10/17/17...Went to breakfast, stopped at Melissa's, matched up outfits to take on trip, got house ready for care group, studied lesson

Went to breakfast at Sullivan's.  There were thirteen of us there.  We will be needing the back room soon.  After breakfast, I went to Melissa's to take her dish back and visit.  Nora was there and was so cute.  Melissa and I had fun watching videos of the kids when they were little.  I left and went to Aldi's and got a silicone top that prevents stuff from boiling over on the stove.  It will be nice not to have that problem again.  Got a new metal carafe tool  Tried stuff on and matched outfits I am taking on trip.  Nice to have that done.  I was cold so I turned the heat on for an hour while I did stuff.  Once the house was warm, I turned it back off.  Nice and sunny out so it stayed warm.  Excited to have small group tonight.

10/16/17...Went to see Kenzie's new apartment, Vikki and Misty stopped to get shelves Bill made

Saw these two sweeties when I took Vikki home

Worked on getting stuff ready for trip. I went shopping and got a couple of new tops for my trip and one pair of jeans.   Kenzie called and wanted me to come see her new apartment.  I talked to Vikki and she wanted to go along, so I picked her up and we went to see her.  Her apartment is cute and she has it decorated real cute.  We visited there for a while and I gave her the stuff I brought her (rechargeable sweeper, broom and dustpan, garbage bags) and Vikki gave her lots of cute clothes she got for her.  I should have taken a picture of Kenzie in her new place but will have to to it next time.  I was glad to see she is in a nice area.  We had a nice visit and then dropped her off at work and we headed to Michaels so Vikki could get bags for her bracelets.  I took her home and went in to see Peyton and Isaac.  Got my hugs and could only stay a couple of minutes.  Came home, made pizzas for dinner,  hung the beautiful fall wreath Misty made me up, and did our lesson for Bible Study.  Watched a movie.

10/15/17...Went to church, taught Sunday School, Went to Debbie

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Peyton and Debbie

Debbie, Angie, Lourdes, Fred, Melissa and Sonny

Hailey, Vikki, Melissa, Angie, Lourdes and Fred

Bill's Buddy Sharaz watching the game with him

Lourdes, Fred and Angie

Fred, Lourdes, Angie, Debbie, Tom me and Bill

Got up at 5:30 and made 3 batches of cheesy potatoes for the party today.   Got ready and went to church early to get everything ready in my classroom.  Went into the sanctuary for worship and then went to class when they dismissed the kids.  Had nine kids today. We sure had fun in class.

After church we came home and changed and picked up the stuff we had to take to the party.  We got to Debbie's at one and Angie met us in the driveway.  Sure was good to see her.  She gave us some pickled beets!  YUM.  I gave her some stuff I made for her and a motorcycle headband I picked up for her.  We were celebrating her 70th birthday.  We all got her the garden statue in the last picture.  We had yummy food and the best desserts.  Had such a good time visiting with everyone.  The kids were all so good you didn't even know they were there.

10/14/17..Went over our itinerary for our trip...Started making a short version to carry with us. Went to Barbs

Kenzie sent me a picture of her new kitten

I was taking a picture of the scoresheet...I won and Bill was the big loser.  He moved his hand over everybody's score but his....We all had a laugh.  

Wes was so happy when he went out right away and stuck us all with lots of points....I don't think I've seen a happier picture of him; he wasn't posing for it either.

Got up and went to meet Vikki at Goodwill.  I was very happy to see she had Peyton with her.  Peyton saw me in the window when she was walking in the parking lot.  Sure love that little sweetie.  I left to go home so I could make it to Jack's game.  It wasn't raining so thought he might still play.  I talked to Melissa on my way home and she said the game was just cancelled.  Got home and warmed up chili for us.  Started making a short version of our itinerary for our trip to NY.  

