Nicole turns 6 years old today!
She is cute and fun to do things with!
She also is great at making french toast! 
Nicole, Morgan, Bryce and I went to the Saginaw Children's Zoo with Grandma "Dear" on Thursday. My Mom is actualy Grandma Greer but when the kids were little they couldn't say Greer, so they call her Grandma Dear. It is fitting name because she is so "dear" to us all!
Our favorite amimals were the penquins.
And the monkeys!
It wouldn't be as much fun without a little cotton candy!
Marnie celebrated her 14th birthday on Saturday. Joel and Kelly bought her a gun so she can go hunting this year! She is getting ready for back to school, and will be on the Lapeer West freshman volleyball team. She certainly has become a lovely young lady, not the little girl we met when she first moved here. Marnie, stop growing up so fast! Love ya!
Bryce, Morgan and Nicole showing off their craft project.
Morgan glues ribbon onto the inside of her book so she can tie it closed.
This is Bryce showing the front of his book with lions, monkeys and elephants on it.
And this is Bryce when I told him to turn it around and show me the back of his book!
Nicole learned how to use a brayer to make sure everything is glued well.
She added some ribbon to the cover of her book to dress it up a little bit.
Bryce, Morgan and Nicole with their finished book projects. It only took an hour and a half!
That's me, Traci, Val and Jennifer up north posing for my signature tree photos. (I like to take pictures of people peeking out from behind a tree!) We always have fun, relax a little, swim a little, have long talks where we solve the worlds problems (if only we were in charge!), and laugh a lot!
Look at that beautiful smile Nicole has with her first tooth missing!
She put her tooth under her pillow that night and the tooth fairy brought her 5 dollars!
Grandpa and Nicole doing a little fishing
Mitch and Christy
Morgan getting some air on the diving board.
Plug your nose Marnie!
Look how cute Morgan looks with her new reading glasses! They are a pretty blue color to match her pretty eyes. Morgan is such a good reader and now she will probably read even faster with her new glasses. She likes to come to Grandma's library and check out books. If she is late bringing them back she has to pay Grandma 5 cents for each late book!
There is nothing more precious than the look on a child's face as when they hold out a fistful of fresh picked dandelions just for you! Most people complain about them in their yard because technically they are a weed, but I have always loved dandelions ever since I was a child. Do you remember holding one under someones chin to see if they liked butter? Or popping the flower off the stem with your thumb? And when they turn white, making a wish and blowing the little pieces into the air? Rob wanted to treat the lawn to get rid of them one year, but I asked him not to. They don't really hurt anything, they are pretty, and they only last for a couple of weeks in the spring. I didn't think he would listen to me, but he has left them alone so far. I have a poem that I think I wrote about dandelions when I was in elementary school. I say "I think" because I am too old to remember if I made it up or copied it, but I searched the internet and couldn't find it, so I am going to say I wrote it! Here it is:
Here is Bryce with Gus and Gomer, two new gnomes who traveled home with me from Florida! Bryce and I found them a spot on the gnome trail and they now live in our woods.
Our daughter-in-law, Shelly, graduated from Mott College today with a degree in nursing. Here she is with her friend Stephanie who also graduated. They decorated their caps for the occasion!
Nick, Shelly, Bryce, and Nicole.
I'm back in Michigan from my Florida vacation, and finally caught up with things. I had a wonderful week in Clearwater visiting my sister Jan and her family and spending time with Mom. We celebrated her birthday on April 3 with some shopping, photos on the beach at sunset, and then a late dinner at E&E Stakeout restaurant.
Dusty, Chris, Jan, Mom, and Darren
Chris, Dusty, Me and Darren
Our beach photo at sunset. 
Had to have a photo by a palm tree!