Braggin Grandma

OK, it's Grandma bragging time....here are a few recent pics of my adorable grandson, Colton. He will be 2 years old in October!! Where does time go? His baby brother Braedon is due toward the end of July. :o)







Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday. It is a very pretty day here, sunny and in the high 70's. Lots of people are down by the beach and fishing off the pier.

God bless!

Around Town & Crazy Love

A few pics around our little town.

Geese at the end of the street.



Windy, cool weather, a very rough Lake Erie! I actually seen six people swimming in this, crazy...if you ask me!


I believe this is a Red Bud tree?


Flags flying!


I have started reading a very good book, called "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan.


A dear friend recommended it to me and I am so glad!! I just started it, so perhaps I will blog more about the book when I get farther into it. If you want to see what this book is about, check out Crazy Love Book

Hope everyone is having a blessed and happy week!

~hugs~

Celebrate Your Marriage & The Grand Hotel

Dan and I had an awesome time on Mackinac Island. The Grand Hotel was fabulous as always. Celebrate Your Marriage with Jay and Laura was SO good! Dan and I look forward to this every year. If there is any chance that you and your spouse can get away and attend one of these Celebrate events, we highly recommend it! And who wouldn't want to stay at the Grand Hotel??
Here are some pics!
Grand Hotel





Couple pics of our room and the view from our room








Dan & I at Dinner


Jay & Laura Laffoon



Ken Davis


Laura and Me


Well, guess that's enough for now! I have more photos over on facebook.

Have a great week everyone and God bless!

Spring & Mackinac Island

Here are a few pics from our back yard!
~Lilacs~ One of my favorites!




The geese are back! We had at least 40 geese in our yard today, (parents and babies combined). Of course I shoo them away, they make big messes on the lawn! lol



Dan and I are headed to the upper peninsula on Sunday! We will be going to Mackinac Island , for two days, staying at the Grand Hotelfor Celebrate Your Marriage. I can't wait!!! Also spending a few days with our friend Billie. Dan is going to be helping her put a deck on her house. Will be a fun trip!

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Take care everyone, have a wonderful weekend and week ahead! God bless!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day everyone! I hope all you Mom's are having a wonderful weekend and I hope your Mother's Day is extra special.

Today, Dan and I went over to his daughter Michelle's new apartment and he hung some pictures and shelves for her. After the work was done, Dan, Michelle and I went to a great restaurant for lunch,
Manhattans. If you have time, check out the website, great pics of the place and take a peek at the menu! Michelle and I both had the Wildwood Wander salad, delicious!! Dan had NYC Cheese Steak.
A good thing about this restaurant is that it is close to where Michelle lives, so I know we will be dining there again! :o)

Take care everyone and God bless!

Louisville~Joe Ley Antiques

Dan and I had a wonderful time in Louisville. The weather was very much summer-like with temps in the high 80's and sunny! The highlight of our trip was going to Joe Ley Antiques
What an awesome place! As the brochure says, "Two Acres of treasures fill the 1890 schoolhouse with a vast array of styles and merchandise sure to fit anyone's taste." Sharing the link to a short news clip I found on line about Joe Ley's.
Please check out these links if you have time, it is very interesting. Here a few of many pics I took while there.







OK, guess that's enough for now! Maybe I will post a few more tomorrow.
Take care everyone and God bless.

~HUGS~

Summer Clothes & Doggies Teeth

Thank you everyone for your birthday wishes for Dan!

I was checking the weather for Louisville for this weekend and was shocked to see that the high will be in the high 80's! Now I have figure out what to wear on the way down and what to pack. That's fine, I am ready for capris and short sleeved shirts!

Yesterday Patch went to the vet to get his teeth cleaned and had to have 3 teeth extracted. My poor baby! Anyway, he is doing just fine. The doc put him on antibiotics and pain pills as needed. Also have to soften his dog food for him and make sure that he takes it easy for a couple days. Of course I know that we need to take better care of his teeth, brushing them, etc. I have never been good at brushing our dogs teeth and tend to let it go and forget. The vet office also gave me an oral gel to rub on his teeth and gums to prevent tartar buildup. Also recommended was therapeutic dental food by Hill's, which we are still thinking about. I need to check out their website.

Here is a pic of our smiley boy, Patch.


Take everyone. God bless!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my hubby Dan's birthday! Dan and I, and Kelly and her boyfriend, Dane went out for lunch at one our favorite local Italian restaurants, Detroit Beach Pizzeria. I had yummy gnocchi, casserole style and the rest had Mostacolli, casserole style. Dan has to work tonight, which is not unusual! But, he has Friday and Saturday off, so we are taking off to have some time away. We plan on driving down to the Louisville, Kentucky area, which is about a 5 hour drive for us. We are looking forward to it.

Here are a couple pics from today.

Dan and Kelly

Opening pressies!

Take care everyone, hope your week is going well.
God bless!

Voice Message

Thru My Eyes 2009 ~ Saturday

~friends~