(catch up) Michigan Part II

We returned to St. Joseph to enjoy our last week in the midwest.

Great-Grandma Johnson took the Pates downtown to the new Carousel. Carson enjoyed his ride on the "Michigan Wolverines" horse...






I also got to play with the settings on my camera a little--I managed to capture a couple of the "horses" while they were in motion...






Grandma and Grandpa had invested in a wonderful swing that they hung in the front yard in one of the trees. (I remember one summer, shortly after we had moved in, when dad was planting those trees. Ever the curious six year old, I asked him "why?" He replied, "Don't you want to be able to swing from one of these trees when you're older?"

Who would have thought, then, that he was planting it for his future grandchild(ren)?)

Carson really enjoyed it...


...such wonderfully cool evenings.



Our last night, we took a trip downtown to get some Kilwins Ice Cream and see some of the great "dog statues" that had been designed by local artists. Carson enjoyed studying them, as always, with a furrowed brow...


...one tired little boy.