Odds and ends

Well here I am updating somemore. On Monday, we started doing some summer cleaning instead of spring cleaning. I started in my kitchen, by scrubbing, out my oven, pulling the stove and fridge out, and cleaning behind that, David painted the ceiling, cleaned all on top of my cupbards they were terrible, you know with grease and dust, and he put up a wall border, an amish one. My kitchen is done in Amish stuff. We could never find an amish border and finally found one Memorial weekend. He ended up ordering it. It makes my kitchen look really nice. So I have posted a couple of pictures of it.

Brad redid his bedroom so I have posted a couple of pictures of his room.

Tuesday July 8th which was yesterday, David, and I and my parents, my brother Rick and wife Diane went up to Grand Rapids to the John Ball Zoo, then we went to Silver Lake Sand Dunes and rode on the dunes. Anyone ever been there? It is so nice and beautiful. We have been there several times, have taken my parents there twice and this was the first time for my brother and wife. We had so much fun. Then we went down by Lake Michigan which was right there where Little Sable Point is and David went up to the top of the lighthouse. We weren't about to climb all those stairs. It was hard enough climbing up the sand. We didn't stay long there. Then we headed home. We stopped and got something to eat, and of course made several rest stop stops. lol It was a fun day. So here is some pictures from that. Hope you enjoy.

A Fun and Wonderful 4th of July

Thursday night was my last day of work until the 14th. I am on a much needed vacation. So on the 4th we went down to my daughters and family for the day. Brad, Justin, David and I. We took Brads car. We made a stop at Cabellas. We had a cookout. We grilled hotdogs, chicken, hamburgers. Had pototae salad, pasta salad, chips, corn on the cob, pop and Mike made a cheesecake. Gage was so excited to see us. Of course he knows grandma and grandpa always bring him something. I got him a Thomas The Tank Engine book, and David had got him a an airplane that you can shoot in the air something like that. Plus, I had my daughter pick him up one of the trains from Thomas the Tank Engine. He has been wanting Take Along Edward, which I have not been able to find, but she also said he likes Diesel Ten, so I told her to get it for me, and hide it till I got there, so she did. He was so excited when he saw what he got. He didnot want that out of his sight. Ali is so precious and such a doll. I got to take her right away, and give her lots of hugs and kisses. She is already 2 months old. She is starting to smile now, when you talk to her, and she did that for me. I got some good shots of her smiling. Mike did a video of me and her when we were sitting outside, that I didnot know he was doing until later. So I am posting that. She was trying to talk to me. It was a great day. Lots of great food, and lots of fun. We were going to go swimming, but it was to cold for me. David and the boys ended up going, and Gage for a little bit. Gage is like a fish. Then they played croquet, while I watched Ali. At the end we went to the Wooster Fireworks which were a big disappointment to us all. We left at around midnight, did not get home until 3 a.m. So here is some more pictures hope you enjoy.

A Day at our camp cleaning and then met Spiveys for lunch

One more update. As you can see I have had a lot going on. On Sat. June 21st, some from our church met at the church at around 7 a.m. to go up to our camp to clean. Our job was in the dining hall. It was actually a lot of fun even tho, there was a lot of work to be done, and we had to get up so early. In my van, there was Sister Dodd, her three kids, Sue Raper, Shar and her daughter Jori. David drove the Dodds car, with Steve and Renita and Brother Dodd had someones car who he had borrowed with another person. Our camp is up in Sunfield, MI. We had to wash all of the dishes, dry, put away, clean all the shelves off, do the trays, windows etc... A lot of the work had already been done, as the Adrian church had been up there. The McClures. Anyways, some were washing, drying, cleaning shelves, etc..... etc..... Even Kammie and Karen were helping. They were so cute. Some of us women also went and cleaned the Childrens Chapel. Around 3 in the afternoon, we left and went to Ionia, MI where we met the Spiveys who were headed back to IN. They had been up to her parents all week, as her mom had surgery. So it was greating seeing them again and their kids. We met at a Big Boys. So I am posting some pictures from all of this. Then I think this will be it for awhile. LOL

On Thursday, June 19th, I took the day off from my work as my daughter and grandchildren came up for the day. I was so excited. This was Ali's first trip. Gage was excited to see his grandma. After she had told him he was coming up here, he just kepted asking when they were going to grandmas. We had a very nice day together. She arrived around 12:30 or so, then we went to lunch, afterwards went to visit my parents so they could see their new greatgranddaughter. It made my parents very happy. My mom just thought she was adorable, but she thinks Gage is a doll too, which I do too. lol I may be a little prejudiced don't you think? My brother came over to my parents and Gage had him on the floor playing horses and trains with him. It was so funny. Wore my brother out. We were there for a while, then went by my work, so my co-worker and my sister-in-law could see the kids. Then we left including David came home, picked up Justin, went to Bob Evans to eat. Sister Dodd and Lauren met us there. It was lots of fun. Lauren was so cute too. She had on her mommys sunglasses. Afterwards we left there went back to our house and spent the rest of the evening. Gage had a blast playing with all of grandmas toys. He loves trucks and trains. His daddy drives a truck. My daughter did not leave until around 10:40 p.m. I was so worried, because she had a three hour drive. So needless to say I wasn't sleeping till she texted me she was home. But it was a great day. I love being with my grandchildren. So I am posting some pictures from that day.

Kameron Dodds Kindergarten Graduation

On Tuesday evening the 17th of June, Kameron Dodd had his kindergarten graduation. Sister Linda Raper was his teacher and his sister Karens. She did an awesome job. So the Dodds had him a graduation in one of the class rooms. Afterwards had him a reception held over where the teachers used to live. There weren't a lot of people there. Just about 20 at the most. But it was really nice. He just loved it. Once he put on his cap and gown he didnot want to take it off. Sister Linda did a day in the classroom with him and Karen. He can write his name in cursive. Sister Linda was always a stickler for neat handwriting which I think is very important. My two boys Justin and Brad both had her and she did a fantastic job. Anyways here are some pictures from his graduation and his reception afterwards.