Wed., 8/12/26, Picked up Evan, then picked up Lydia, went to BayShore for Dog Camp, met with Dustin and Sarah while there about State Rally, Hailey came to visit,

Bill, me, Evan and Lydia riding in the Jeep on the way to BayShore.  Just had bars on instead of doors.  Windy riding like that, so we all had hats on.  Fun time!

Jack with Drako, and Kaylin with Justice

We went to McDonalds for lunch in Sebewaing.  The Kids couldn’t resist getting a picture with Ronald McDonald.  Kenzie had her picture taken with the same Ronald when she was around 10.

Bruce, Max with Vader, Bill and me

Evan, me and Papa hanging out with Melissa and Bruce at their camper

Jack after a refreshing swim.  It was a hot and muggy day in the mid 80’s

Went by my friend, Vikki’s, previous house on our way to BayShore and they put grey siding on and redid the windows and made it look so cute.   I sent her a picture and she was happy to see the people were keeping it up nicely.

Got up early, got ready, packed drinks, breakfast bars, snacks, and red licorice for the trip. Picked Evan up at 9.  It wasn’t supposed to rain, but it looked like it was going to so we checked the radar. It was raining in the direction we were going.  Bill stopped and Evan put his bag and some stuff he didn’t want getting wet up with me.  We got a couple of sprinkles, but not enough to get any thing wet.  We picked Lydia up at 9:30 and Evan put her stuff in the back, and put his stuff back there again too.  We went for a few miles and it started sprinkling lightly. Bill stopped again and asked them to check to see if things were getting wet in the back.  They said no and didn’t want to move stuff, so we continued on.  The rain stopped shortly after that.  We stopped at Tim Horton’s and picked up a dozen donuts, plus a specialty pistachio chocolate donut (for Lydia) and specialty drinks for Evan and Lydia.  Bill and I had brought coffee from home.  We ate our donuts on the way.  We made it to BayShore and parked by Melissa and Bruce’s camper.  They were happy to get the donuts.  Max was super happy to get donuts.  He picked out a Boston Cream one.  Melissa and I walked to watch Jack with Drako.  Evan and Lydia went on a bike ride and Max went to the office with Bruce and got set up for taking another exam that his professor was late sending.  

At 12:30, Melissa, Bill, Evan, Lydia and I went to get lunch at McDonalds.   We ate there.  

Jack, Evan and Lydia went swimming when we got back.  It was hot and humid so they were happy the pool was open.  Bill and I had to go to a meeting with Dustin and Sarah at BayShore about our State Rally.  That took about an hour and went very well.  Liz has always been there to help us, but she retired and now Dustin is taking her place.  He is doing a great job.  

We went back and visited for a little while longer, then said our goodbyes and left.  We tried to call Roy and Marie, but they didn’t answer.  We were going to stop at their house for a short visit.  When we went by their house, there was no one home.  We got home and read our Bibles and did our devotions.  We ate spaghetti for dinner.  Hailey called so she came to visit for a half hour.  She was meeting a friend for dinner and had a half hour wait.  We were happy she came over and had a nice visit with her.  Papa gave her some Oreos and he had some with her.  She got one of Kimmy’s tumblers and put ice and water in it.  She’s just like me and thinks water tastes better in a Kimmy or Jared Tumbler.  

I watered the garden since we haven’t gotten any of the rain they have predicted.  I watered my flower garden too.  Hope we still get rain.  Things are really dry.  Bill tried the battery operated weed wacker I got him for his birthday and said it works great.  He doesn’t have to adjust the string on it because it’s self adjusting and it’s easy to start.  Just what he needed.  

He did around my flower garden and it looks so much better.  I raked up the grass afterwards.  I had to put more water in my fish pond today because it was about 1 1/2 inches low.....hot days and no rain.  I’m sure the fish like it cooled off a little.  

I worked on my blog, talked to Vikki for a long time and worked on my blog more.   

 

Tues. 8/11/26, Bill took garbage out, then went to men’s breakfast, I washed out oriole jelly containers, watered thirsty plants inside and out, filled bird feeders, washed muck boots and crocks, picked garden, went to Flint Chapter Meeting

Ate the soup Kenze had made and froze.  Yummy cream of broccoli soup. Thank you Kenzie!  It was delicious!

I love my Hibiscus plant.  So many blossoms each day.  

Rehvyn had fun at his Grammy Vikki’s today

I guess he worked too lol!

 

This was how foggy it was at Isaac’s Band Camp this morning

We got up around 8:30.  I called Kimmy to check on her and see if she needed anything.  She doesn’t sound too good because she is congested.  Sure and praying for her and for no one else to get it.  Bill took the garbage out.  He went to the Men’s Breakfast after that.  I read my Bible, went over my notes from BayShore’s visiting pastor, and listened to worship music.  I watered thirsty plants, since we only had a quick rain about 4 days ago.  It says rain every day, but haven’t gotten any more.  I washed jelly dishes since my orioles are gone.  Washed my Crocs and my Muck Boots while I was washing stuff.  I let them dry in the sun.  I came in and it was time for lunch.  I warmed up some of Kenzie’s homemade soup.  It sure tasted good.  I had some cucumbers with vinegar too.  I vacuumed and cleaned upstairs after that.  I put the air purifier upstairs for a while.  It was on green so the air was good up there.  This little air purifier is so nice.  When you put it on Automatic, it runs on setting needed and turns off when air is pure.      

