6/30/15

Eli wanted his picture taken with this bowl on his head.

This is Abby before Kimmy groomed her.

Abby after Kimmy groomed her.  She does such a great job.  Doesn't Abby look cute?

Adam, Eli and Jacob

Fern  (Kimmy and Jared's new lamb)

Kimmy gave me a good lesson on the spinning wheel.  I am finally catching on to the top part.  Just have to put the pedal with it now.

Isn't Norman cute....he posed for me when I took his picture!

This is Norman's other pose.  He sure was funny

Nana, Eli and Abby.  I stooped down to be Eli's size for the picture and then he stooped down to be Abby's size.  Ha Ha

Went to our Tuesday breakfast.  Afterwards, I stopped at Melissa's and picked Abby up to take to Kimmy's so she could groom her.  She was pretty shaggy and matted.  Kimmy gave her the tranquilizer to calm her down during the hair cut and when it started working she cut her.  Abby was so calm she didn't even want to stand up.  She was very good during the hair cut.  You can see by the picture above that Kimmy did a great job  Abby looks so cute now.  Melissa sure was happy to have that done for summer.  I know I was happy when she did Mocha for me.  Kimmy and I had our coffee and she had made egg salad up so I had a yummy sandwich.  Thanks Kimmy.  After Abby was done, we walked outside to look at her strawberries and raspberries.  They look so good.  They are in beds that Jared made.  Then we went and saw the new lamb and other sheep.  It is so cute and very friendly.  The boys played good with their legos and were so cute.  They sure are good about letting me take their pictures.  So was Norman ha ha.  We also had water melon that Kimmy had cut up.  She taught me more about how to spin wool into yarn.  I did better this time.  Thanks for the lesson Kimmy.  You are a great teacher.  Then we sat out on the deck for a while on grandma and grandpa's glider.  Such a fun day.  On my way home, it started raining pretty hard so I came home Saginaw Rd. instead of the X-press way.  About a mile down Saginaw Rd. after turning off from Stark Rd. a deer ran out in front of me.  I missed it by about a foot.  Thank You Lord!  I always pray for God to protect me from deer and he sure has.  I have had some pretty close calls but never hit one.   One time about six surrounded my car and I still made it without hitting one of them.  I know God got me out of that one!  No other explanation.

6/29/15

Fran, Jack, Evan, Hailey, Max, Aunt Vikki

Fran, Melissa and Aunt Vikki

Did a load of laundry and went to the Sports Zone to walk 2 miles,  then went to Melissa's to meet Vikki Eddy and her Mom there.  She was dropping off some deck paint for Kimmy and Jared.  I was happy to see her mom and also to see Vikki twice in three days.  Melissa had her house looking so nice.  She also had a yummy blueberry dessert for us.  Vikki and her mom had just had something at Panera's so Melissa and I ate our piece later.  She sent some home for her dad too which was sweet.  He loved it.  She showed us the camper where it cracked and Bruce was working on it.  Sure am praying for God's wisdom for Bruce and that it turns out great.  Here they were trying to take such good care of it and putting a tarp over it and that's what caused the problem.  Praying for God's provision too.  After I left there, I walked through Salvation Army until Vikki was ready to meet me at the rail trail and walk with me.  We walked 2 miles.  Came home and was going to have Bill start the tiller so I could till the garden.  He did it for me though so that was very nice.  Everything is growing nicely including the weeds.  Bill had and elder's meeting and at the same time Faith Riders were showing the movie Courageous at the Rescue Mission.  I went there and took two big cooler jugs of lemonade.  Gayla brought 50 bags of popcorn.  28 guys came and they were very happy to have the snacks and drinks.  Wes decided to have intermission and after that only 14 came back.  They all want us to have another movie night.  One of the guys came up to me and thanked me and said, "that was a good message, I got the message".  Such a blessing to see God touch hearts like that.  Wes, Gayla, Brian, Ed, Tom, Bob and I all showed up to help.  We all cleaned up afterwards.  Walked 17,600 steps today.

6/28/15

The kids had fun with the CMA balloons

Peyton at Shields Festival in her cute outfit from Florida

Happy Pey Pey

79 year old Mrs. Walenda up on the pole behind the ride.  It moved back and forth too. Yikes

Isaac, Peyton and Nana watching her climb the pole!

Peyton, Isaac and Joel

I absolutely love this picture of Isaac and Vikki!

Isaac, Vikki, Wes and Peyton at the Shield's Fest

Bill, Greg, Me, Isaac and Peyton at the booth.

Isaac with his first cotton candy

Peyton and her first cotton candy!

Peyton, Papa and Isaac

Peyton, Nana and Isaac

Me and Gayla

Gayla, Isaac, Peyton, and Joel

Wes and Peyton

She's her mommy and daddy's girl for sure!

