Small wins

Got around to biking to OBI for pizza, which means my champion husband got the bike rack on the car and functioning! My 'great ideas' tend to turn into a mess for him to clean up :)

Spent some girl time with the bogo. Dinner, walk, and ice cream. Perfecto!

Triumphs in the kitchen. Not to toot my own horn, but I've had a few lately, this being one.

Some days it's tidal waves and others it's the ripples.

Just keep swimming!

High speed paint shirts

It's a new chapter in my life, I'm willingly taking a turn in preschool chapel.

For those of you who have known me, you know something real and drastic has happened.
Correct, I married Peter.

He loves helping with the littles, so we had a trial run last week. I was looking for the dad's-old-shirt paint shirts and found these blue plastic things. It's all so homogenized now!

Photobombing the preschoolers... #classy  :)

 I made this for you Miss Betsy!

At one point I did have to ask for a show of hands for who had cried that morning. About half :) #toomuchVBS

Card Sharks

Do Rook cards count?

The competition was fierce!

Oh yes! It's ladies day!

It was ladies morning actually, and it was lovely :)  Thanks to all the lovelies who came to the lake to spend time in sweet fellowship, prayer, and enjoying food and perfect weather! We couldnt have painted a better day!

 Talk about friends for life!

Some of the lovely surroundings

Some of the lovely helpers

Helping themselves to some of the delicious food

Some of the people gatherings

We had 29 all together, and it couldnt have been better!

Everything's just beachy

The Boyne bound family was live in GR last weekend, just to spend time together. How nice! We did a lot, but at a leisurely pace, the best way to do things!

Friday night was dinner on Kelsey and a backyard bonfire.

Saturday started with sleeping in or playing golf, depending on your gender, and age. All met for a late breakfast, girls shopped, boys...did whatever boys do for 2 hours, then all met on the shores of Lake Michigan!

Dinner was had in Holland at an old, yet rarely visited standby - Fricano's! Follow by some window shopping with Grammy

 Running with his mother to get to his Uncle and Granpy

And hazing Uncle Peter. I think he's going to let him in.

Sunday, Moses dispatched his parents back to Boyne and stayed on in GR for a bit where he snuggled and watched the Tigers, had lunch with Aunt Betsy on Monday, and went for walks Monday and Tuesday.

It's good to be Mos. :)

One of these things is not like the others

But, they let me take photos with them anyway, they're so gracious, and cute! :)

Oh the places these three are going. What a joy :)

Ack! Heartwarming!

E = MC Squared

That's what I thought when I wrote out Ethan Michael's initials on his little welcome-to-the-planet card. 

EMC

Melissa had her baby, so Peter and I gave them a week, and then we pounced. Must snuzz the new baby! and it was a delight! He tucked his little legs up, squeaked, and zonked out, just like every little newborn should when they meet their Auntie and Uncle! :)

Melissa and Aaron have been such sweet friends, if they're even half as good as parents they'll be just fine :)