Megan's birthday

Megan had a great birthday. We left around 1pm and drove to Lansing to see the capital. It looked like a capital of an older state. Very cool architecture and very old-style. Loved it. Wish more buildings looked that way. I don't enjoy the modern architecture as much, but that's OK cause I know others do. There is something for everyone. We got a free Baskin Robbins cone while in Lansing and then drove to Detroit and then into Bloomfield Hills which is where the Detroit temple is actually located. My goodness those are some rich people. Even the shacks were impressive. If it had been daylight after we got out I would have been snapping pics all over cause that's when we went through the impressive part of town (which I thought was what we drove through on the way there). I didn't get pics of those homes either, but maybe next time we go I will. I was floored at the whole thing. The temple itself is TINY!!! It is probably the size of the building we used to meet in for Church in Mesa. The baptistry is about 20 ft. from the entrance and off to the right through glass doors. Pretty cool. Andrew got to be the mouthpiece for both baptisms and confirmations for Megan and I. Megan went first on both accounts and then I followed. It was such fun and I wish we had been able to do more names. We went to dinner after we got out and then drove home, arriving just in time to see the temp outside hit zero and it was 10:30ish at night. We went to bed pretty quick after that.

On Monday I took Megan to get her ears pierced. She was super nervous and before she knew it, they were done. She cried a couple of lonely tears and then we paid and left. It went very well I think. We stopped by the dealership and showed them off to Andrew and then came home. Later Megan complained that her stomach was hurting, then still later she threw up. Then she did it again and again and once more for good show I guess. Thankfully it was all in the bathroom sink. She threw up several more times after that and only the one at midnight was on the carpet-all the rest in the bathroom (YEAH!). The one of the carpet was Sprite and water, so it was easy to clean-up. Andrew found online that in rare cases piercing the ears can cause equilibrium to be off and cause the stomach upset. While that might be what happened, she did have a small temp also, so we don't know for sure what the problem was but are glad she is feeling much better today. I kept her home, just in case cause I don't think doing that at school sounds like a very good idea. lol

This Saturday we are hoping to have a few people over for cake and ice cream and then her week of celebration will finally be over and we can move onto the next thing. I don't know why her birthdays always seem to last so long, but whatever I guess. You are only a kid once.