She Loves Michigan

I don't know about you, but my 2017 was full of growth, change, heartbreak, joy, anxieties, life lessons, grace, and gratitude. Some of my top moments were: 1.) Quitting my corporate marketing/graphic design job 2.) Becoming an Assistant Manager at Abercrombie and Fitch 3.) Moving back to Grand Rapids with someone I barely knew who is now one of my cherished friends - love you Joy! 4.) Exploring Sleeping Bear Dunes for the first time 5.) Going on my first Mission's Trip to the inner city of Chicago 6.) Doing a Tough Mudder! 7.) Joining a Crossfit gym and doing my first Crossfit competition 8.) Officially becoming independent! Life is expensive - so many bills! 9.) Exploring Taquamenon Falls for the first time 10.) Buying my own Toyota Rav 4! Our Tough Mudder Team! All in all, 2017 was full of incredible moments, but 2018 is just around the corner! What a great time to start over, recharge, refresh, and improve, right? I felt inspired to write this p...

Currently, one of the biggest trends in West Michigan are Escape Rooms. However, that is not exactly what we participated in tonight - it was cooler!  Grand Rapids Public Museum has put its own spin on an Escape Room and has created a Puzzle Room - Quest for Conviction ! Instead of trying to get out of the room we were in, we had to figure out how to convict a real-life murder suspect from the early 1900's in 1 hour by finding 5 pieces of evidence!  Now you're probably wondering how we found this activity... My Wednesday night small group co-leader and I decided we were going to do an "Escape Room" for our get together with the high school students. Except we ran into a little financial issue...  While researching other alternatives in the area, I stumbled upon the Grand Rapids Public Museum's page. Now, to be completely honest, I was not expecting the experience to be spectacular. I truly thought it was going to be lame... but IT WASN'T! ...