August 1, 2026, Started bringing in stuff from camper, Vikki & Rehvyn came over, Bill mowed the grass, I brought the rest of the stuff in fr om the camper, cleaned cupboards, went to Culver’s,

Rehvyn was sure happy to see everyone today

This is Rehvyn seeing papa after he said he was coming out to the camper

Just noticed this field of sunflowers by us.  They just all opened up while we were on vacation.  So beautiful!

Bill shaved his beard off today

Bill and I at Culvers....I had 10 slips for a free happy meal and I also had 2 free scoop slips.  I had chocolate with strawberries and they sure put lots on it.  It was so good.  Bill had hot fudge

Rehvyn at Vikki’s wearing training pants.  He is doing so good!

I got up at 7:30.  Rainy morning outside.  It poured and when I looked afterwards there was over an inch in the rain gauge.  I read my Bible early so it would be quiet with no interruptions.  I love highlighting things that touch my heart and a want to work on in my life.  Sometimes I feel like I want to highlight everything because God’s Word is so good. It is life changing and it is the living Word and gives life.  

 I took some clothes baskets and bags out to the camper and started unloading stuff.  Vikki called and was close to my house, so she and Rehvyn came over to get Peyton’s guitar.   She helped me carry some drinks in and put them in the garage refrigerator.  We sat inside for a little while, while Rehvyn played with the new toy Vikki found on the side of the road while we were at BayShore.  She had someone coming to buy something, so went home.

I ate breakfast after that.  I had a hard boiled egg and a bagel with cream cheese.  Bill just had a hard boiled egg and a protein drink.  Bill went out to mow the lawn, and I went out to bring the rest of the food and my stuff in from the camper.  I brought it in the house and ended up having to clean out our big pantry cupboard.  I had some things that were expired that I had to get rid of and freed up other space by reorganizing.  Then I put the stuff from the camper away.  He had to go over the lawn twice because it had grown so much.

I brought all of his hanging clothes in and filled an Aldi bag with his jeans and shorts, plus everything else he had in the drawer beneath.  He was happy when he found out I brought his in.  

Bill asked me if I wanted to go out to eat.  I sure did.  We went to Texas Roadhouse because we had a gift card, but it was too crowded and there was a 40 minute wait.  We went to Culver’s, got our food right away and I used 10 meal slips to get a free happy meal and two scoop slips to get our little sundaes which were just the right size.  We came home and I took my shower.  Then I worked on my blogs to try to catch up.

  

Friday, 7/31/26, Happy Birthday to my sister Brenda, Last day at BayShore, Went to classes in tabernacle, Hailey took Peyton and Isaac to coffee shop, Vikki, Hailey and I went to coffee shop, packed stuff to go home, Rody left after we took Clam down, went to evening service, Bill and I left for home, Vikki and kids left a wile after the service

Peyton’s friends came to visit in the morning...Bridgette, Kinzie, and Selah

Vikki...this was taken by BayShore

Our morning teacher on the book of James

Peyton and Hailey on their walk to the coffee shop

Isaac, Peyton and Hailey with their coffee from Mast Coffee Shop

Vikki, Hailey and I had Mast Coffee Shop.  

Hailey worked in the nursery during morning Bible Studies

 

Peyton in Impact

Peyton eating pizza in the evening...she has sparkles on her face.  She is so cute and so sweet

Vikki, Paul, me, and Bill at the evening service

Justin, the camp dean welcoming everyone to the service

Our worship leader, Jimmy.  He had a kid playing guitar and the kid playing the drums also. 

Our good friends Becky and Dave at the evening service

BayShore took these worship pictures during the worship service

 

The kids Impact Leader, Jessie

This guy played the regular drums but on our last night played the box drums.  He did such an amazing job playing them.  He reminds me so much of my grandson Max

I wished my baby sister, Brenda, Happy Birthday.  Hailey and Peyton slept in this morning because they were out with Dustin and friends til Midnight.  We let them sleep and we ate breakfast, then Vikki started packing some stuff.

