Special places, cont.Is there anyone out there in blogland that is as sentimental as I am about places I’ve lived and visited? I can’t help it. I’m hopelessly sentimental. Our first home is one of the places that causes the sentiment to rise in me. There is just something special about this home….that we bought … Read More
Special placesAs a child I always thought I’d live in the same house, on the same street, and go to all the familiar places I’d always gone to. One of those special places was my grandparent’s “cottage” (lake home) on Lake of the Woods, in Decatur, Michigan. For the last year or so I’ve had … Read More
I’ll have some more please. So today was just a “little” windy….but it was still a good day. We slept til 9am (perfect) had breakfast, then Cara joined Kirk and I for a cup of coffee on the back patio. That’s when some friends stopped by (we hadn’t showered, and some of us were in … Read More
We experienced a rare occassion at our home last week, we all had dinner together! Actually, since that day last week, I think we’ve managed another dinner together. Not bad for us, 2 times in two weeks 5 people from the same house – sitting down for a meal together. The first time was for … Read More
You don’t need to be a smoker to make rings! But it takes talent to make “air rings” While laying on your back on the bottom of the pool Evidently it is hard to explain the technique the result is pretty cool though. I’ll tell ya, such talent in our family ! 🙂 Then, there … Read More
All summer . . . I’ve been longing to go here . . . For one of these . . . With this on top! And tonight was my lucky night! Kirk took me to get a DQ Krunch Kote Cone. Per Cara’s instruction, I ordered a “side” of Krunch Kote to dip my cone … Read More
Some of the old familiar gang . . . We were in youth group together, went to retreats, camps, each other’s weddings, then we grew up, moved far and near, got jobs and had kids . . . I think we did a pretty good job of it too! (some of our kids) and grandkids … Read More
Finally . . . after dealing with mega traffic, and trying to get into about 3 different beaches that were FULL, we finally found a nice beach near our hotel. It felt so good to feel the sand again — and surprisingly, it wasn’t very crowded either. After a few hours at the beach, we … Read More