On Friday night, instead of my voice when I walked in the door after work, Brian heard Bryan's voice (he wasn't expecting a man) saying hello to him. Bryan and Steph had been to IKEA earlier in the day and were at our apartment when I got home, waiting to surprise Brian. We had dinner together and spent the rest of the evening playing games and Mario Kart. We didn't tell Brian anything else that was coming for the rest of the weekend.
Saturday morning, we slept in and had sticky buns. We planned to go to the Metropark for lunch, but HAD to wait until noon to go. The reason for waiting was because Nick and Kelly showed up at noon in time to go to the park with us for lunch. Lunch was good except that we forgot the lighter and had to go back to get it. We spent some time trying to fish in the Huron River, but we mostly just lost worms and lures to the trees. Here's a few pictures from the park.
Bryan's first catch - a branch full of other sinkers and lures.
Brian's a hard-core fisherman. :)
Toning it down a little.We had to be home at 4:30 for unknown reasons to Brian. At 4:30, Will and Cherie, a couple from Dearborn CRC, showed up to have dinner with us. It was a lot to have 8 people in our apartment, but wonderful to have so many people we know here with us. We put all the leaves in our table and had tacos for dinner. I then showed Brian the tickets to the Tiger's game that we were all going to. We piled into two vehicles and drove downtown to the game. We had seats in the highest deck behind a railing, but we could still see the game pretty well. And the Tiger's won!! Here's a few pictures from the game.
The infield.
The outfield.
The scoreboard.
Steph, Bryan, Kelly, and Nick.
Brian, Cherie, and Will.
Beth and Brian.
The whole gang minus Nick. He made me actually get in this picture.Saturday night, Bryan and Steph returned back to GR and Nick and Kelly spent the night. Sunday morning we went to Dearborn CRC. After church we went to Brian's work, MTU Detroit Diesel, because they were having a family day. We took a tour of the plant (Brian told us what he knew) and had lunch. There were blow up games for kids, a band, and lots of freebies from different companies. We also got to see Brian's office (cubicle, actually) and where he spends most of his days now. That was the best part. After we got back home, Nick and Kelly went back to Holland and I went back to my homework since none of it got done over the weekend. It was a wonderful weekend and great to spend time with friends again. I've already told Brian not to expect anything like this again until he's maybe 50! :)
