Sunday, 8/28/22, Happy Birthday to my Beloved Bill, Went to church, all the girls and families and Charlie and Sue came over and spent the day

Peyton decorating Papa's Birthday Cake. It looked beautiful!

Papa and Max

Max and Vader

Rody, Jared, Melissa, Isaac and Evan

Adam, Jacob, Kenzie and Eli

Adam, Kenzie, Isaac, Rody, Jared, Sue, Charlie and Bill

Jacob, Stacie, and Jared

Sue, Charlie, Bill, Adam, Kenzie, Isaac, the back of Jared's head and Peyton looking out the door

Bill, Rody, Isaac and Vikki

Bill opening the porch lights I got him.  He guessed lights, but not the right kind

He liked the lights too.  He got a $50 gift card to Outback from Charlie and Sue and a card telling him to take me out to dinner (Yay).  He got a gift card for Denny's from Stacie, DJ and Kody...he loved that too.  He got a $50 Olive Garden Gift card from Diane and James at church too.  We will be eating good in the neighborhood!

Bill opening the grill cover from Melissa, Vikki and Kimmy and families.  DJ in the background.  Bill sure needed a grill cover (ours just spit down the side)  and was very happy.

Bill by the grill with the new cover on it.  It fits so good.  Easy to get off and on.   

Peyton, Kenzie and Kit Kat

Eli

Melissa

Group picture of most of us that Vikki took

Kimmy, me and Vikki

Peyton and Kit Kat

Papa, Kenzie, and Rody

Kit Kat with her big claws out

Kimmy, Bill and Vikki

Peyton and Papa

Eli, Papa, Adam and Jacob

We went to prayer and then into the church service.  Worship was awesome and Pastor gave the best message.  Life changing!!!  After church, Kimmy, Jared and the boys, and Vikki, Rody and the kids came over.  Kimmy and Jared brought pizza and I warmed up all the pizza left over from yesterday.  We ate and then Kimmy worked more on Vikki's car.  She wanted to get done before everyone else came over.  Melissa, Bruce and the kids came over , Kenzie came and Stacie, DJ and Kody came.  Charlie and Sue came over too.  We celebrated Bill's birthday and had cake and ice cream.  I had Vikki and Kimmy take cake and ice cream orders, then Kimmy dished up cake and I added the kind of ice cream they wanted.  Stacie took it to the person who order the kind on the plate.  It was a good system! 

We hung out all day and sat on the deck visiting.  It sure was a nice day and we were sure happy to have everyone here.  Everything was picked up upstairs, outside and in the basement and it looked like I had just cleaned the house.  We are blessed with the best family and friends!  Sure do love them all.

Bill and I answered some questions Adam needed from another generation for his class.  Kimmy and Jared answered for their generation.  After that, we relaxed in our loveseat recliners.

 

Sat., 8/27/22, Bill went to motorcycle event Jacob and Adam slept in, Went to Amanda's shower, Kimmy, Vikki and Melissa came over

 

Amanda and Debbie

Cousins

Me, Amanda, Debbie, Shani and Kimmy

Vikki and Peyton

Amanda and Peyton

Debbie, Alex's mom, Amanda and Alex's sister

Amanda opening the rest of her gift from me

Peyton blowing bubbles at her house when we stopped there

Peyton trying out this comfy lounger at Costco

Peyton eating a hot dog at Costco...It was twice as big as a regular hot dog...for $2.96, we both got a hot dog and a big pop.  I hadn't planned on eating, but when we got up to the counter to pick our order up, we saw it was a two for one deal

We sat in chairs watching Kimmy bondo Vikki's car and visiting

Evan...it was dark out and my camera does a weird timing thing...doesn't turn out clear

Jacob and Adam slept in.  I got ready for the shower, then wrapped the gift and filled out the card.  Bill went with Faith Riders to Owosso for their Vintage Bike show.  Jared brought Kimmy, and picked up Jacob and Adam.  I had given the boys a treat, so I gave Eli a Kit Kat Bar when he came.  Kimmy and I left to pick up Vikki and Peyton and headed to Frankenmuth for Amanda's baby shower.  Melissa stopped in at the shower to tell Amanda hi but couldn't stay.  Shani sat with us at our table which was nice.  Amanda got lots of nice things for the baby.  The food was really good and the cupcakes and special cookies were too.  After the shower, we stopped at Vikki's and planted the mum Peyton won at the shower.  Kimmy, Peyton and I went to Lowes and got Bill's birthday present from her, Vikki and Melissa.  Vikki drove to my house and then we got there shortly after.  Kimmy worked on the other side of Vikki's car fixing it.  We sat and visited with her.  Peyton and I headed to Costco's so I could get Bill's birthday gift.  She was fun to shop with and look at things.  We got a famous Costco hotdog and a drink when we were done.  When I got home, he was out in the shed, so I put the gifts down in the basement so he wouldn't see them.  Melissa and Evan came over to visit while Kimmy worked on the car too.  Peyton and Evan had fun playing together.  I baked a birthday cake for Bill after everyone left.  Tomorrow we celebrate his 74th Birthday. I sure am thankful God gave him to me.  

