Wed., 8/17/22, Picked Jack and Evan up from Kimmy's, Went on motorcycle ride to Sterling with Sandusky Chapter, Peyton and Isaac spent the night, praying for Vikki's surgery tomorrow

 

Jacob

Adam and Evan

Eli, Jacob and Jack (with Steve)

Jack, Evan and Melissa.  Jack and Evan tested negative and are able to go home.  Yay!  Bruce tested negative too!

Bill and I on our ride

Met up with the Sandusky Chapter in Bay City to ride with them

Bill, Linda, Debbie, Paul, Konnie, Gary, Jackie, Dave and Berlin at Iva's Chicken Dinner's in Sterling

Peyton and Isaac playing 3-13....Papa got home from the Marine Corp League, so we started over so he could play with us.  We have to finish our game tomorrow.

Isaac and Peyton

Evan tested negative this morning, so I went to pick up him and Jack from Kimmy's before Kimmy and the boys had to be at the fair.  They sure had fun at Kimmy and Jared's.  A big thank you Kimmy and Jared for having them stay with you to keep Melissa safe and making it so fun for them.   I heard all about their fun time at Kimmy's and at the fair yesterday on the ride home.  When we got to Melissa's, they were all so happy to see each other.  Bruce and Max came home from dog camp for a couple of hours and they were all together.  Yay!

Bill and I went on the motorcycle to meet the Sandusky chapter in Bay City.  We rode with them to Sterling and ate at Iva's Chicken Dinner Restaurant.  The food was delicious and we had a great time visiting.  There was one dark cloud we noticed, and sure enough it rained while we were eating.  It was just a short shower and then the sun came out again.  Bill and I headed home because he had to be at the Marine Corp. League meeting.  

Maddy posted a prayer request because Alec lost his job today.  Their baby is still in the NICU.  I encouraged her with Scripture and prayed for them.  She let me know baby Brielle got off the feeding tube today.  Then I found out from Bill that Justin from church got Alec a job where he works.  Talk about the Lord working quickly.  So thankful for these huge blessings.  

Vikki and Rody dropped Peyton and Isaac off to spend the night.  Vikki had us pray over her for her surgery tomorrow.  She is having a hysterectomy.  All prayer is appreciated.  We had fun playing 3-13 with Peyton and Isaac.  They sure are good at adding their scores now.  We had M & M's for a snack.  Peyton had a few chicklot chops too.  We watched the 12 Dogs of Christmas afterward.  So much fun having these two spend the night.  Sure am blessed with a wonderful family that I love so much!

Talked and face timed with Hailey and Melissa.  Evan decided to play soccer.  He didn't want to be pressured to play.  He said he tried at BayShore and wasn't good.  We told him when you are on a team and have a coach, they teach you how to play.  Jack said he wasn't pressuring him, he was forcing him lol.  We ended up praying that he would think about it and maybe give it a try and asked God to help him.  Melissa let me know he decided to play and went to practice and loved it.  Yay!

Tues., 8/16/22, Spent the day school and dorm shopping with Hailey and Melissa...so much fun!

 

Me and Hailey at Coco Loco's eating our favorite meal...Beef and Bean Nachos...1/2 order each
This is what happens when you go to the bathroom and leave your phone on the table ha ha!

Hailey shopping

Me, Hailey and Melissa in Kohls

Melissa, Hailey and I with Old Navy in the background

Read my Bible out on the deck.  It was a beautiful morning.  I walked down the steps of the deck to go turn on the pool filter, and two young deer came running by me only about 5 feet from me.  They sure scared me.  They ran back to the neighbors.  I wish I would have my camera ready.  Kit Kat didn't even move off the swing.  