The girls got up and ate breakfast, then got ready.  Peyton left with her friends, and Hailey went to work in the nursery.  Vikki, Rody, Bill and I went to the classes in the tabernacle.

We had cookies between the classes and talked with friends.  After the last class, we talked to Justin for a little while, then came back to the camper.  The kids didn’t want lunch, so went to hang out with their friends.  Rody helped Vikki and I take the tent down, and then Bill joined us and we took the Clam down.  It went pretty quickly.  Rody had to leave for home after that.  Isaac had taken Vikki and my hammocks down in the morning before he went to class.   During quiet time, Hailey took Peyton and Isaac to the Mast Coffee shop to get drinks.  Peyton and Isaac were so happy she took them.  Hailey is such a sweet thoughtful girl.  They almost got hit by a train on the way walking back.  Hailey said she’s never seen a train in the daytime at Bayshore, and I can’t remember seeing one either, but the trained honked and was getting pretty close.  Yikes.  Their a a number of tracks there and only a stop sign.  You really can’t see if anything is coming unless you get right by the track.  We thank God for his protection on our family.

After the kids got back, Vikki asked me if I wanted to go to the coffee shop.  I said yes and Hailey said she wanted to come but not drink anything.  We had a fun time hanging out and our specialty coffees were delicious.  We came back to the camper and packed up more stuff.  I washed the sinks, refrigerator, and whatever else needed washing while we were hooked up to water.  I packed the rest of the stuff in the camper so we could put the slide outs in, Isaac and I got the stabilizers out from under the jacks, and then Bill, Vikki and I rode with him to the dump station and he dumped our tanks.  He drove us back to our campsite, then parked and turned on the generator so we could keep the air running.  

We ate left over pizza from the Village Pizzeria for dinner.  Clean up from that was super easy.  Then we went to the last service.  It was a great service with awesome worship.  

We had told friends goodbye already, because Bill and I had to leave before service was over so we could get home and he could park the camper before it was dark.  Vikki, Peyton and Isaac stayed until around 11 so the kids could hang out with friends longer.  It was the best BayShore Family Camp.  We say that every year though.  We all love BayShore and how it reaches out to people to come to Jesus and strengthens our relationship with Jesus.  Every year they get the best pastors, teachers and evangelists to share God’s Word.  It is amazing who God brings across their paths to have come.  

   

 

Thurs., 7/30/26, Bill left to go home and then to the dentist in Lansing, Wes and Gayla left to go home, Went to class on Matthew, went to class on James, came back and had lunch, relaxed in hammock, picked up pizza’s for dinner, Michelle and family came over, went to worship/church service, Hailey came back, she brought us a beautiful loaf of zucchini bread, Isaac slept in the tent

Michelle and Vikki

Youth,  Isaac and Peyton in back

Isaac, Peyton, Bethany, Bridgett

Bridgett’s mom plays the piano and is amazing at it

Bridgette and Peyton, Jen and Jessie in the background

Isaac and Carolyn

Gayla Bill, Me and Wes waiting in the ice cream line

Vikki, Rody, Becky, Dave, Brian, Nick and his wife and little Laney

Nick and Laney

Michelle, Barrett and Lydia

Wes eating his ice cream

Bill left before class to go to Lansing and see a dentist about a tooth implant.  Wes and Gayla saw him leave and left right after him to go home to meet with friends in Grand Rapids they had scheduled before they knew they were coming to BayShore.  I texted her later and it ended up getting cancelled because her friend had migraines. 

I went to class on the Sermon on the Mount in the tabernacle with Vikki and Rody.  It was really good.  We had our cookies and coffee outside, visited with people, then came back in the tabernacle for our class on James which is really good too.  We went to our camper and had lunch after we were done.  