Friday, 8/26/22, Hailey moved into her dorm at CMA today, Made pancakes for breakfast, Jacob, Eli and I went to say goodbye to Hailey, Kimmy came over, Vikki, Peyton and Isaac came over, Kimmy and all the kids helped us close the pool. A big thank you to you all!

Eli, me, Jacob and Hailey

Eli and Hailey hugging

Jacob and Hailey doing their funny hug

Hailey and me hugging....I couldn't help but cry.  I am sure going to miss her! Love this girl so much!

Me and Hailey

Eli, Isaac, Peyton and Jacob

Jacob, Isaac and Peyton eating lunch

The kids playing and hanging out

Eli, Peyton, Isaac, Jack, Max and Vader

Jacob, Evan and Isaac

Jared and Bill working on fixing the truck

Isaac, Eli, Jack, Jacob, Max, Adam and Evan

Evan, Adam, Isaac, Eli peeking through, and Jack by our tall Sunflowers

Jack and Isaac

Adam

Evan

Adam, Peyton and Evan

All the boy cousins and Peyton

Hailey at CMU

Hailey with her dorm all organized

Her favorite stuffed animals she's loved for a long time

Bruce and Hailey

Hailey's roommate, Allison and Hailey...1st day meeting in person

Melissa, Hailey and Bruce...There is only one elevator that one cart could fit into.  They moved all of her stuff up to the 4th floor.  Not too speedy with that elevator, but they finished in time.  They were on a schedule because of the parking lot.

From the right....Max, Isaac, Adam, Peyton, and Evan.  Jack and Eli in the background on the left

Evan helping with the cover in the tiny spaces

Jacob helping with the pool cover

Instead of sleeping in, we all got up pretty early.  Charlie picked Bill up to go out for coffee. I made pancakes for breakfast, then the boys and I went to say goodbye to Hailey.  She has all of her stuff packed and Bruce and Melissa are helping her move into her dorm today.  We gave each other a few big hugs...just what I needed.  I couldn't help but cry.  I will miss her so much.  I sure am proud of her though and very proud of her for finding a good church that preaches the Word of God in truth and making plans for her spiritual growth.  Her friends she met at BayShore even said they want her to be on their worship team.  Hailey told me she wanted to do worship, then God opened the door.  

Kimmy came over to spend the day and help with the pool.  Vikki, Peyton and Isaac came shortly after.  Kimmy got us right at working on the pool.  She is such a worker and has a servant's heart, always helping others.  Everyone helped and it wasn't long before the pool was ready to put chemicals in and close.  Kimmy even made sure the pool deck furniture was put away for the winter.  She sprayed down the filter and got it so clean it was amazing.

We ate lunch, then Kimmy started working on bondo preparing Vikki's car and painting it.  It looks amazing.  Vikki was here and missed helping with the pool, but she can't do anything because of her surgery.  Kimmy, Vikki and Peyton went to pick up Adam from school, and Eli, Isaac and I went to pick up Evan and Jack from school.  Jack was so excited when he saw Eli.  When we got back, we got the pool covered.  Having so many help made it so easy.  Evan crawled in the small space between the deck and the pool and secured the cover there. Then they all had fun hanging out together and playing.  Kenzie called me and talked to me for a while.  I sure loved talking to her.  I have been missing her lots.  Jared came over when he got out of work.  Jacob and I went and picked up pizza and breadsticks.  We all ate, then Bill and Jared worked on fixing a noise by the truck wheel.  It is still making a noise.  Praying it's an easy inexpensive fix.  Melissa face timed us and showed us Hailey's dorm.

They met her two of her roommates and liked them.  Allison who will be sharing a room with Hailey was super nice and Hailey texted me later to let me know they took dance lessons together when they were 3 and 4 years old.  They were in the same recital.  It sure is a small world!  Hailey sent me a video of her dorm and it has her waving to us in the mirror. I always do that when I take a video of our hotel room and send it to the girls.  God sure answered our prayers.  Hailey said she is doing great when I asked her.  

Jacob and Adam were partners and Bill and I were partners for Skip Bo.  They beat us by about 1 card.  We couldn't believe it was so close.  We had so much fun and laughed lots.  We snacked on red licorice while we played.  We watched the movie Fireproof afterwards. It's such a great movie.