Bill came home and brought me a Chocolate Chip Muffie from Panera.  We love their muffies.  I made a coffee and ate it right away.  Relaxed in by Bill in our recliners for a while.  Then I went out and picked the garden.  I got 4 tomatoes, 4 big green peppers, and about 6 nice cucumbers.  

I talked to Laicey for a short time, then got ready to go with Bill on the motorcycle to the Flint Chapter meeting.  It had said rain, but then they cancelled it.  It was a nice ride and was still 73 degrees out when we came home.  The meeting went good and there were 16 of us there.  Dave, a new guy came.  He was very nice.  His dad is a pastor of a church in Davison.  4 people from Victory Biker’s Church came too.  They were all nice too.  Bill and I had pancakes for our dinner.  The meeting afterward went really well well.  Ron and Barb from Faith Riders were there too.  Ron talked about Run For the Son and Bill talked about the State Rally which is coming up.  Lots of people gave testimonies of what God has done.  It was super exciting to hear them all.  Bill shared about God healing him.  We prayed and then the meeting was done.  We left right away so we could get home before dark.   We got home, parked the bike and made it in the house before dark.  Yay!

I worked on my blog and Bill caught up on his phone stuff.  He worked on CMA stuff a lot today.  

Monday, 8/10/26, Went to Bill’s dr. appt., picked up Panera, went to Menards, caught a raccoon in the live trap, went to Home Depot, Bill took sister C to her appt.

Some pictures from the Lock In Peyton, Isaac and Eli went to Friday evening through Sat morning.  Peyton and Eli in this picture

Bill and I went in the Jeep with no regular doors on, only bars to his appt. with Dr. Bindon for his hip.  It was 66 degrees when we left home, so we turned the heat on.  It will be in the mid 80’s later.  Bill’s appt. went good.  He will be getting an injection in his right hip this time to diagnose if surgery is needed.   His left hip is doing very well now.  He will have a follow up appt. 

We came home after his appointment.  We stopped at Panera on our way and both got lemonade’s.   Bill took care of the raccoon and I got some coloring books I bought at Goodies to hand out to kids out of the camper.  I also ordered some small boxes of crayons on Amazon.  I am giving a bunch to Cindy for the outreach they are doing at a Christian concert this weekend.  They will have a CMA booth set up where they will hand out stuff and pray with anyone wanting prayer.  We have a family reunion that day so are unable to attend.  

Talked to Melissa lots.  Ordered Evan’s prayer month gift.  It’s a watch he picked out that he won’t be allergic to.  

Bill and I went to Panera and I got an iced coffee and he got another lemonade.  We usually only go every other day, but we’re going by so went twice.  He got to join for the first time for $5 per month.  

Talked to Melissa a lot.  Made plans to pick Evan up Wednesday morning, then go pick up Lydia at her house and head to BayShore.  Melissa and Bruce are camping for the dog show there, so we will spend the morning with them, then we have a meeting with Dustin, Jeff and Sarah to finalize plans for our State Rally.  

Bill went to pick up his sister, Carol, to take her to her appointment.  I called her to make sure she would be ok with riding in the Jeep with bars for doors and no windows.  She said yes, as long as the air conditioning works.  I told her yes!

I cleaned part of the house while he was gone.  I also put chlorine in the pool float, cleaned the skimmer out, and used the blower to blow off the deck.  I tried to pull more weeds to finish by the shed, but the ground was too hard.  It is supposed to rain tomorrow, so I am waiting til after that to try again.  If we don’t get rain, I will water it with the hose.  Looked over the garden and tomato’s are getting ripe, so will be picking some tomorrow.  I cut some long vines that were hanging from a tree by the side of the house, that I noticed Bill would have to duck for when he mowed the grass.  Set the live trap too.  Trying to catch that woodchuck now.  Pesty thing ate all the leaves off my sweet potato plant that was in my flower pot with a geranium.  

Watched Pastor Richard’s second part of being interviewed by a youth pastor that he trained up as a youth in youth group.  

Vikki told me Kimmy is really sick so I have been praying lots for her.  She has a bad cold.  I feel so bad for her.  I will try to call her tomorrow to see if she needs anything.  I can do a porch drop off.  I love you Kimmy.

