A Day At The Zoo

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!

Nicole, Morgan and Bryce on the train ride.

It wouldn't be as much fun without a little cotton candy!

Happy Birthday, Marnie!

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!

Craft Time At Grandma's

Bryce, Morgan and Nicole showing off their craft project.

Morgan glues ribbon onto the inside of her book so she can tie it closed.

Nicole chose pretty paper to cover her book and put a bird on the front.

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.

Morgan picked really pretty coordinating papers for the outside and inside of her book.

They thought they had to jump while showing off their books.

Bryce, Morgan and Nicole with their finished book projects. It only took an hour and a half!

Lapeer Days

Morgan and Nicole entered the Little Miss Lapeer pageant. Nicole sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Morgan counted to 20 in spanish! They didn't win but it was fun to try, and each year that they try out they grow more confident on stage. I think Nicole is the cutest 5 year old in Lapeer County and Morgan is the cutest 7 year old in Lapeer County. Those judges must have needed to put their glasses on!

33 Years!

August 16, 2008 Rob and I celebrated 33 years of marriage. We rode the motorcycle up north and went in to Alpena for dinner, then we spent some time on the lake on Sunday before riding back home. 33 years sounds like a long time, but it sure went by fast!

Happy Birthday, Mitch!

August 12, 2008 I can't believe my baby boy turned 21 today! We had a cook out to celebrate with all the family, but I'm sure the real party will be this weekend!

Girl's Trip Summer "08

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!

Happy Birthday to Kelly!

I don't have a picture to post of Kelly on her birthday because I was gone for the weekend on my annual "girl's only" up north trip. She is a little fussy about photos of herself, but one of these days we are going to have a photo shoot with her and her girls! She found out in July that she can stay off her meds that she was taking for a year, and will find out in 4 months if she is done taking them for good! Anyway, sorry I missed your birthday, Kelly, we'll do lunch, I'll have my people call your people! Seriously, though, it is nice to have her and her daughters in our family. It's another of those meant to be things, because when I was younger and having babies of my own, (long, long, long ago!) the name I picked out if I ever had a girl was "Kelly".