3/31/16...Picked up Kenzie and went out to eat. Took Joel to Cracker Barrel in the evening.

Rainy day today!  

Gayla messaged me this picture of her relaxing on the beach.  Love that beach!  It's almost like I am there....when I see this

Kenzie took a selfie of us.  She sure takes better selfies than I do

Jacob, Nick and Adam looking for frogs and snakes.  They found 3 snakes and 1 frog they told me.

The boys made this huge tent.  Adam in the background

Joel at the Cracker Barrel

Joel ate everything on his plate, plus a salad, plus a biscuit.  He was pretty hungry.  He and dad got chicken tenderloins and I got a turkey dinner.

Bill and Joel

Made calls to set up my mammogram and blood tests for tomorrow at 8 a.m.  I picked up Kenzie at 11:15 and we went to Tim Hortons and both had French vanilla Caps with a shot of caramel.  She had a bagel and donut and I had a turkey sandwich.  She picked up an application while we were there.  We left and went to the resale shop across the street.  I found three cute tops and Kenzie found a cute t-shirt with a kitten on it she loved.  After that we went to walk around the Mall.  Got some flip flops for her.  She wanted to eat at a cheaper restaurant (I was going to take her to her favorite restaurant Bennigan's)and asked if I could get her a pair of flip flops.  Found flip flops she liked for 3.99.  We went to Petsmart after that and looked at the cats.  Took Kenzie back and she brought her kitten out for me to see.  She sat in the car for a while with her cat.  She gave me a little wallet thing for Aunt Missy to have.  I gave her a container of goulash and her coloring book I had gotten for her and her mom a long time ago.  She loved it.  When we went into Rue they had some coloring books on the counter like it and we looked at them.  The kid working there opened the page and showed us the lion and told us the colors he had colored his.  He was really nice.

I called Kimmy to see if she was home and went there for an hour and 15 min.  We had coffee and a nice visit.  The boys were having fun playing in the ditch when I got there and then came in the house and made a huge tent with Nick.  Kimmy showed me where they moved the kiln and also the nice cover she made for it.  She is so talented.  I came home and we got ready right away to go meet Joel at Cracker Barrel.  We always have such a nice time with him.  He is so kind and has such nice manners.  He is also always very thankful to the waitress and to us and especially God.  He loves the Lord so much.

3/30/16...Peyton, Isaac and Vikki came over

My free birthday ornament from Bronners

Isaac

Peyton

Lenny

Went for my doctor's appt.  Glad it is over, but it went well.  Now praying for good test results.  Stopped at Kroger and Aldi's to get some groceries.  Vikki stopped over with Peyton, Isaac and Lennox.  I was so happy to see them.  At 6:30, we met Vicky and Kevin Beemer at Berger's.  We all got perch dinners.  They were delicious.  Heidi Bailey is a waitress there, so we talked her for a while.  We had a nice visit and then came home and just relaxed.

3/29/16...Went to breakfast, than to Melissa's, then to lunch with Matthew, then to Dick Fabian's showing

Matthew and Bill pointing to Bill's Vietnam Brick

Loved walking through Frankenmuth

Pretty Easter decorations on our walk

Matt and Bill at Zehnders

Me and Matthew

Our selfie with the selfie stick!

Another pretty Easter decoration

We went to breakfast at Sullivan's.  Nine of us were there today.  Bill had eggs and potatoes and I had oatmeal with raisins and walnuts, plus we both had toast.  I went to Kroger's afterward and then to Melissa's.  The boys came out running to greet me.  Hailey was at Presley's but came home before I left.  Melissa and I watched some videos and then I realized I lost track of the time and needed to be home to leave to go to Matthew's.  I hurried home and we went to Frankenmuth and got Matthew.  He rode his Amigo and we walked to Zehnder's.  It was a little chilly until we got on Main Street and then it was sunny and warm because we were protected from the wind.  We visited along the way.  Matthew mentioned Vikki and him going for a walk several times.  He was pretty happy about that.  We ate downstairs at Zehnder's because Bill and Matthew like eating down there best.  We had a yummy chicken dinner and a nice long visit.  It was even warmer out when we walked back to Matthew's.  When we got there, we couldn't go in the garage door, so we moved the ramp to the front door and moved the bench so Matthew could go in.  Bill and one of the workers lifted it up so he didn't need the ramp for the step up into the door.  We went in and looked at Matthew's room and the bathroom shower.  So nice that he can take showers in there now.  We left and went to Birch Run to give our condolences to Gail and the rest of Dick Fabian's family.  Came home and relaxed while I was waiting to go to Stacie's, but Vikki texted me and said she was in ER.