Left at 1 to pick up Wes and Gayla to go see Barb with us.  We got there and played cards and then took her out to dinner.  We had lots of fun.  She gets her cast off her foot Thurs and then gets a air cast.  We came home and watched a Hallmark movie while I finished the itinerary.  

10/13/17....went and got some stuff for my surprise box for kids at church and some stuff for Samaritan Purse shoeboxes. Went on motorcycle ride to see colors

Isaac, Luis, Eva, Wes, me and Gayla

I went shopping for stuff to make cheesy potatoes for Sunday, and then went to get some stuff for my surprise box for the kids at church and also for my Samaritan shoe boxes for kids.  I found some fun things.  I picked up a few things for Kenzie's new apartment too.  Got home and we left to meet others from Faith Riders to go on a ride and have lunch.  We called Wes and Gayla to see if they were done with Joel's appointment and they were almost home.  We told them we would stop by their house so they could go.  They thought they would be too late.  We got there and the guys had to help Wes get a bolt in his wheel.  It had come out and he had just picked the one he ordered up.  They had a little problem getting it in so we ladies prayed and then it went in and we headed out.  

We went for a nice ride through the country and saw some pretty color.  We ended up in Beaverton, so ate at the Beaverton Tavern.  They are know for their delicious wet burritos.  I got a small one and it was enormous.  Bill got the perch and walleye.  After we ate, we headed back home.  

It was a nice day for a ride.  It was sunny when we started out, but then got really cloudy.  Bill let Eva use his coat he had in the bike because she just had a jean jack on and she got cold when the sun went down.  Watched a Hallmark movie when we got home.  I talked to Vikki and Melissa when I got home.  Very nice day!

10/12/17...Walked at Sportszone, Bill volunteered at the VA, Got some stuff ready for our New York trip, Ate my left over turkey sandwich from Zehnders, Went to Faith Rider's meeting

I spent my quiet time with the Lord and then went to walk at the Sportszone.  They had one little area in the far corner of the track roped off because they were cleaning it, so we walked one direction and then did a u turn and went the other direction and did a u turn.  I walked my three high speed miles and then came home and ate my leftovers from Zehnders.  It was just as good as it was yesterday.
Got some things ready for our New York trip.  I'm getting excited about going.  Bill spent the day volunteering at the VA.  We went to our Faith Rider's chapter meeting in the evening.  Bill did a great job leading it.  We had nominations for officers and other positions.  Looks like Bill will still be president and I will be web master and newsletter editor still.  No one wanted to take over.

10/11/17..Went to Ollie, Went to Frankenmuth with Kimmy and Vikki for their birthday dinners, taught my class at church

Vikki and Kimmy at Zehnders

Our pretty ornament we each got for our free birthday gift

Vikki, me and Kimmy at Bronners

Charlie and Sue picked us up and we went to Ollie at SVSU with them and their friend Tom.  They had a speaker there who talked on Agent Orange.  He was a very good speaker and it was very interesting.  The place was packed.  When I got home, I went over my lesson for tonights Delta Club at church.  Kimmy got here and we went to Vikki's to pick her up and headed to Frankenmuth.    We went to Zehnder's and sampled some goodies in the bakery.  Then we went upstairs and the girls got their free family style dinners and I got a half hot chicken sandwich with mashed potatoes, dressing, squash and buttered noodles.  I also had cranberries, cottage cheese, cranberries and liver pate that the waitress brought the girls and they didn't like.  She told me I could have them.  YUM!

The girls had great food and we all had fun and really got full.  We were so full none of us could eat the free hot fudge sundaes that came with the meal.  Bummer!  We went to Bronner's after we were done to get our free ornaments.  They are beautiful this year.  We went to the Bead Store in Frankenmuth and picked out assorted beads for Vikki.  It was so much fun.  She wanted stuff to make bracelets for her birthday this year.  I dropped the girls off at Vikki's so they could go to Bigby's and get their free drink there.  I got home, changed and went to teach my class.  It went well and the kids were great.  So thankful for all the blessings from the Lord!