I left to pick up Hailey for school shopping and lunch.  I stopped at Walmart first to get a flower pot that you can water from the bottom for Melissa's peace plant.  Mine do so good watering them from the bottom.  I couldn't find any potting soil, so will have to get some of that before we can transplant it.  I picked Hailey up at Melissa's and we went to the Mall and walked through some stores.  She only found one top she liked there.  We went to Coco Loco's at 11:30 for lunch.  We came back to my house so I could show Hailey some dishes I have so she could see if she wanted a few for her dorm.  She did, so we packed those up.  Melissa wanted us to wait and pick her up after that, so we headed to get her.  We stopped at McDonalds, and Melissa got some food and both of us got free Frappe's.  Hailey didn't want one.  After that,  we went to Target, Kohl's, Old Navy, Bath and Body Works and TJ Max.  Hailey ended up finding lots of nice things to wear and also things for her dorm.  It's always so much fun shopping with her each year.  I saw some outfits that looked like what I wore when I was in high school.  I showed them to Hailey and of course she kind of laughed at the styles.  Plaids and pleats were in back then.  It sure brought back memories of my grandma taking me school shopping.  We were sure happy Melissa could go with us again this year.  She's so much fun to have along.  We all had such a nice time.  When we got back to Melissa's, we went through everything with Hailey again and we watched her open up her Amazon packages with her dorm stuff in it.  I came home and set the live trap and staked it in this time.  It tipped the cage over last night and got the food without getting caught.  I am out smarting it tonight.  We ate goulash, then I ran Melissa and Hailey some to have.  Bill decided to cut the lawn after we ate.  Vikki, Peyton and Isaac stopped over to get her chair and get the fair money we had for them.  We always give each grandkid who goes to the fair $20.  We used to all go, but because of Melissa and Bruce camping during fair time, and Covid, we haven't been able to go.  It was nice today that Vikki and the twins, and Kimmy and her boys and Jack and Evan got to go ride the rides.  Jacob went with his friends today.

Listened to good worship music in the evening.  Amazing worship!  

Monday, 8/15/22, Went to the fair to watch the Russell grandkids show their sheep, Melissa, Hailey and I went to BayShore to visit Bruce, Max and Vader

 

Jacob showing his sheep

Adam showing his sheep

Eli showing his sheep

Evan and Jack

Adam, Eli and Jacob

Claire and Adam 

Melissa and Hailey out at the point

Hailey and Nana

Hailey and Melissa

Max and Vader

Bruce, Melissa, Max, Vader and Hailey

Peyton in her new room

Peyton and Hailey

Isaac with his treasures

Went to the fair to watch the boys show their sheep.  I loved watching them.  They did a great job.  Adam's sheep acted up, but he didn't have much time to really work with him with being at Copper Harbor, being at BayShore, then staying with us so he didn't get Covid and could go to his soccer tryouts.  Eli got 6th place and Jacob got 3rd place. This judge was the quickest judge I've seen there.  He didn't even take time to talk to the kids and give them pointers.  Really weird.  Jack and Evan were happy to see them show their sheep. Jack tested negative for Covid today. Yay! Evan had just a very light line, so probably will test negative next time. It took a long time to see all the sheep today because there were almost double the sheep from last year.  I watched all of it except when the boys showed their sheep in the group of sheep born in Midland.  I had to leave to take Melissa and Hailey to BayShore to take a heater for the tent.  I didn't want Bruce to make a trip home, where he has been so busy, and has been also having to deal with Covid himself.  Kimmy and Jared are such a great aunt and uncle to have the boys this long and still want to keep them.  What a great family we have!  I picked Melissa and Hailey up, and we went to McDonalds and used our codes to get some deals for lunch.  We ate while we traveled to BayShore.  We had a nice time visiting with Bruce and Max, walking out to the point, and playing carpet ball.  Of course, Hailey found some friends to say hi to.  I am thankful she has helped there so much and got to know people.  We left around 4.  We stopped at Vikki's on our way back to visit for a few minutes and look at the rooms she changed around.   Rody was working on a graduation book for some friends of his, daughter he took.  He does beautiful photography.  He gave me Maddy and Alec's pictures he took so I could give them to Alec today when he stops over.  Rody did a great job on them too.  I took Melissa and Hailey home, and showed Melissa how to use her new shampooer like mine.  She started shampooing her carpets and I headed home.  She really likes the way the shampooer works and how light it is.  Kimmy, Vikki and I have one just like it and it does the best job on our carpets.  

Bill and I had goulash when I got home.  We changed the old sheets on the bed because his side ripped.  We put a new set on that Charlie and Sue had given us because they don't have a king size bed any longer.  

I sat outside and read my Bible more and gave Kit Kat attention.  Watered some flowers and plants.  Then Bill and I sat on our recliners and had some red licorice for a snack.  

  

Sunday, 12/14/22, Happy 52nd Birthday Joel! We love you! Went to church, picked Joel up and went to Baskin and Robins for ice cream

 

Joel got in and out of my Prius pretty good.

Me, Joel and Bill

Happy Birthday Joel!

We got hot fudge sundaes to celebrate Joel's birthday

Bill and Joel going around the flea market in Bay City.  

