Busy, busy

Well it has certainly been a very busy few weeks.  I will try to re-cap but still be brief.

- We took the boat to Leland for a night on Sat. night the 18th and visited with the Mark, Shelley and Ruth there.  Always nice to get a chance to stay in Leland.  Beautiful spot.

- Venetian week started in Charlevoix on the 20th and Jamie and the kids arrived on Tues.  It was fun having them here and getting to "play" with Jacob and Ashlyn.  Jacob's such an easy going GREAT kid (no prejudice here at all) and Ashlyn is a hoot with all her funny faces and she's learning and trying to learn new words.  So she's starting to communicate and letting her needs be known.

- Mom and Dad Spaulding arrived Friday afternoon and then I got to take a small plane back to Holland to go to a Drama Club reunion.  It was great to see so many there but the highlight was to see Ellen Doyle Mizener and Cathy Zeeb Golliday!!  The three musketeers back together again however, briefly.  It was also great to see so many others - Jodi, Beth, Mary Jo, John, Dan and Brenda, Phil, Jim, Brad.........  Although some were missing it seemed a good "core" of my friends were there.  We had a great time reminiscing about how so many people in Drama had affected our lives in such a positive way.  I was sorry I couldn't stay longer but had to get back to Charlevoix...

- Mary and Dave and the kids came up to Charlevoix as well as Ken on Friday night.  Also Travis and Allison came back with me on the plane.  Larry took them for boat rides and wake boarding on Sat. and also he entertained the "gang" Friday night while I was gone and took them into Lake Charlevoix for the fireworks.

- Lots more activities in town - carnival, "flying dogs" and then more fireworks Sat. night right on Round Lake so we had front row seats.  Jacob wasn't sure which night were the best fireworks but later decided that Sat. night's were the best.

- Tim and Elizabeth and the kids also arrived about dinner time on Sat. night and got to join the fun too then they were off to Boyne City to camp for the week.

- Most everyone left Sun. afternoon but Mom and Dad stayed around until Wed. and went down to the campground to join Tim, Elizabeth and kids on Monday and Tues.

- Larry and I took the boat to Mackinac Island on Monday, met a customer of his there who was also on his boat, went out for dinner with them at a great place on the Island called Woods that I had never been to before, spent the night there on the boat and then came back to Charlevoix on Tues.

- Mom and Dad left for home Wed. and Larry took that small plane to Minneapolis for business

- Wed. night two more customers came into Charlevoix and Larry took them today to see a product that is made here in Charlevoix.

- Jamie had her court date on Tues. even though it seemed she and Jeff were quite a bit apart in agreeing on things but they worked it out between the Judge, lawyers and themselves so they still have to see the final written agreement and then sign and things will be final.  :-(  Not a good time for anyone but now at least Jamie can move on with her life.  It has been really difficult for her but we have seen her grow stronger through it all.  Please keep Jamie and the kids in your prays as they continue to "adjust" to the situation.

Whew - so much for being brief.  Oh well, had lots to re-cap.  If I would add to this every day or so I could make it shorter each time.

Maybe next time, or when I'm caught up with what has happened I can add some things that I am looking forward to.