We're off - to Michigan

So after spending Christmas in IL with my family - we headed to the beautiful state of Michigan to spend Christmas with the Gillards. Now a "normal" trip to IL to MI is about 6 hours 1-way - but due to the crazy winter weather that was hapenning that day (high winds, snow & ice) it took us about 9 hours.... so we were getting a little "car-phobic" by the end of that trip. Thank goodness Gavin took his regular 2 naps in the car - and the last 1 1/2 hours - we sang Christmas carols to pass the time.... whew.... we finally made it.