Sunday, 6/14/26, went to church, Evan and Lydia came over, went to Bavarian Parade, went to Debbies, Ben and Judith Bill’s second cousins were visiting from California, went to pray over Chandler,

Evan and Lydia at our house before leaving for Frankenmuth

Fred and Bill looking at Bill’s cane that was specially made by the Wood Carvers for Bill.  They do that for veterans and put all their information on.

I took this picture from my end just as Vikki was taking one from the other end.  Bill, Fred, Amanda, Riley, Emma, Bridgett, Bethany, Peyton, Abi, Jacob, Kimmy, Jared, Vikki and Eli.  You can’t see Evan and Lydia, but they are down there at the end too.

View from Vikki’s end.  You can see Eli, Evan and Lydia from her view.

Bridgett, Bethany and Peyton at the Parade

Lion’s Club float Debbie, Tom, Ben and Judith (cousins from California) are on

Debbie with cousins Ben and his wife Judith from California.  

Ben and Judith

Jerry and Tom screwing legs on the plywood table Tom made long ago.

Emma, Lydia, Evan, Eli and Peyton in the pool

Bridgette, Bethan, and Peyton

The kids all having fun swimming

Papa and Jack

 

Melissa and baby Riley (Amanda’s baby)

Matthew, Judith, Debbie, Riley, Emma, Amanda, Tom and Ben

Tom, Jared, Kimmy, Vikki, Jacob Melissa, Evan, Isaac, Eli Jack, Bruce and Max (with Vader)  second row:  Matthew, Judith, Peyton, Me. Front row:  Matthew, Amanda, Riley, Emma, Debbie, Bill and Ben

Jack, Ben and Peyton

Bill, me, Ben and Judith

Ben, Vikki, Melissa and Kimmy

Got up early so I would have time to mix up the potato salad.  Went to the early service at church.  Awesome worship and message.  Came home and Bruce was in the driveway waiting with Evan and Lydia.  They are going to the parade with us, because Jack has to sing in Angel Voice Choir for the graduation at his school.  They will come to Debbie’s later.

We hung out and Bill and I ate a piece of pot pie because we hadn’t eaten breakfast.  The kids weren’t hungry.  I packed cool clothes in case it warmed up and packed drinks and snacks, then we left for the parade.  We got the last parking spot in the close parking lot where we usually park.  It was raining lightly, so we waited in the Jeep for a few minutes, til it quit.  Tom and Debbie had an area roped off for our family to sit.  We set up our chairs.  Vikki, Isaac, Peyton, Bethany, and Bridgett were there and Kimmy, Jared, Jacob, Abi, and Eli were there.  Debbie and Tom’s friends, Janet and Jerry were there too.  Fred came and we walked with him to 7 -11 to get hotdogs at a stand that is always in the parking lot for the parade.  Amanda came with Emma and baby Riley.  Matthew sat in front of his church and passed out stuff.  We got back to our seats, took pictures, then the parade started.  It was longer this year and was really nice.  When it ended, we all packed up pit stuff and went to Debbie’s.  Janet, Jerry and I were helpers this year with Debbie having a broken arm.  Amanda helped some too, but was busy with the kids lot.  All the kids love swimming, especially since the pool is heated.  We ate snacks, then around 4:30 ate dinner. We had a nice time visiting with Ben and Judith, Bill’s second cousin and his wife who live in California.  We haven’t seen him since he was 10, but are Facebook friends with him.

Got to talk to them about the Lord which we always love and got to share the many miracles God did for Melissa and her family.  

We left there, and went to Maddy and Alec’s house to pray for baby Chandler and his upcoming surgery Tuesday.  He is such a smiley sweet baby.  We visited for a while, then came home and I put pictures on my blog, then went to bed.