Wed., 6/16/21, Hailey's first date and prom are tonight. Kimmy and the boys came over, We played 3-13 and I was the loser, Caught my 15th and 16th chipmunk, Vikki, Kimmy and I painted Rody's mom's fence, Jacob and Adam watched Peyton and Isaac,

Hailey getting her hair done for prom by Mikayla's cousin

Her hair looked amazing!

Jacob, Adam, me and Eli during our card game

This was after we scraped the loose paint off the fence.  Rody's mom and Aunt Ann were cute as they kept offering us drinks, food, etc.  They sat outside in the shade and kept encouraging us and telling us what a great job we were doing and how wonderful the fence looked.  They are such nice people.

Kimmy is a super fast painter and super neat.  Why she wore her good shorts that can't be replaced and never got any paint on them.  What a girl!!!

Vikki, me and Kimmy painting the other side of the fence

Peyton, Isaac and Eli playing tennis

Hailey with a frog...that's not her date lol

Hailey, Abby and Jonah (he's her date)

Jonah, Hailey, friends (Mikayla is in the white dress in the middle)

Another group picture

These beautiful pictures were taken at Mikayla's house

Hailey's dress was so beautiful

New shepherd's hook that holds lots of stuff

Eli, Jacob, Peyton, Isaac and Adam enjoying a short swim when we got back to my house

Spent time with the Lord, then I went to get some groceries early so I could be home by the time Kimmy got here.  Also went to the Aldi's on Bay Rd. to see if they had the shepherd hook I wanted because the State St. one didn't.  They did!  Kimmy and the boys came and we played 3-13.  I started out going out for the first 3 hands and it was all downhill from there.  Maybe I should say uphill.  My score went up up up.  Kimmy was the winner.  Adam stuck me with lots of points (in the 60's) a couple of times.  Kimmy and I walked around outside after that for a while.  They boys played Mario.  Vikki went with Hailey while she got her hair done.  Later she did her makeup.  Hailey looked beautiful.  Vikki came to pick up paint brushes and she was going to paint Rody's mom's fence.  Kimmy said she could help her and I decided to help too.  It was work, but it was fun doing it together.  I'm glad Vikki didn't do it herself with the kids.  While I was painting, I remembered reading James a couple of days ago where it says true religion is taking care of the widows and orphans....

When I read that I prayed for God to show me who the widows in our church are and what I needed to do.  Then I thanked Him because Rody's mom is a widow and we were able to be there helping her.  It wasn't planned, but was a last minute thing that I know God planned for me to be part of.  It made me so happy.  We finished up and Rody's mom gave us cards with money in them, which we kept the sweet cards, but returned the money.  While we were there we got pictures of Hailey and her date.  He is very handsome and looked nice.  Melissa took pictures while they were at her house.  We came back to my house and the kids swam for a short time, while Vikki, Kimmy and I had sandwiches. The kids had pizza at Vikki's house.  We sat on the deck while we ate, then it was time for Kimmy to leave.  Vikki left too.  I dropped off my chipmunk, put the slide outs out on the camper and made my list of groceries to get.  I packed some things too.  Yay they are all coming back tomorrow for a visit.  Texted with my Adam!  Can't wait to hear how Hailey's prom went and to see more pictures.  

Tues., 6/15/21,

 

Hailey and I always get the Beef and Bean Nacho at Coco Loco's.  This is a half order.

