Back in Holland (for a little while)

Here is a picture of Jacob and Ashlyn in the fountain in Charlevoix last week after the"grand opening" of the fountain during the Venetian Festival.

Larry and I made it back today with the "big" boat.  We decided to bring it back to Holland and were going to try to get back last night but got a little bit later start that we anticipated and then stopped in Leland for fuel and that took quite a while.  So by the time we left there the weather wasn't looking too good and 1 1/2 later as we were getting close to Frankfort we heard other boaters saying they were watching a "light display" over the water in Ludington.  It looked like there would be thunderstorms all the way to Holland from anywhere south of Frankfort so we ducked in and spent the night there.  Didn't get as early of a start as we had hoped but left there about 8:30 this morning and arrived back in Holland about 1:45.  The lake was a little rougher today than last night.  Mostly out of the south of course so we had to slow down a little.  

We have a couple days here then Larry heads out to Huntington Beach, CA for some meetings and Jamie, Allison and I leave Wed. morning to fly out to Ben and Amanda's.  We will spend the night there, and the girls will drive down toward NYC on Thurs. and then take the train into the city and stay 2 nights.  Then head back to Ben and Amanda's on Sat. and spend another night there.  I'm looking forward to it a lot.  I have the flights booked, the car rented, and the hotel booked and have left the rest up to the girls to plan.  Should be fun!!  I'll try to post some pictures later.

Travis and Allison are getting married in May (for those who might not already know) and last week made an offer on a condo that was accepted.  I know they are excited and I'm looking forward to going to see it too.

Always lots of mail to go through after we've been gone a while so that is my "job" for the rest of the afternoon.  

Already went out and took a walk around the house to see how much weeding needs to be done and so that will be next on my list while I'm home.  Couldn't resist pulling a few as I walked around too but I run out of room in my hands quickly.

It is always nice to get back "home" and my friend Melody greeted us on the dock to welcome us home and helped with the lines too!!  We're planning to have lunch tomorrow so we can get "caught up" a little bit.

So there, I finally got a chance to write about what's "coming up" as well as what has happened.  Now you will all be so anxious to get back to my blog to see how it all went.  :-)