She ended up canceling the dog class.  She called me after she got home.  She hit her head on a file cabinet hard at work and ended up falling on the floor.  Her work took her to the ER and she threw up on the way there.  Ended up having a concussion.  They did a CAT scan to check her out.  Thanking the Lord she is ok.  Talked to Kody who was so cute talking on the phone.  Since I didn't have to go to Stacie's, I went with Bill so he could put up Denise Martin's light fixture.  It took him quite a while because he kept running into complications, but finally got it hung and it looked and worked great.

3/28/16

Beautiful tulip Bill bought me at church Sunday

Rainy day.  There's a beautiful woodpecker(or as Peyton says, woodknocker) in the tree but the picture didn't turn out too clear of him.

I'm really loving worshipping to the CD Vikki gave me.  After I finished I went to the Sportszone, but they had a sign up saying the Silver sneakers program was suspended.  They are working to reinstate it but it may take 2 months.  I sure am glad it is getting nice out so I can walk outside now instead.  Will have to use my basement on rainy days.  We went to Bay City to look at some chairs for the camper.  They were nice and comfy but pretty low so we didn't get them.  Downloaded the song Keep Walking (Marching).  It is a great one to walk to.  Love the words to it and the way Toby Mac sings it. Made goulash for supper and asparagus.  Yummy!  Thought about Kenzie as it's her favorite. Did some walking outside.  Pretty wet and soggy out there.  Made a donation to Go Fund Me for the family in Hemlock whose house exploded.  Watched the Tribute to Dick Fabian channel 5 did.  It was really nice.  I learned a lot I didn't know about him.  I remember going to Battle of the Bands when I was a teenager and seeing him there.  Sad that he's gone.  Doing lots of praying for Gail and their family.

3/26/16 We celebrated Easter today

Eli, Evan, Hailey, Jack, Peyton, Isaac, Jacob, Max, Adam and Lennox....getting ready to for the Easter Egg Hunt

Melissa, Bruce and Rody eating Easter dinner

Bill, and all of the grandkids plus Cole eating Easter dinner

Peyton with her Easter basket

Eli with his basket

Jack with his basket

Isaac with his Easter Basket

Adam with his basket

Jacob with his basket

Max with his basket

Hailey and her basket

Jacob, Hailey, Max and Adam with their Easter baskets

Jacob was so cute. He loved this gum.  I was worried because I ran out of the chicklet gum and gave Jacob this other kind.  He opened it and excitedly said "it"s my favorite".  Kimmy captured the picture.

Peyton and Isaac looking for eggs...Nana watching

Jacob, Jack, Adam, and Evan looking for eggs

Adam

Jacob

Evan and Eli looking for eggs

Eli

Peyton

Evan

Melissa, Evan Eli and Jacob

Hailey in the air jumping with Jacob and Adam

The boys playing with sticks

Me and Bill

Jacob, Eli and Adam looking very handsome in their Easter picture

The grandkids (and Lennox) getting ready for our Easter Egg Hunt

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Max, Eli and Evan with their raised train track!  Pretty cool!

Adam and his bear sitting on his mommy's lap.  Such a sweet boy and a great helper today.  He and Jacob took all of the baskets upstairs for me! Thanks boys!

Jacob and Hailey!

Melissa,  Bruce the stinker, and Rody eating Easter dinner. Kids in the background

Bruce was a stinker because he took my phone and put the wrong passcode in enough times to make it disable for 15 minutes.  Then when I went to use it to message Gayla, I accidentally hit the wrong number and it disabled it for 60 minutes!

You can tell, Jared loves his potatoes.  So did I.  They were amazing.  Thanks for making them Kimmy and Jared

Jack sat at the adult table.  He doesn't look like an adult!

Cole, Kenzie, Isaac and Peyton.  Evan at the other table!

Peyton finding eggs.  Isaac in the background finding eggs too.

Isaac playing outside

Peyton and Isaac blowing bubbles...Lenny lapping up the bubbles

Isaac Eli, Adam and Peyton doing bubbles!

Evan and his basket of eggs

Hailey and her basket of eggs

Jack and his basket of eggs

Max and his basket of eggs

We had a great family celebration of Easter.  We ate, then the kids hunted for their Easter Baskets.

The four younger ones went first and then the four older ones went next.  Jared did a great job of hiding baskets.  After that all the guys, put the Easter eggs out in the front yard for the kids to get.

The kids had fun and got their pails full.  They were happy to find money in some of the eggs.

We visited for a while and then the guys went to pick up a dog house in Auburn for Vikki's dog.

They stopped here to show us before taking it to Vikki's.  We girls and kids had dessert while they were gone and visited more.  When they got back they had their dessert.  Then they watch the kids while we went for a walk almost to Midland Rd.  When we got down their we went through the Condo subdivision.  Came home and the boys were still playing outside.  It was starting to get dark.

It was a wonderful and fun day with family.