orange tractors and downtown rockford

on saturday morning after working out at the ymca (boy oh boy i miss this place) we headed to ACE hardware to see my grandpa, dad, and brother at the tractor show before they drove the tractors into the downtown area.
tractor guys...all the orange ones belong to my family...the green ones are not as cool
with my grandpa and my dad along with one of the tractors they restored.
green guys...not as cool.
after getting some amazing popcorn from inside the hardware store, we headed to herman boys for coffee. after grabbing coffee we headed downtown to do some shopping. here are some pictures from downtown rockford.
the river was very high from all the rain recently.
amazing weather!

the leaves are changing!

a taste of fall at robinette's

on friday after recovering from my red eye flight by sleeping for about 15 hours, my mom and i had a wonderful lunch at one of my favorite fall spots in michigan. i had an amazing chicken salad along with those out of this world broccoli cheese rolls and a glass of cider.

it was nice not to have to wait in line...usually there is a line all the way out the door for those amazing donuts.

you have to get a shot by the giant apple...it brings me back to the days of my elementary school field trips.

faster than a speeding bullet!

well, i arrived in michigan this morning after my red eye flight from san fran. let me just tell you it was an interesting ride. first i was "searched" when i walked through the metal detector because i was wearing a bulkier sweatshirt jacket, then my bag was searched...of course, the first time i don't check my luggage, this was bound to happen to me...and then a group of tourists was shaving in the gate area in the airport, and speaking so loudly i had to move...oh well :)

now, on to photos from michigan. here is my crazy brother on his pimp ride...of course it's an allis chalmers...what else would he drive?

i think it's pretty sweet too...but i like to be safe-the reason i'm wearing the helmet :)
check out my pimp ride...i totally want to take this to california-do you think it would fit in my carry on?
ok so maybe it's not street legal, but think how cool i would be.
more updates again soon i hope :)

friday is always better than monday

i just wanted to introduce you to my class this year. 23 students, 17 girls and 6 boys...this is just a rare look at what i feel like on monday mornings.
p.s. they are great kids :)

sequoia national park

school started at the end of august and since then jeremy and i have been a little busy, hence the lack of posts again. now that we are starting to get a routine under our belts, i am able to post about our trip to sequoia over labor day weekend. it was a great 3 day trip and we really enjoyed the beautiful sequoia trees and the amazing views.
here are a few pictures from our trip to sequoia:

the drive up (we climbed moro rock)

making lunch in the park out of the cooler in the trunk...good thing the bears didn't get our food.

sweet view huh?

there were huge trees-compare to the building in the background

crazy people climbing trees...it really bothers me when people think it's ok to do these kinds of things.

crazy amount of people trying to get their picture taken with the general sherman tree

us with the largest tree on earth

scale model of the base of the tree...the bricks show how big the trunk is-and i'm in the middle

me with my hunky husband

this one's for you hannah lynn! this is on top of the auto log (people used to drive on top of it)

we made it to the top of moro rock!

i'm such a tree hugger

this is jeremy driving through a fallen seqouia the "tunnel log"

it was a fabulous trip-much better than just hanging around in Visalia-way too hot there and nothing to do :)

we stopped in Fresno at Dutch Brothers Coffee for some sweet stickers and good coffee. we heard about this place from some friends-and let me tell you-these would be great in MI :)