Christmas, 2012

 Christ the Lord is born this day.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.

Opening presents.

John with Andrea and Justin

Sandy gets in the action

Grace and her favorites.

Christmas Eve

We call this the present room.  All occasions are celebrated here.

 Christmas table centerpiece.

Not so Easy Bake oven and Santa's cookies.

Visit with our niece Dani

We visited with our niece Christmas Eve and took her presents.  Her roommate, Donna is blind and was showing Anthony how she types in her journal.  Very blessed day for us.

 

On our way to Molly's for Christmas we stopped to see my sweet Aunt Geneva.  My cousin Stella came over to visit with us too.

Riding down the road

Riding down the road, I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday...

New Florida Neighbor

We have several cows out back now, along with a pig and coyote.

Back to FL, October, 2012

Beautiful fall colors on the drive down...see why they call them the Smokies.

Last event was kite flying

We finished the week with kite flying



We visited Aunt Geneva Rice today in Zeeland, MI



Anthony and Bees take a hike



We have FIRE!  Just about to give up

on a campfire but not to be.  We roasted marshmallows with

new friends.



Fire Starting and Microwave Smores



Lake Michigan at South Beach, South Haven



Anthony finally gets his catch.



Swimming EVERYday



Swimming and Fishing All Day

We went to the pool twice today and then went fishing and tried out the paddle boats.  Andrea made the big catch and brought it in with Grace's help.  Grace and I got it off the hook and had to release it.  We're feeling sorry for the fish so we quit for the day...it's catch and release and we're afraid the poor fish are suffering.

Fishing

Everybody had fun; Grace caught the only fish. 

We used hot dogs for bait and the fish loved it!