Bedford Falls...

My All Time FAVORITE movie is Its A Wonderful Life! My whole life I wanted it to be real and I wanted to live there...in Bedford Falls...I still do. Well, the closest thing I have to seeing Bedford Falls with my own eyes is Rockford, Michigan. Its the beautiful small town where my grandma was born, grew up, and still lives. The same small town where my dad and his brothers were born and grew up. I love Rockford!!

Last weekend, Noah and I went to Rockford to visit my grandmother. It was so much fun!! People think I am crazy for wanting to go there in the winter but I love all the snow and the cold weather! Noah was a champ traveling! We had to fly into Flint, Michigan and then rent a car and drive 2 hours to Rockford and I was nervous doing all of that since i didn't know where I was going. Thank goodness for the GPS!


Noah loved the plane ride...

And when we landed, we were both so excited to see all the snow! There is something so amazing about a place covered in snow!!
Noah wanted to play outside the moment we got there....
The snow was so high!! (and yes, i zipped Noah's coat right after i took this picture despite him telling me he didn't want it zipped)
We took grandma to The Corner Bar for dinner for their famous hot dogs!!
And we checked out all the ice sculptures around Rockford. Soooo cool!! Especially this one of a hot dog in front of The Corner Bar!

Noah was so good inside grandmas house. He played his Nintendo DS a lot when i was too cold to play in the snow!
On Sunday, after church, we went to my grandmas sisters house to visit with Aunt Elaine...This is Noah's Great-Great Aunt....how cool is that??


.Noah begged me to take him on a walk in the snow... (Noah wanted to take some pictures...)












so we went on a walk around the block...I LOVE this street...

I took this picture for my friend Brent. Here's a weird story for you...so my dad grew up in Rockford and one of his best friends was Diane Root. They grew up a few houses away from each other. They lost touch after they both moved from Rockford, both went on to get married, have children and move away. Well, years later they end up both living in the same neighborhood in the suburbs of Atlanta. Diane married and because Diane Wardrop and she has 2 sons, one is my age....Brent. Brent and I grew up together in the same neighborhood and our parents would often get together for dinner so it is very cool that Brent and I can say our parents grew up in the same neighborhood and he and i grew up in the same neighborhood. The picture below is of Brent's grandmothers house which is about 4 doors down from my grandma.
This is the house my dad grew up in.....

my grandpa built the garage in the back...
We took a short cut through the playground...the snow was soooo deep!





On Monday we went tubing!! The high was 19 degrees and it was so cold but so much fun!!!
I love that they pull us up the hill!!
It was so cold coming down the hill!! Noah didn't seem to mind!
Here we are strapped together in our tubes flying down the hill...

We had to take a snack break and warm up with some hot coco...
Grandma had dinner ready when we got home...it was quite warm and yummy!!

This is my drama king putting on a sad face because he looks like he is in jail..haha.
We stopped for breakfast on the way to the airport the next morning....

What a great trip!!!! I Loved every minute of it and I am so thankful for the relationship I have with my grandma and that Noah has a great relationship with his great grandmother!!!