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Michigan Summer Vacation 2025-Direct Flight to Grand Rapids from DFW via American Airlines ( Momimhar posted on July 22nd, 2025 )

We’re finally able to visit dear husband’s best friend in Michigan this year. They had been talking and planning about this for a while now. Thankfully, everything worked as planned. Darling daughter and I were very excited because we’ll be meeting his best buddy and his family. Also, we’ll be seeing part of Michigan where my husband lived during junior high school years-Manistee.

We flew American Airlines’ direct flight to Grand Rapids from Dallas-Fort Worth. Very convenient departing and arrival times to and from our destination which we had been comparing cheap flights with other airlines for weeks. After lots of talks, dear husband agreed flying American Airlines. 😀

We had an amazing trip. Although one of our baggage was delayed, we just waited for it to show up with the next flight to Grand Rapids that afternoon. Good thing it wasn’t lost. Haha. While waiting for that baggage, we headed to the Hertz car rental office to pick up the SUV we rented. I was very happy because it was upgraded to a bigger SUV. We had a lot of space for our stuff when we travel along. It was a Volkswagen Atlas.

After all that verification process at the car rental company, we went ahead and settled our luggage in the car and entered the baggage claim area again to wait for the delayed one which came in two and a half hours. After that, we left the airport and drove straight to Kalamazoo where the Air Zoo Museum is.

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Pink Drink ( Momimhar posted on April 30th, 2022 )

Pink Drink

We got to try the summer Pink Drink from Starbucks. It has coconut milk and strawberries. Yum!

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Family and Friends Summer Cabin Experience ( Momimhar posted on August 15th, 2021 )

Several weeks ago, we went to a cabin summer getaway with some close friends of mine. It was my dear friend K who actually asked everyone in our friend circle if any of us wanted to join. The cabin location was in Hochatown, Oklahoma, where the popular Beaver’s Bend State Park is. This friends and family get-together plan has been long overdue because we couldn’t get an ideal schedule for some reason. Finally, it came true.

So my friend booked an 8-room cabin near the state park. The luxury cabin is called Lakeside Mansion, and it was huge! It’s a fully-furnished cabin with big patio, outdoor jacuzzi, and a fishing deck. It was a 4 days and 3 nights weekend accommodation for 8 families with young children and teenagers.

Lakeside Mansion cabin

Because it was located near the state park, and it’s summer, we had a lot of fun. Water activities and swimming in the river kept the young ones busy. Us moms got busy with the cooking and chaperoning. The dads stood as guardians and took care of the expenses. Haha.

Also, it was a Father’s Day weekend, so we prepared a restaurant fine dining dinner for the dads at the cabin that Saturday night. We cooked:

  • Brisket
  • Chicken Fajitas
  • Mashed Potatoes
  • Clam Chowder
  • Salad
  • Wine

Us moms had our own dinner table. We prepared a “Boodle Fight” style table. All the food was spread out in an arranged manner on banana leaves.

  • Pork BBQ
  • Grilled Fish
  • Grilled Squid
  • Grilled Shrimp
  • Roasted Chicken
  • Rice
  • Pansit
  • Bibingka
  • Suman
  • Fruit variety
Paddle boating at Beaver’s Bend State Park
Paddleboarding at Beaver’s Bend State Park
Horseback riding at Beaver’s Bend State Park
S’mores night. Yum!
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