8/30/16...Went to breakfast and then canned tomatoes

Kenzie, Mocha and Catniss

Tomatoes I canned today

Went to breakfast, then stopped at Melissa's for a few minutes.  Seemed funny not to have Evan there.   Came home and picked tomatoes, an onion and two kalarabi.  Got them all washed and ready to do. .  Will have more to do later, but will use those for salsa.  Watched Peyton and Isaac at 11:30 while Vikki went to the dentist.  She had a good appointment and was pretty happy.  Peyton and Isaac were cute and fun as usual. I started the tomatoes right after they left.  Got 8 quarts caned.  So happy to have them done!  Will use the rest that come for salsa.

8/29/16....Froze 25 gallon bags of sweet corn today.

This is all the corn from the garden.  Work, Work Work, but Yum, Yum, Yum!

Went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned.  Really like Dr. Goldensoph and his staff.  They are so nice and they are believers.  Got to pray for Patty, the hygienist which was nice.  They set me up for a root canal in Oct.  Praying it works so I don't have to have my tooth pulled.  Please pray.  When I came home and went out to pick the corn, Bill already had it all picked and most of it shucked.  One cooler was full and we filled the second one together. After it was all done, I started boiling it and cutting it of the cob.  Ended up getting 25 gallon bags full.  Great year for corn.  I took a rest in the middle of doing it, and met Vikki at Meijer's to do some school shopping. We had fun!  Took midnight to finish the corn.  Kenzie did a few pieces.   Then Trever came to have a campfire.

Was glad to get done and get everything cleaned up.  

8/28/16...Happy Birthday to Bill! Busy but fun day!

Good turn out at Shield of Faith for our Church Crash

Bill and Troy at our Faith Rider's Table at the church

We had such a nice visit with Weldon and Kathy at the Rustic Inn

Fun at the Nelson's Care Group get together

Tina, MaryJane, Cary, Justin and Brenda

Lots of great food.

Bill and his cheese balls

Isaac an Peyton eating some of Bill's birthday cake

Bill, Peyton and Isaac

Bread Vikki and the kiddos made for Bill for his birthday

This is how they made it.  They saw it on Facebook and tried it.  It was delicious and Bill was so happy

We met everyone at Meijer's and then headed to Shield of Faith.  Before the service started, they had Bill and I stand up front and had someone walk a birthday cake with candles up the aisle while everyone sang Happy Birthday to Bill.  Pastor shared with everyone how we were one of three couples that started the church. They were so sweet to us.  They did an amazing worship song of Kari Jobe's I had never heard before.  The associate pastor, Mike, gave the message.  It was really good.  We rode our bikes to the Rustic Inn afterwards and Pastor and Kathy, Chuck and Jackie, Pastor Mike and his wife and another couple from the church came with us.  There were 14 of us from Faith Rider's who went.  I had a yummy turkey, ranch sandwich.  It was so good.  After we ate, we came home and I made a dump cake really quick so I could take it to the potluck.  Also took potato salad.  We ate when we got there and then sat in a circle and talked for a while, then played games.  Got to play yardzie.  Called Vikki to let her know we were coming home and she, Peyton and Isaac were there when we got there. They gave Bill a braided bread they had made for him.  Bill loves bread so was very happy.  The kids were happy when we put candles in the cake and sang to Papa.  Then we all ate some cake.   

8/26/16 Dennis and Amy's wedding

       Isaac on our walk this morning

                        Hailey

        Hailey, Peyton, Isaac and Evan

Papa and me at the wedding

Dennis and Dad waiting for the bride to come in

Beautiful couple and wonderful friends

             Bill, Demnis and Amy

 

                The bride and groom

Got up early and Isaac and I took our morning walk.  Missing Kimmy and the boys this morning.  Went to their site to make sure nothing was left behind as they left in the dark.  Only found a yellow tent stake and leg cap.  We walked around the campground and when we jgot back to the camper Hailey was there.  She and I went on a bike ride and when we got to their campsite, Jack and Mac joined us.  They rode with us for a while and then stayed to ride with Evan. Hailey and I played ChristiN music while we rode. When we got back I read the last chapter of Malachi to Hailey.  Melissa and kids came and we took the screen tent down so she could see how easy it is. Vikki started packing to go home.  She is taking Mocha for us since we ha be to go to the wedding.  Thanks Vikki

Melissa walked Mocha for me.  Thanks Melissa. Brown we left to go home before the wedding.  Went to get ink and then stopped at Taco Bell.  Let Kenzie know we were home as she wanted to come get some clothes.  Happy to see her when she stopped.  She played her guitar and I love listening to her.  Went to the wedding.  Bill did a great job marrying them.  They are such a sweet couple.

Sat with Rich and Pat and another young couple we didn't know.  They were amazing and were born again!  We had a great time talking about the Lord.  We had walleye, potatoes, veggies, salad, rolls and cake.  Everything was delicious! Got back to the campground,  went to a campfire at Bruce and Melissa's.  Sure am missing Vikki and the kiddos.  I beat Bill at 3-13 and we tied at dice

8/25/16 another fun day at the campground

8/24/16...Happy Birthday to Rody

 Visitors to our camper...Jacob, Isaac, Adam, Peyton, and Eli

   Hailey, Kimmy and I played dice at  Hailey's camper

Eli, Evan, Peyton, Jack, Hailey, Adam, Jacob, Max, and Isaac

              Silly faces

We had the pool to ourselves!  Grandkids are in.  Only Kenzie is missing

We had the hot tub to ourselves too

             Eli, Jared and Evan

        Eli and Evan

It was a great day!  Went to Kimmy's in the morning and had our coffee and went for a walk.  Took my sweetie Isaac with me again as he was awake.  Went back to my camper to tell Bill goodbye as he had to meet a guy from church and then at night had to go to Bay City for the Marine Corp league.  Melissa came down for coffee.  She and I went in the woods to see the boys fort.  Pretty nice😊Kimmy restrung my camper shade that broke.  She's so talented!

She went home for lunch and Vikki,the kiddos and I ate our lunch. Went to Meliss's for instructions for medical stuff if kids needed it for asthma.  She and Bruce left for Saginaw at 2.  The kids watched a movie and Kimmy, Hailey and I played dice.  We went swimming at the inside pool and then went to the outside pool.  We were the only ones in the outside pool for a while.  Same with the hot tub.  We all met back at our camper.  And the kids had fun swimming and playing on the beach.  Melissa's kiddos ate with us.  Hailey went with Vikk, Peyton and Isaac and got free ice cream from Breezy again. She is so sweet.  She gave them huge bowls so Hailey gave me the rest of hers. Because she was full.  We went for another walk and then Jared made a nice fire and we sat around it.   Bill got back so was happy to see him.  The kids were all so good again today!  So much fun!