Valerie’s mom and JessiLee were blessings at the registration table and also helping with food for everyone after the ride.
We got up early so we could get ready and get to Faith Riders meeting for breakfast at 8 and meeting, then leave with the group at 9 and ride to Tawas for the Ride and Seek. They are a new group and this is their first ride like this. We love the people in the Tawas chapter too and wanted to support them and be there. They were all really happy and surprised to see us. Our nephew, Freddie helped the chapter set up the tents in the morning. He attends their church.
It was a nice ride there. We put the top down on the Jeep so it was kind of like we were on the trike. We all hung out in the church parking lot and visited with everyone til it was time to ride. Then we all took off in groups, but ended up in places with a couple of groups at. time. We all had to take our picture with the things designated at the stops. It was fun! I asked Bill if he wanted me to put the stops in my maps, but he said no. Then, on the third one, he said he thought we missed a turn and I should put it in. We went a little out of our way, but it was a beautiful ride on winding nice roads. We caught up with two groups at the Bear Store where they have a bear and other live animals. The bear wasn’t out. We all had ice cream there and sat at picnic tables and ate. We went to Lumberman’s monument after that. We took a picture by Karen’s bike for our Michigan CMA challenge ride while we were there. We hung out with Cheryl and Arnie while we were there. Such a fun day! We headed back to the church and the pastor was cooking the hot dogs and they had chips and cookies also for us to eat. We left after that and headed home. Kimmy had called and said Eli and Isaac picked going to our house to swim as what they wanted to do. She called me and asked if they could so I of course told her yes. Adam went too. About an hour later, Vikki called and said she knew Kimmy was at our house, but Peyton and her two friends from BayShore wanted to go swimming too. I told her of course too. We got home and walked out to the back deck and I could see Kimmy weeding along the deck. She looked hot and tired. I went and thanked her and gave her a big hug. I also told her to stop. She was almost done so finished what she needed too. I started pulling some weeds with her.
Vikki and the girls got there. Bethany came in the door and said hi to me and said she was starving and asked if I had anything to eat. I started making pizza’s in my little Ninja oven and also put two in the big oven. I had pot pie if anyone wanted some too. We had drumsticks and frozen strawberry ice cream bars for dessert. The boys had already swam and then changed. The girls went swimming and stayed in a long time. I asked Jared to show me how to hook up the power washer, because Bill hadn’t shown me yet. Jared not only hooked it up, he washed the four white pool lounge chairs perfectly. He also, after winding the hose up, took it out and hooked it up to the garden sprinkler and turned it on for me. Vikki, Kimmy, Eli and Isaac, chopped dead branches off my tree with all the bird feeders and moved the feeders to live branches that needed to be moved. It looks so nice.
Everyone left after that. Kimmy had to get home to boil eggs for deviled eggs and I had to make my potatoes and cut them, cut celery and cut onions for the potato salad. I already had the eggs boiled.
After that it was like 11 p.m. and I worked a little on the blog posting pictures. To be finished later.
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