Birthday cake we got Joel to share with his friends 

We went to prayer, then into the church service.  Hailey sat with us and so did Vikki and the kids.  Rody worked in the tech room.  They showed pictures of the serve week and VBS.  It was nice seeing the pictures.  Nice seeing Vikki in them this year.  She was an amazing helper.  After that, we went to help out with the kids in kids church.  The time went by so fast.  I was so blessed to have one of the kids I was assigned to pray for for Sports Camp all week.  He doesn't have a church affiliation, so I was happy to see him there.  He was so sweet and sure loves Jesus!  

After church, we went to pick up Joel.  We had left a message to see if we could take him to lunch.  No one responded, so when we got there we talked to the girls working.  Joel had just finished eating a BLT, but they told us we could take him out for cake and ice cream.  We took him in our Prius and went to Baskin's and Robins.  We were the only customers in there.  The workers were all so nice.  They got the door for us when they saw us coming and took pictures for us.  Bill and Joel got hot fudge sundaes and I got a banana royal!   YUM!

After we finished there, I called to see if it was ok if we walked Joel around the flea market they were having down by the river.  Joel enjoyed that too.  Bill and I took turns pushing him. He's always so thankful and polite.  We got him some kettle corn to take back with him.  We also stopped at Kroger and bought a cake for him to share when he got back home.

We had fun with him.  He sure is a joy to be around.  He's just like family and we sure do love him.  We took him back, and they were happy to see he had a cake to share with them.

Roy called me to tell me he and Marie stopped into a gas station on their way home from church and got gas for 3.25.  He was so happy and excited to tell me about it.  It was the same gas station, Vikki told me about where I got the great price (for these days) on gas.

It was so special of him to call and want to let me know.

I talked to Kimmy, Vikki and Melissa and texted with Adam.  We sure are missing Adam.  

Baby Brielle is in a crib now and is eating at 58%.  When she starts eating consistently at 80-90%, she gets to go home.  I can't wait for them to have her home with them.  We sure are praying.  

Sat., 8/13/11, Went to Faith Riders Chapter Meeting, Rode as a group to Colling Church of the Nazarene, Did a benefit ride called Shop with a Hero from the church with other bikers, nice dinner outside under the tent afterwards with a good devotion from the pastor. Lots of free door prizes given. Everyone got one.

Bill, Cindy, Lew, and Jim to the left, Linda and Cheryl to the right of Bill

Cheryl and Elaine having a good conversation

Jim, Marsha, Bill, Jim C. Lew Cindy, Dan, ?, Jim, Lonnie, Gary and Jim's brother

I won a $25 gift certificate to this boutique in Sebewaing.  It's right across from Luke's Market and I never noticed it when we were there for family camp

Our garden is super tall this year

Kit Kat was happy to see us when we got home

Our Hibiscus is beautiful with all these blooms and more coming

Got up early and got ready to go on the motorcycle.  It was in the 50's when we got up, but was 64 when we left this morning.  We went to Faith Rider's Chapter meeting.  It was a good meeting with much prayer for some members going through big things right now.  We prayed over a quilt someone made for Dawn who has been battling cancer for 2 years and just was admitted to the hospital last night with pneumonia.  

The officer's shared, then Bill shared about the State Rally.  After the meeting, we went on a motorcycle ride to Colling Church of God.  There were 14 in the group from our two chapters. We joined the large group and went on an hour long ride to raise money for Shop with a Hero.  We stopped with Elaine and Cheryl, because Elaine needed gas in Pigeon.  The four of us just rode back to the church.  We snacked on donuts and cookies until the big group came back a half hour later.  The people of the church served us pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, baked beans, and chips.  They had lots of tables and chairs set up outside under the tent to eat at.  The pastor gave a good devotion, then started drawing names for prizes.  Everyone was given a free ticket.  They drew every name, but 9 of us who they had stand.  Everyone had won nice prizes but us.  Then the pastor said the last 4 standing would win $50.  Boy then we were not wanting to have our name drawn.  She drew Marsha's, then my name.  I was happy to get a $25 to a really cute Boutique in Sebewaing.  Bill had already won a bottle of real maple syrup.  We rode home with our Faith Rider group, then went to Meijer to pick up Wes and Gayla's van to park at our house.  They are going on a bus tour to Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone to celebrate their 60th anniversary.  We relaxed once we got home.  We were both tired.