Had a great lunch with my Hailey girl

Peyton and Isaac love swimming

Hailey busy pulling my many tiny weeds out for me

Max, Jack, Evan, and Melissa

Max, Jack and Evan

Jack and Evan

Isaac and Peyton

Peyton, Hailey and Isaac

Isaac and Peyton

Cool picture of Peyton Vikki took

Got up early to spend time in the Bible, worship and pray.  I stopped over to Melissa’s and dropped fudge and salt water taffy that we got in Mackinaw City off for them.  The kids were super happy.  I picked Hailey up at Ann’s and we went to Coco Loco’s for lunch.  We had our usual  1/2 Beef and Bean Burrito.  It was super delicious.  We had fun talking and eating.  We came to my house afterward and swam and relaxed on the deck.  In the morning, I walked by where the birdhouse used to be in the bricked area.  I went to pull one of the many weeds, and thought of Hailey.  When she was here, she pulled them all out for me and put them in a container so they wouldn’t grow back.  Vikki, Peyton and Isaac came over and the kids swam.  Isaac got 13,000 yards of swimming in.  Wow! Hailey and I left to go to Menard’s to get two more air mattresses, then to Meijer to take pop cans in, and then to the Maple Grill so she could get a gift card and a bar of their amazing soap they sell.  I was going to get soap for Bill and I because we love it, but they only had the one bar this time.  We went into Hemlock and each got a Frappe…buy one get one for 1 cent.  I dropped Hailey off, then came home and ate Souper Cafe’s egg salad sandwich and Bill had chicken noodle soup and I had pot pie.  YUM!  We went to intercessory prayer after that and it was powerful and amazing.  We came home and I put Preen down.  We watched the K’Love Awards which were amazing.  I talked to Melissa and Vikki, texted with Adam, texted with Hailey.

Monday, 6/14/21, Bill and I worked in the garden, Vikki and twins came over, Vikki and I went Father’s Day shopping

This pineapple slicer/corer I got from the mennonite store does and amazing job and is so easy. I will be dehydrating pineapple now!!!

Vikki and I saw this beautiful rainbow today

Peyton and Isaac playing...this is what a boy does with perm curlers...Peyton puts them in her American Girl doll's hair

Her doll has her swim flippers on and curlers in her hair...Peyton loves playing with dolls so much and I love watching her

 Slept in as I have been getting up early each day we were on our trip.  So good to take a shower in our wonderful shower today.  Caught the raccoon that was digging my plants out of the pots on the deck.  Bill took it and released it.  He was also getting my jelly jars for the birds out of the trees.  Did our laundry from our trip and hung it out on the line.  Went and got suet, bird seed and thistle seed.  The feeders were empty, but now are full once again.  Bill tilled the garden and hoed the corn.  We both pulled the extra corn out that was too close.  I pulled the weeds from around the beets, onions and lettuce by hand and put them in a bucket so they wouldn’t grow again when it rained.  Weeded around the tomatoes, peppers, kolarabi, zucchini, sunflowers and zinnias.  I was getting pretty warm while working.  Vikki, Peyton and Isaac came over and the kids went in swimming.  I finished up and jumped right in.  It felt so good to cool down.  It started thundering and then raining so we got out.  Vikki brought fresh fruit over, so we all ate some.  It was super delicious.  Vikki, the kids and I went shopping for Father’s Day.  We found a gas griddle grill for Bill.  Rody came and picked up the kids so we could put it in my car.  It was all assembled and was the last one on display.  We took it over to Vikki’s and she and I unloaded it.  The girls and families, and I are giving it to him for Father’s Day.  Hopefully this year we can surprise him.  Vikki and I went and got an Olive Burger from Culver’s.  We watched the seagulls for entertainment.  There was a beautiful rainbow that was so bright.  Vikki took a picture for me.  Came home and made Bill a BLT.

Texted with Adam, Texted with Hailey, and talked with Kimmy and Melissa.  