After quiet time was done, the kids went to hang out with friends, and Vikki and I relaxed in the hammocks for a while longer.  Bill texted me and said they were prepping him for surgery for a sinus lift before the surgery.  I called him and asked if he needed me to come pick him up.  They were only supposed to talk to him about it and check his teeth over.  The girl told him surgery would take an hour and in four months they would put the implant in.  The dentist came in and told Bill he was done, so they didn’t do the surgery.  She must have mixed him up with another person.  Yikes.  

Michelle Torrey and her family came over to heat up food.  They sat outside and ate.  We had to leave before they were ready to leave to go to the tabernacle for worship and the service.   They left shortly after us.  Hailey texted me when she was here.  We were just getting out of the service.  I was so happy to see her again.  She brought us a big loaf of zucchini bread with lots of nuts on the top.  Yum!  It was the best ever!  She and Peyton went and hung out with Dustin til it was late.   He gave them each some more Bay Shore Unshakable shirts which made the girls happy.  Bill and I went to bed.  I had offered make the bed up for Vikki but she Sid she would. Vikki made the bed up for Hailey.  

Wed., 7/29/26, Went to class on End Time Events, had cookies in between classes, went to class on James, ate lunch, Vikki, me, Peyton, Bridgett, and Bethany went to Caseville, Bill, Wes and Gayla played golf, relaxed in hammocks, Bill cooked burgers on the grill, I helped girls with putting tent up, went to worship and service

The girls signing the wall at Beachy's

Bridgett

Bethany writing Jesus Loves You

One of the little shops we went in

 

Bethany

Peyton

Vikki and her friend

Me in the crocheted flower shop.  They were so pretty

Peyton in one of the fun rooms they had at Beech

Bridgett and Peyton

Fun dressing up at another fun store

Bridgett, Bethany and Peyton

Me, Vikki and the girls at Dairy Queen having Blizzards

Peyton with whipped cream in her hand she was eating

Peyton and me eating dinner in the camper

Bill relaxing outside the camper

Vikki and I relaxing in our Hammocks...Our view was the Putt Putt Golf Course

Peyton and Isaac

Got up, ate breakfast, then we all went to our classes.  Both classes got together before the next class to enjoy cookies and fellowship.  It was nice talking to friends and also meeting new friends.  They had to cancel beach day in Caseville, because there were warnings at the beach for high waves and also E coli.  They had planned to take the bus there like we did before BayShore got the pool.  Everyone looks forward to that beach day each year at family camp.

Vikki and I decided we would take the girls and go drive to Caseville and look at the water and see the waves.  We stopped at Beachy’s first and walked through all of their cute shops.  We walked across the street and went in another cute shop.  Vikki and I bought ducks in French Fries for our guys for their jeeps.  They are so cute.  We drove through the city park to look at the beach and there were waves, but not as high as we had expected.  We went to Dairy Queen after that and all got Blizzards.  We sat in the shade outside and ate them.  They sure tasted good.  Bill, Wes and Gayla were playing putt putt golf back at the campground.  I hated to miss playing with them, but had already asked the girls so it was important to keep our plans.  We got back to the campground and Bill made the rest of the burgers up, I warmed the left over potatoes up and warmed the corn up.  

The Bridgett, Bethany, Bethany’s sister and Kinsie were all sleeping in our tent tonight, so Vikki, Rody and I helped set it up with them.  They all put their stuff in it before we went to class because it’s easier to do before it gets dark.  We all went to worship and the service.  It was awesome worship!  Vikki, some others and I all went up front to worship.  The songs were amazing to worship to.  After service, we went back to the camper while the kids all hung out together until they had to be back at the camper at 10.  Vikki, Bill, and I played 3-13.  I don’t even remember who won, since I didn’t write it when it happened.  

The girls were in the camper and had drumsticks.  Then they visited for a while and then went out to their tents, leaving their phones in with us.  They are such nice Christian girls. We love BayShore and are so thankful to be able to come each year.  This is our 23rd year.