Time to Eat

Samantha made us a menu sign for our 4th of July Lunch. It helped people to see what was on the buffet as they were waiting in line. She really enjoys doing crafts and making posters. Maybe she will go into marketing or graphic arts when she gets older. When the conversation started on having […]

Visiting With Friends

As I started to write this post, I looked up at the title I had written. Then I questioned, what does it mean to be a friend. So I went to the Urban Dictionary, not a source used by persons of my age, but I find they usually have some interesting definitions. So it’s definition […]

Hanging out @ Pool

There are times you want to get in the pool and other times you like just being around the pool. In this first picture is Wendy is in the pool but not in THE pool. Steve purchased a small kids pool for the little ones to play in, didn’t think about the adults using it […]

It’s All About Water Guns

As far as 4th of July weekend goes, this was a cooler water year. It was warm enough for the adults to get in but not too hot. One year we had to put bags of ice in the pool to cool it down. One thing about this 4th, we had more kids than usual […]

Lansing Fireworks 2

The fireworks were great, the city really did get their money’s worth. The only thing, that needs to be improved on, is getting people out of the park after the show is over.

Lansing Fireworks

In 2012 a volunteer was killed while assisting after the Lansing fireworks. He was among the crew disposing of fireworks that had not discharged during the show. One exploded near the man as he was working. We were there that night and did not know anything had happened until the next morning. Since that night, […]

Welcome 2015

The boys had an early midnight to welcome 2015. We found a count down from another country on the computer and let them do their poppers. It was fun watching them and then we sent them off to bed.     

Left Center Right (LCR)

Suzy and Rick had played LCR in Madisonville with friends, and thought we might enjoy playing it on New Year’s. They went to Target and found it on sale for something like 49 cents. The game can be played with money or chips, they use money instead of chips. LCR  is a dice game that […]

Food for the Party

Steve had a drink table set up on the back porch and had a nice selection of drinks. The dining room table had food on it and there was a warmer on the stove with things that need to be hot.