Sunday, 6/13/21, Headed home from Mackinaw City, Stopped at Cousin's Jim and Julie's, Stopped at Kimmy and Jared's, went for ice cream

 

Bill and I were on some fun hills

We met my cousin Jim and his wife Julie at Mio and had lunch together.  We hadn't seen each other for 20 years and had such a nice time catching up and also sharing memories

Eli in Kimmy's pretty garden

Wyatt

 Adam, Jacob and Eli

Cousin Jim on a tractor he got that was just like my Great Grandpa Adam's

 Jim driving the tractor up for us to see

Julie and Jim in front of their house

 Bill and I stopped at the Country Creamery for ice cream on the way home.  Couldn't go on a trip and not get ice cream

Read our Bibles, and did devotions and prayer.  Left our hotel at around 9:30 a.m.  Called my cousin and set up place and time to meet.  Bill took such a great route on the way to Mio.  We went along Lake Huron, through Rogers City, and then cut over toward Mio.  It was beautiful and sunny out, but a little cool by the water.  I had Bill stop so I could put my new fuzzy warm leg warmer things on we got at the Rally.  So nice!!!  When we were on 33 there were lots of nice hills and curves.  It was so much fun.  When we got to the 12 Tables Restaurant we were supposed to call Jim and Julie.  They only live 3 blocks away.  We pulled in and Julie came hurrying outside and over to us.  We were so happy to see each other.  We hugged, then went in the restaurant and saw Jim and hugged him.  We had such a fun time reminiscing and visiting.  We all ate breakfast except Jim.  We had told them on the phone we were going to treat them.  Julie arranged with the waitress to give her the Bill, so they ended up buying ours.  Found out my other Cousin, Jim’s brother Jack, isn’t doing too good.  Jim’s son and girlfriend take care of him, otherwise he would have to be in a home Jim said.  We followed them to their house to see the tractor they got with the kids for Jim.  It is just like my grandpa Adam’s tractor he had on the farm.  He taught Jim to drive it to help in the fields when Jim was 12.  He loved that tractor and now has one just like it.  I took lots of pictures.  We said our goodbyes and headed for home.  We went through Edenville and decided to stop at Kimmy and Jared’s.  We looked at Kimmy’s plants which are beautiful and growing nicely.  We visited with them and I enjoyed a cold ice tea with Kimmy.  We all sat on the deck.  We left there and decided since we hadn’t had any ice cream on our trip, we would just have to stop at the Country
Creamery.  It was so nice and very safe.  Our waffle cones were huge and delicious.  When we got home, I called Vikki to let her know we were home.  Peyton really wanted to come see me and swim with me, so Vikki brought her and Isaac over.  She sure is my girl!  I am blessed that she loves me so much.  We all had fun swimming together.  Bill came in too.  The water was warm, but the air was a little cool. We stayed in a long time though.  It was such a great day!

Sat. 6/12/21, First Annual Motorcycle Ride Across the Mackinaw Bridge

 Hailey, Peyton and Isaac

 Peyton and Hailey Relaxing after a swim back home

 Isaac

Cheryl, Jim, Bill, Paul, Debbie, Elaine, Val, Judy

Me, Cheryl, Elaine, Gayla, and Eva

Elaine, Don and Wes

Don, Luis, Eva, Cheryl and Jim

Riding with 800 other bikes across the Mackinaw Bridge

 Mackinaw Island in the distance

 Our first wait...we found out there was a man on a trike who had a heart attack, crossed the center line and was hit by a truck and died.  We started praying for his family right away.  We found out it would be a three hour wait, so we went up the side edge and got off the exit a short way ahead.  Went to eat, then for a ride.

Bill took us down a gravel road along the water

Elaine, me, Bill, Cheryl, and Jim....we ended up at the Bridge View by St. Ignace.  We saw traffic moving on the bridge, so we went down a short little road(the wrong way) and got on the road right away and went through the toll booth.  We moved a little ways and then the traffic stopped again.  It took us 2 hours to cross the bridge.

 Policeman who handcuffed a guy and put him in his car....one of the reasons traffic was stopped.  There was also a wrecker taking a car that was in an accident away, and then an RV broke down....all reasons for the wait

 Elaine riding on the grid for the little way she had to...we moved to the pavement as soon as we could

Mackinaw City

Bill when we were shopping

Adam's soccer team got first place in U15.  Congratulations Adam.  I am so proud of you!!!