thought that was pretty exciting and it's nice to be able to see the riders on their journey.
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It's been a while since my last blog post. I didn't even get a chance to post Terrific Tutorials on Tuesday. I probably won't be able to post tutorials for the next two Tuesdays either (more about that in a minute) so if I have time Monday I will post enough to make up for the 3 Tuesdays I (am) will miss.
The whole place was great, but the big reason for going was to see the Bob The Builder exhibit. Cameron loves Bob The Builder and she was actually the one who saw a commercial for the exhibit and heard them say it was in Birmingham. She knows we are near Birmingham because that is where the airport is that we have been flying in and out of as well as picking my parents up from. So she has been excited for several weeks about going (it's there for the summer). It took about 15 minutes for us to get her into the exhibit area because a dressed up Bob was sitting near the entrance. She knew he was going to be there and up until the moment she saw him she was excited to see him. After she got a glimpse of him she started to panic and refused to go see all the other cool Bob The Builder stuff. We finally got her in and we went straight to the 
back as far away from Bob as we could get. When she realized he wasn't going to bother her she was all over the Bob exhibits. They had... statues?? Not the word I am looking for, but I am sure you know what I mean.... big statues of all the characters, Bob's workshop where you could play with tools, Wendys flower beds where you could 'plant/pick' flowers and Bob's garden for planting/picking veggies plus all the machines like Lofty, Scoop, Muck, Dizzy and so on. Fun fun stuff.
Last week was a little bit of a rough week. Lots of things going on, lots of things swarming in my head. To top off the crazy week, Friday I was prescribed 5 new medications. Not a big deal except that three of them have some icky side effects that I am not enjoying. Another one of them is an antibiotic to treat an apparent infection (indicated by a high WBC) which was discovered while being seen and treated for something completely unrelated. Infection where?? I am not really sure and won't know until my blood and urine cultures come back. Apparently it isn't anything serious since I have to wait it out over the weekend. (shrug) On a silly note, 
have you had Rx's filled at Target?? I haven't except for a liquid antibiotic for Cameron which was in a nifty little container in and of itself. Anyhow, with these new meds I decided to switch Pharmacy's and go with Target. How funky are these medicine bottles? If you don't already know, the green ring represents "Melissia's Rx's". Each of your family members can choose a color ring that gets put on all the Rx's. I suppose if you have several people in the house taking different meds, this color labeling would be very helpful. Cameron is purple BTW. It's sad when a bottle shape and color is exciting to ones self, isn't it?
have you had Rx's filled at Target?? I haven't except for a liquid antibiotic for Cameron which was in a nifty little container in and of itself. Anyhow, with these new meds I decided to switch Pharmacy's and go with Target. How funky are these medicine bottles? If you don't already know, the green ring represents "Melissia's Rx's". Each of your family members can choose a color ring that gets put on all the Rx's. I suppose if you have several people in the house taking different meds, this color labeling would be very helpful. Cameron is purple BTW. It's sad when a bottle shape and color is exciting to ones self, isn't it? So putting last week aside, what have Cameron and I been doing this summer you ask? Okay, you didn't ask but we can pretend you did. Well we have spent a good bit of it at our neighborhood pool (which is lovely by the way). One good thing about living in a neighborhood 
with scarce children is that no one is hardly ever at the pool. Camerons favorite thing to do in the pool right now is diving down and trying to touch the bottom of the pool. She was spending so much time under the water that I decided to get a one time use underwater camera. She is such a little fish. If it was up to her we would be at the pool everyday, all day.
with scarce children is that no one is hardly ever at the pool. Camerons favorite thing to do in the pool right now is diving down and trying to touch the bottom of the pool. She was spending so much time under the water that I decided to get a one time use underwater camera. She is such a little fish. If it was up to her we would be at the pool everyday, all day. 
We (all 3 of us) also took a trip to Birmingham to the McWane Center. It was our first time there and it was even better than I expected. This is a full hands on science museum that has 4 levels of some of the coolest stuff I have seen in a long time. If we did things in Science class like you 
can do at the McWane center, I would have been a much better science student. I wanted to share this picture that I thought was cool. They have a huge screen that has butterfly's zooming all over the place. When you stand in front of the screen it projects your shadow onto it. If you hold real still some of the butterfly's will land on you. This is Cam's shadow and a butterfly that 'landed' on her hand. They also had another screen with colored rocks that spilled down it. If you hold your hands out so that your shadow is under the falling rocks, the rocks start piling up in your hand like you are catching them. It was really cool and fun to play around with.
can do at the McWane center, I would have been a much better science student. I wanted to share this picture that I thought was cool. They have a huge screen that has butterfly's zooming all over the place. When you stand in front of the screen it projects your shadow onto it. If you hold real still some of the butterfly's will land on you. This is Cam's shadow and a butterfly that 'landed' on her hand. They also had another screen with colored rocks that spilled down it. If you hold your hands out so that your shadow is under the falling rocks, the rocks start piling up in your hand like you are catching them. It was really cool and fun to play around with. 
The whole place was great, but the big reason for going was to see the Bob The Builder exhibit. Cameron loves Bob The Builder and she was actually the one who saw a commercial for the exhibit and heard them say it was in Birmingham. She knows we are near Birmingham because that is where the airport is that we have been flying in and out of as well as picking my parents up from. So she has been excited for several weeks about going (it's there for the summer). It took about 15 minutes for us to get her into the exhibit area because a dressed up Bob was sitting near the entrance. She knew he was going to be there and up until the moment she saw him she was excited to see him. After she got a glimpse of him she started to panic and refused to go see all the other cool Bob The Builder stuff. We finally got her in and we went straight to the 
back as far away from Bob as we could get. When she realized he wasn't going to bother her she was all over the Bob exhibits. They had... statues?? Not the word I am looking for, but I am sure you know what I mean.... big statues of all the characters, Bob's workshop where you could play with tools, Wendys flower beds where you could 'plant/pick' flowers and Bob's garden for planting/picking veggies plus all the machines like Lofty, Scoop, Muck, Dizzy and so on. Fun fun stuff. P.S. The spot on her shirt is a wet spot from playing with various boats in the water to see how the go (sailboat, paddle boat, speed boat).
Cameron starts school in 3 weeks and we will be celebrating the end of summer with a 2 week trip to Michigan to visit my family!!!! I had been trying to plan this summer trip for 2.5 months and things just weren't falling into place. A week ago I gave up trying to make it work because we were getting too close to the end of summer to be able to go. Apparently the powers that be (who or what ever that may be) must have decided that I had finally had enough..... punishment?? suffering?? I don't know what to call it, but I know that whatever is was it has broke me down and now Cameron and I will be on our way to Michigan on Tuesday for two whole weeks!! Best of all, I will be there to celebrate an amazing moment for my dad when he (and my brother) crosses the finish line after completing a 300 mile bike ride for the Make A Wish Foundation. Praise.....something!! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself.
Note to self - reinstall my smilies to put in posts.
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My cousin was a winner on Americas Funniest People about 15 years ago. Gosh has it been that long?? He did a Michael Jackson dance move dressed as Edward Scissor Hands. He uploaded the video to You Tube a couple months ago and I thought I would share.
This is a picture of Nick now, so you can see just how long ago that video was. Huh. I still can't believe it has been that long. That makes me feel old.
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