Recovery

We had ALL the fun with our grand kids and my family and Dick's this week.  It was worth the drive from Michigan to Waukesha to Fountain City on the west side of Wisconsin on the Mississippi then back to Michigan and now our way to drop of grand kids in Pittsburgh area for there parents to pick them up. I sure hope they show up cause I am worn out

We had quite the gang in the sand bar and although I had no near death experience....the inner tube was whipping people all over the place and there were 55 + year old people out there skiing and thinking they were 16 again. Lots of wipe outs and probably lots of pain meds later on. 

I got to make my comfy sand chair and the weather was perfect all the days we spent with family!!

Food, Family & Fun. Life is good!

~Lost time is never found again~

Busy days

Been a bit so I thought I would catch you up on the fam.  We had more visitors.  Alex, Andy, Brennan, Stephen, Lily and Roni!  So very, very hot here in MI that we swam most of the time.  Lots of good Grandkid pictures!  It has been a while so I probably went overboard taking pictures.  I won't bore you with to many. 

We are still having fun with just the Grands.  Their parents forgot to take them home with them so we are stuck with them until next Monday.  We are heading to Wisconsin on Wednesday to visit family there.  It will be much fun to be out on the Mississippi River again swimming with the family and the barges.  It will be a family gathering so we won't be mooning the workers on the passing watercraft but I am sure will will find something crazy to do.  I look forward to digging my sand chair and planting my umbrella and getting loads of sand up my butt!!

Today we pack the truck and head out early to Waukesha. Hopefully we will have a peaceful ride.  

We are not use to the "he's touching me" or "are we there yet", but I am sure we will survive if I keep the road snack to sugar free!!!  But NO  I am the grandma and it is my job to sugar them up and feed them ALL the junk food!!!

~After Crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser~

Happy July

Well I almost died again!!  Just kidding.  No near death experiences for you to laugh at today but I am going grocery shopping so there may be one when I walk down the isle the wrong way!!  I just can not get use to those arrows!

Dick did go golfing again and for those of you who don't disc golf, you don't know what you are missing.  A walk in the woods is always a good thing  & I am glad he lets me walk around with him.  Finding wayward discs in the woods is one of my caddy duties. This rarely happens and I am not going to carry his bag so I guess I am not a really good caddy.   There are times when I have to catch up with him (if you can believe that) because I am lolly gaging looking at nature. 

We are truly outdoor people.  We have yet to turn on the AC and sit inside.  Yes it has been hot but we can walk across the road and jump in a lake.  I have a shirt that says go jump in a lake!  Of course it is directed at all the others out there because we are almost the only adult swimmers/floaters.

I took a picture of this toast at a brewery.  It made me think of a song by Haywood Banks call 

"Yeah Toast".  Everyone should listen to this song. It is crazy but funny!! There are a couple versions but I think the earliest ones to be the best.  There was also some great rooster art at a brewery made from a cans.  I love art almost as much as nature!!  You wouldn't know that from my lack of pictures but I will try to show you more in the future, maybe.

We are looking forward to more family visiting this weekend so watch for family pictures.  Here is one I forgot to post from when Charley and Steve visited.

 

Quote of the day is a new thing I will be adding at the end of blog so you all can ponder on what the heck they mean.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults,

or resolution enough to mend them!

Recovery

OH BOY does my liver need a rest!  Charley and Steve came to visit and I think we hit up one to many breweries.  Then on top of that there was bourbon!!  Time to rehydrate and get ready for round two when the other two kids, their husbands and all the grand kids come next weekend. Why does one always drink more when family is around.  Is it my family or are all ya all like this??  Maybe my family drives me to drink.  NO, this certainly is not the case!  Just having fun and get carried away with all the fun!  So looking forward to another visit from family.  It is totally awesome that where ever we go they follow.

And now for something beautiful (not as beautiful as family) but some new flowers have been popping out and I just can not help myself.  Actually my camera just pops out of the pocket and takes pictures on its own.  Not sure why it doesn't want to take selfies.

Guest Blogger!

Guest blogger!!!

Hi y'all!! I'm Charley, Dick and Dawn's second daughter (out of 3)! Yes, I am from the south (Raleigh, which is the 'north' of the south so it almost doesn't count) so y'all is perfectly acceptable. We had a great day today. Not such an exciting start to the day.... but we went to the Sprint store, where Dad and I got new phones. So exciting for us but not very much for anyone else.

After that we headed to Grand Haven, Michigan. We stopped at Odd Sides Brewery first. Ordered some delicious sandwiches and gyros from surrounding restaurants. And the beer was delicious!

Next we headed to the Grand Haven State Park. Located on Lake Michigan. Dick and Steve (my husband) threw a zip chip around the beach for a bit, while Dawn and I watched some of the kite surfers doing their thing.  Then we took a short walk out to the lighthouse. 

Fantastic weather today (yes a bit breezy but wonderful).  We did hit up two Grand Rapids Breweries after (Greyline and the Mitten) but no associated pictures. They were most excellent though.  Oh and obligatory Dawn's "I almost died!" post is when were were walking out to the lighthouse. Some waves were cresting over the walkway and she was pretty sure she almost died...

Busy, busy

Hello fans,  We have begun our work camping job and thus far, we are having a blast.  How can this be not fun!! We have to spend 4 hours a weekend blowing a train whistle and watching kids bounce around in a metal barrel.  We lost only one kid thus far but after a few moment his head popped out of the barrel.  He is just the cutest smiley faced, red haired, blue eye, happy guy and I would have hated to lose him.  There are not many kids in the park so we get the same every time but they still have fun.  The faster we go the more whiplash they get and love it.  Roads here are all dusty and sandy, so the ride can be pretty hazardous to the eyeballs.  They don't care!!  Fun is being had by all!

Charly and Steve came to visit and as you can see, Dick was so excited.  NO really he was but this picture just shows a little different.  It was after all fathers day when she arrived so he was entitled to do what ever he wanted!! We are making our rounds to a bunch of breweries while they are visiting and some other adventures that are undecided but will maybe post about later.

Charley has request to be a guest blogger so you may hear from her sometime tonight or later this week.  Off to Grand Haven to drink beer and walk the boardwalk!!

Slacking

Well it's been a couple of days and I just don't want you all to miss us to much.  There have been some low flying plane lately.  Dick days they are crop dusters.  I say they are campground spies trying to catch a looksie at all the babes on the beach.  We have a great beach here but babes?? I hardly think so!  There are a couple of people staying here that tend the beach and do a great job. 

 

The Lake has all kinds of springs and lots of fish.  They love hanging out by the springs and it is cool to just sit and watch them.  If you check out the pictures you will see a big guy right by shore and a little fish in each of the circles where the springs are.  These fish also like to nip at your toe and fingers when you are floating around.  We just splash around a lot so they don't bother us!  Scares the crap out of you when they nip but since they are only baby sharks, their teeth have not developed yet!

I got the baking bug this week to.  I got to tell you baking in a convection microwave is still freaky!  Putting metal pan in there and hitting start and running to the door just in case it sparks and flame start shooting our is not relaxing but the outcome has been great,  Brownies, begals, parm biscuits and so much more.  I would consider baking a near death experience every time so I won't do it to often.

Lastly, our doing nothing at the campground has come to an end.  We are officially on the weekend schedule.  Dick had a driving lesson and I have to be his side kick and make sure that the train whistle gets blown and kids don't fall out with his crazy driving.  This is certainly an easy job for a free campsite and we begin this Friday so watch for some pictures of children all bloody and crying scattered all over the roads!!! Life is still good & trees are still pretty!!!