Thursday, October 14, 2010

Day 287, Thursday, October 14, 2010

Cheryl, Jody, Mahree
Merica, Meika, Bonnie, Simeon
Sammy

Which pumpkin shall I choose?
We were at Heidi's Farm Market.

Day 286, Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Cheryl, Jody, & I got some ice cream
at a little shop across from our hotel.
It was raining, and when I stepped
outside to take a photo, I saw a
beautiful full double rainbow--
the picture does not do it justice--
it was awesome!

Day 285, Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Marge, Jody, Cheryl
Adopted sisters on vacation!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Day 284, Monday, October 11, 2010

My dear oral surgeon, Dr. Brent Ward!
I chose this picture because of how
flattering this photo is of me!!

Day 283, Sunday, October 10, 2010


Such a silly girl!
Mahree, you are quite
the character!

Day 282, Saturday, October 9, 2010


Went to an open house for Adam Bonner
today--he turned 30 yesterday.
Here he poses with his niece--my great niece--
 who will turn 14 on October 11!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Day 281, Friday, October 8, 2010



Merica has really gotten into playing Peggle and Chuzzle on the computers!
Meika's having her bedtime snack in the background.

Day 280, Thursday, October 7, 2010


My dear Sissy, Pepper, came to TOPS to visit today!
I miss her at our meetings!
We had fun doing self portraits!!

Day 279, Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Sandi is planning to transport Sammy to and from school while
Cheryl, Jody, and I are gone next week!  She and Ryan are here until
10/18/10 when they leave for Colorado and then Florida.
Sandi went along with me to pick Sammy up, so
she would know the routine & where to go!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Monday, October 4, 2010

Day 277, Monday, October 4, 2010

The Flying Pig at the B.O.B!
It's in the top 10 finalists.

Day 276, Sunday, October 3, 2010


We have decided we like the DVD
called Shaun the Sheep!

Day 275, Saturday, October 2, 2010




Deb Martis came over to take our family portraits today. 
This is the 3rd family portraits she has taken for us! 
She's a brave lady.  She has also taken individual portraits
from time to time!




Day 274, Friday, October 1, 2010

We followed Sandi out to the RV dealer to have
Mr. Tioga (their motor home) fixed up, so we
could give her a ride home.
This is us in the dealer's window!
Ryan couldn't come because he
hasn't gotten his MI driver's license yet.

Day 273, Thursday, September 30, 2010


Assorted ArtPrize exhibits at Meijer Frederick Gardens,
as well as some Chihuly pieces---last day for that exhibit.


Day 272, Wednesday, September 29, 2010

A couple of pictures of ArtPrize exhibits!
The mural was taken from the van.
We took Mahree, Merica, & Sammy downtown
after church tonight so they could see a little
bit of the nighttime ArtPrize.  Unfortunately
I ran out of batteries and only got this picture!


Day 271, Tuesday, September 28, 2010





Sandi came over and did baking with the

girls today! They made blueberry muffins and
a cake. Sandra divided the cake into
3 sections, so the girls could frost their
own little cake! They love to spend
time with Sandi--so good to have her around again!

Day 270, Monday, September 27, 2010

I took a picture of Kaitie's assignment book
to put on the cover of her assignment book--
(It isn't the teacher's plan book!)

Day 269, Sunday, September 26, 2010

I took this photo to show the traffic signs
which clearly state that the right lane is only
straight ahead.  The day that the tow
truck hit my van, I was in the left lane, he
was in the right lane, and turned right
into my right passenger door--where
Sammy was sitting.  Thank you
again, Lord, for your protection!

Day 268, Saturday, September 25, 2010


I have enjoyed taking photos, looking at
photos, and displaying photos for as
far back as my memory goes!
I remember a little square camera
called a Brownie that I had
when I was a kid--probably about
50+ years ago!

Day 267, Friday, September 24, 2010

We counted 11 frogs today!

Day 266, Thursday, September 23, 2010

Cheryl reading a book to Sammy!
He loves stories!

Day 265, Wednesday, September 22, 2010


Kaitie's enjoying a book while Sadie
takes a nap.  We had a power outage,
but fortunately we had 1/2 power because
of the generator that came with the house.
We ran extension cords so we had lights in
areas where there was no power.  Bonnie's
computer gave the kids DVD time!

Day 264, Tuesday, September 21, 2010


Probably the last sprinkler time in 2010!

Day 263, Monday, September 20, 2010


Spencer loves to play Peggle on my laptop!
He's pretty good, too--at a challenge level!

Day 262, Sunday, September 19, 2010


Simeon, Mahree, Spencer, Merica, & Sammy
playing outside.  Simeon insists on riding the
little trike!!  Silly boy!!

Day 261, Saturday, September 18, 2010


We picked up Ryan and Sandi from the
airport as they returned from Ecuador.
Sandra's brothers were at the gate
to greet them--their plane was early!

Day 260, Friday, September 17, 2010


Happy 28th birthday to my daughter, Rosabeth Anna!

Day 259, Thursday, September 16, 2010



Various pictures of my TOPS friends!

Day 258, Wednesday, September 15, 2010


Artprize is coming soon!  This family of elephants
was among the first displays we've seen!  The heads
bob up and down--there are 3 of them.

Another view of the elephants from the van!

When I find the pictures of my van after
the tow truck hit it tonight, I'll post them!

Day 257, Tuesday, September 14, 2010


Mahree told us yesterday that she wanted
to have spaghetti & meatballs tacos
for dinner--she saw it on a TV program
called ICarly.  While she was at school
today we got groceries and bought the
ingredients to surprise her.  The consensus
was that they were pretty good!

Day 256, Monday, September 13, 2010

Meika, Kaitie, & Cody
taken after Cody & Meika
got off their bus today.