Are there "Holidays" coming?

Well, yes!  The wedding went wonderfully and I now officially have another daughter (in-law) which I am really enjoying!  The newlyweds had a nice honeymoon in Orlando and are now back home and "back to work."  

So now it's time to look to getting ready for Christmas and then a week in Charlevoix with all the kids and grandkids for a while.  Should be fun.

Ben helps Travis get ready

Putting on "The Dress"

Jamie and Jacob/James Bond

Ashlyn looked so cute and loved the bubbles!!

There's "snow" place like Michigan

As they say, if you don't like the weather in Michigan just wait a minute, it will change.  Two weeks ago it was 70 something in Nov. and yesterday we got at least 6 inches of snow.  This morning it is 20 something.  Yikes!!  

What I thought would be a quiet week is filling up with things to do, as usual but how boring would it be otherwise?  Today I am driving down to Gull Lake to get together with my "old" forum group.  It has been a little over a year (or has it been two?  time flies!!) since we were together so we will have a LOT of catching up to do.  I'm looking forward to seeing them.

Amanda emailed me their "schedule" for their upcoming visits to Michigan and I am excited to see them and have them around again.  More good things about weddings and holiday.

Amanda says she will share some "deep thoughts" in her upcoming blogs so I am looking forward to that too.  Maybe she will inspire me to do the same.  ???? We'll see........

For those of you who don't have snow I will share some of ours with you.

There's a wedding around the corner!

Well, I've actually been in Holland for 2 1/2 weeks now!  Wow!  But the weather has been gloomy and rainy so I've been looking at the calender to see if there is some time I could sneak away to Florida.  Doesn't look like it but that's OK, I'm enjoying spending time with friends and family and getting ready for the wedding.  Today SHOULD be busy.  Need to take care of a few things for me for the wedding - get my dress to someone who can take up the hem and return a few things I won't be needing.  We'll see how it goes.  I always have great ambitions.

This week has been relatively quiet.  Larry was in Chicago for a couple nights to meet some customers.  Next week will be a little busier and by Friday we will be "full steam ahead" with something going on every day between wedding "stuff" and Thanksgiving.  Ben and Amanda will be home too so that will be great!  Travis will be home for two more weeks and then he can move into his condo and get his room clean.  All good things!!

I have been getting some pictures of Travis and Allison ready for a slide show for the reception and they are just so cute!!  I may try to post a couple for you to see too.  (If I can remember how to do it - it has been a while.)

                                                                              Travis

                                                                          Allison

Holland again

We are back in Holland.  Arrived Sat. night about 9:30 so we had Sunday to chill before getting back "into the groove".  Allison had another Shower given by her friend Carol that included some of her friends, Jamie and me.  It was nice to meet some of her friends and it was a nice shower.  She got the Toaster Oven that Travis had his eye on so he should be a happy camper now!  Seems like I have a pretty busy week ahead of me so I should try to get organized and get as much done as I can on the days I have at home.

We had a nice time in FL.  The weather got a little warmer each day.  Allison and I went to Coconut Point on Thursday instead of going to the boat show with Larry and Allison found a few things she still needs for the wedding.  Friday we went to the beach.  We had some clouds come overhead but still got some sunshine too.  The water in the Gulf has cooled down with the cooler weather they have had.  Bad news for swimmers but good news for less of a chance of hurricanes.

Florida bound

Tonight I am in a Hampton Inn in Lake City, FL.  I am on my way to Cape Coral.  Allison came along with me so I wouldn't have to drive alone.  Larry drove another car and is in Orlando tonight.  He has a meeting there tomorrow and then will join us in Cape Coral.  We drove about 800 miles today, we were in 5 different states today.  It is a first for Allison since she has only driven/ridden to Kentucky to Cave City before.  It is still cool here in FL, only 52 degrees but "warmer" than back in Holland.  We will all be back on Sat. night.

It't Monday again

It's a dreary, rainy Monday but I can't complain.  We have had some really nice weather and an especially nice weekend.  Larry went with Travis to Silver Lake on Saturday for his bachelor party.  They went riding up in the dunes with Jeeps with some of Travis' friends and cousin Brad.  Sounds like they had lots of fun.  So Jamie and Allison and I had a girls night out and had dinner downtown at 84 East then went bowling and then back to Jamie's and chatted for a while then watched the movie "Fool's Gold."  It was fun and entertaining.  Jamie and I had kinda "hung out"earlier in the day running some errands that we both had to do but it was nice to spend some time with her too.  Yesterday Larry and I just had a nice day relaxing some and then he got the bubblers in down at the dock and the lines taken off the posts.  Better to do it on a nice day than to wait for cold rain or snow!!

Hello

I am just here to say hello to anyone who looks to see if I've updated my blog.  Hello!!  Melody says I should put some more pictures on here so maybe I will sometime soon.  :-)



OK, so here is a picture of the Charlevoix lighthouse when we took the "woody" boat for a ride a few weeks ago. It was a nice night!!