Midland, Michigan, and a Stay with John and Pam

We then went on to Midland, Michigan, to see John and Pam, arriving around 10 or so.  The next day, we drove around the area, including the Dow Botanical Gardens.  It was so fun to see where we had lived 48 years ago.  

The Midland Hospital where Heather, Clay, and Adam were born.

The Midland Ward building

The Dow Fine Arts building

The Midland Library

The lovely Dow Gardens - see images below...

We then went on to Frankenmuth that night for a dinner at Zenders, including the plastic animals on the ice cream, and a visit to Bronners, the enormous Christmas store.  I bought a cute memory ornament there.

The Zenders plastic animals

Saturday night, we went to their stake conference and were able to sit next to Carlos Bowman and see the Goodyears, the Rogers, and David Kitchen.  Elder Costa was the visiting authority and spoke about ministering, including training videos. 

Sunday, we enjoyed their Stake Conference and then saw Marilyn and Claude Price who came to dinner that night for a great visit.  They were our first friends when we arrived in Midland.  Marilyn has had MS for 30 years and Claude has been Stake Patriarch that long as well.  It was such a sweet visit.