Sunday, 8/9/26, went to first service, went to Owosso and took Kenzie and Rehvyn out to eat, came home and took a nap, Bill fixed the door knob, I watched Elevation Church, Bill and I watched Pastor Richard Crisco talking about the Brownsville Revival, I love his tender heart for the Lord

On our way to Kenzie’s.  I let her know the doors were off the Jeep and bars were on

On our way with Kenzie and Rehvyn to go to Bob Evans

I took a picture of Rehvyn behind me though my seat and headrest

Kenzie, Papa and Rehvyn going into Bob Evans

He colored while waiting for his food

We sure enjoyed our food and had a fun time

 We got ready and I played worship music, then read my Bible before going to church.  We went to the first service.   Visited with people before the service.  Bill came and told me I had 5 seconds, so I went and sat by him.  Worship was awesome, Pastor Brad Williams gave the message which was great.  We prayed for people after service.  We talked to people after church and were happy to see Ralph and Nancy and talk to them.  We left to go to lunch and Bill asked me to call Kenzie to see if she and Rehvyn wanted to go to lunch with us.  I tried twice and didn’t get an answer, but tried once more and Kenzie answered.  She said they wanted to go with us so we headed there.  I called her back to let her know Bill had taken the doors off the Jeep and put the bar doors on.  She said that was ok.  

We stopped in St. Charles for Bill to pick up a weed. wacker he saw on Facebook Market Place.   He tried it out and it worked good so he got it.  Isaac told him he and Eli want to take his old one apart and try to fix it.  

We got to Kenzie’s and they were sitting on the porch.  Rehvyn was excited to see us and started saying our names and came and gave us big hugs and kisses.  He is the sweetest little guy.  He was excited to see the Jeep and kept saying Jeep and wanted to get in it.  Kenzie put his car seat in and sat back with him.  We had a fun ride to the restaurant.  We got to Bob Evan’s and Rehvyn took Papa’s hand.  I took a picture.  We had the nicest waitress and the food was great.  Rehvyn and I took food home.  He is such a good eater and is so neat when he eats.  No mess with him.  

We went back to their house and went in and Kenzie gave me a ziplock of frozen soup she made to bring home.  She is just like her mom.  If you mention something (I mentioned how good Bob Evan’s soup is and how I froze some to have when I had my hip surgery) she has what you are talking about and generously gives it.  They are both such blessings.

We came home and were both tired, so we took a two hour nap.  That sure felt good.  I went outside and turned the pool filter on.  It was sprinkling out.  I fed the fish too.  They sure eat good and are getting bigger.

When I came in, the handle of the door combination lock/knob pulled out.  Bill had put it in last night, but couldn’t get it to lock.  He came and took it off and put our old one back on.  He put a new battery in and it’s working.  He is returning the other one.  We have a metal door and it didn't fit right.  We at ate a bowl of blueberries for dinner.  Bill had two pieces of toast too.  We were still full from our lunch.

I watched Elevation Church Live.  Pastor Furtick gave such a great message.  The worship team sang I Trust In God afterwards.  Such a moving song about trusting in God.  

We watched Pastor Richard Crisco being interviewed by a kid that was in his youth group during the Revival and now this kid is the Youth Leader there.  God really moved in an awesome way there.  I love hearing about.  I want more of God.  

Sat. 8/8/26, Happy 28th Anniversary Melissa and Bruce, Went to Faith Riders Meeting, went to Bay City Fairgrounds and watched Jack show Graco in Agility, Showmanship, etc, went to Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Dinner at church

 Bill wearing the birthday hat at Faith Riders since his birthday is in the month of August

Isn’t he so cute!

Cindy, Lew, Karen, Cheryl, Wes, Gayla, Bill S. Bill Smith, Elaine, Jim and Don

Jack at the Bay City Fairgrounds dog show.  He showed Grayko.

 

Jack did such a great job with Grecko

Jack and I 

We went to Faith Riders Chapter Meeting in the morning.  We had breakfast and then the meeting started.  17 were there.  It was a good meeting and Elaine, our chaplain, gave a great message.  We rode our motorcycle there.  There was a memorial ride after the meeting so many rode their motorcycles.  We couldn’t go because I had to get to the Bay City Fairgrounds and Bill had to pick Max up.  Wes and Gayla rode with us until we had to turn and they went straight.  I changed, then put ice in my water bottle and left.  It was easy to find and Melissa had sent me great directions.  She and Peggy were walking and came up to me right after I parked my car.  Parking was free.  Kimmy and Jared got there shortly after me.  We all enjoyed watching Jack with the dog he was working with.  They both did great.  Kaylin did great with her dog too.  They had both trained the other kids that were in the competition.  Jack took 1st in Showmanship and Second in another event.  It was fun hanging out with Melissa, Peggy, Kimmy and Jared.  I gave Kimmy and Jared a ride to their car afterwards because they parked in town.  When I got home, Max was there with Bill and they were cleaning guns because they had target practiced.  I gave Max a hug and talked to him for a while.  I was so happy to see him.

 I changed and got ready to go to our Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Dinner.  It was so nice.  Chelsea, Cassie and Jennifer did such a great job. There was a Taco Bar and everything was delicious and so were the desserts.  They had a video presentation which was great and we had fun at our tables visiting.  

I worked on my blog when I got home, but didn’t finish it.