Joel, Gayla, Greg, Bill, Gordy, Fran, Peyton, Nana, Isaac an Wes (Thanks Vikki for taking this for us)

We went to church.  Melissa and her family and Vikki and her family were there too.  We got out earlier than usual.  Came home and let Mocha out, changed clothes and headed to Shields.  We set up the stuff in the booth.  Fran and Gordy came over to see us.  Sue, Troy and Nathan came to see us  too.  Then Greg came and then Wes, Gayla and Joel.  Had fun visiting.  Gave one of my dangles to the girl at the booth a couple down from ours.  She was really sweet and sold makeup.  She also sold cookies that were delicious.  When I gave her the dangle she gave me a big hug.   Talked to Vikki and she, Peyton and Isaac came to visit too.  We were so happy to have them there.  The kids sure had fun with the balloons.  They were so well behaved and fun to have around.  Came home and watched a movie called the Prodigal Son which was very good.

6/27/15

We walked in the Shield's Parade for Faith Riders today, handing out water bottles and candy.  It was amazing how many kids and adults asked for water bottles.  

Isaac

Vikki and Peyton at the parade

Passing out candy to Hailey

Evan and Peyton watching the parade!

Evan, Melissa, Hailey, Jack and Max watching the parade.

Nana Penny and Papa Bill passing candy out to Evan.

Honoring Bill today and thanking him for serving at the Warrior Appreciation Rally.

Bill with Ken Horn in Frankenmuth.  

This couple have been married 70 years.  They are dancing a waltz in their wheel chairs.  The looks on their faces  were so sweet.

Good turn out for the Warrior Appreciation Rally.

Fife and Bugle Corp

They had many people serving food.  Had hamburgs, hotdogs, chips, cheetos, cookies, and strawberry shortcake.

We went to the carnival in shields and set up the stuff for the booth.  Then we headed to TSC to park so we could walk to where the parade started.  Joanna, Bob, Chuck, Bill Smith, Luis, Bill and I walked to meet Wes who was riding the motorcycle and carrying water bottles for us to pass out..  The parade moved fast so we had to almost run the whole thing to keep up. I was so happy when we turned the corner from River Rd. to Gratiot.  Started looking for the kids and grandkids.  Didn't see them for a ways and thought maybe they changed their minds because of the rain and didn't come.  Loved it when I saw them and could give them candy.  So blessed that they were there.  Bill and I didn't quite finish because we wanted had to go to Frankenmuth.  We also wanted to see if we could find the kids.  We did find Vikki and family but not Melissa.  Ended up passing Melissa though.  We got out to Frankenmuth for the Warrior Appreciation Rally.  It was so nice and there was such a good turn out.  Got to thank many for their service to our country.  They had lots of food and strawberry shortcake for dessert.  We spent a couple of hours there.  They had a good band that sang some oldies and also some nice songs about God.

So nice that they do this every year.

6/26/15

Isaac showing me his trick

Peyton showing me her trick

Isaac and Peyton

Me and Aunt Vikki (Best Friends Forever)

Aunt Vikki and Jacob

Brave Aunt Vikki petting Zeus (Kenzie's Bearded Dragon)

Love this picture of my very best friend in the world with Kimmy and Vikki!

Isaac, Aunt Vikki and Peyton.  Jacob in the background

Adam, Aunt Vikki, Eli and Jacob

Adam

Jacob

The three blackberry pickers and eaters

Eli, Isaac and Peyton

My carpet rose is just beautiful this year.

This year's garden!

Brian, Luis and Bill putting Shield of Faith Tags with scriptures on 320 water bottles

Kimmy called when she was almost to Vikki's, so I headed over there.  They were playing basketball when I got there.  Went in and got all of my hugs from the kiddos.  Sat and visited on the back porch. Vikki E. texted me and said she would be at Logan's at 11:40. I left right away to meet her there.  She called again and said she was stuck in slow traffic so would be a little late.  I ran to Walmart while waiting for her.  Then we had a delicious salmon dinner at Logan's and a nice visit.  Afterwards she came to Vikki's with me to visit. She gave the girls the treasure boxes she had made them.  They are beautiful. We had a nice time and took lots of pictures.  Aunt Vikki and I left and the girls played basketball again.  I headed over to His Restoration and took water for Bill to have a cold drink as he was cutting the grass.  I went to Target and picked up some rubber bands for our water bottle labels.

Then came home and Bill and I got ready to go to the Shield Festival.  Sat in the booth with Luis, Bill and Brian.  Lots of opportunities to talk to people and witness for Jesus.  Had some amazing youth stop by who loved the Lord.  Many others too that we got to talk to about Jesus. Ate burgers and fries from one of the concession stands. Came home around 9pm.