Ahhh football!

Today Jordan had a grandma day with me....and a trip to see his grandpa at work, which has become our custom. He was able to have a ride in the golf cart watch some tennis, chat with the girls cross country team (and show them how fast he could run)and help Grandpa do his grounds inspections-then they stopped to watch a few plays being run by the football team....a great day for some football!!

Happy Birthday Kaeden! ONE YEAR OLD!

Yep, Our little guy is one year old now...and walking...playing tennis too!

This little guy is the happiest baby ever since his Dad, Nathan
Nate was all smiles as a baby...and a real joy, just like our Kaeden.
Kaeden loves his Grandma Neva...(don't we all)
and Is looking forward to all the birthday money....



His brothers like to climb trees like their Dad

awesome trip to Marshall

Marshall Michigan (thanks tom)...a bed & breakfast (quaint), shopping, Win Schulers(sprained ankle) art & craft fair(christmas gifts), turkeyville & dinner theatre, (I'll take you home, followed by laughin' so hard I nearly peed my pants)Southern Exposure Herb Farm (probably the coolest place ever), then Tea outdoors at Old MacDonalds Farm...

Thank You Sherry, Sid & Deb for a great time and all the gifts- Love you!!!

My Garden CLUB

I am going away this weekend on a mystery trip with my Garden Club.
I will spend a little bit of money & will be laughing alot...

These women love me unconditionally...They see my strengths & weaknessness.
They encourage me...They challenge me...They laugh with at me...
we laugh at each other and at ourselves.
We crab to each other..and either get comfort or chastisement but always support.
These amazing women will swoop in when life gives me lemons...
and then get busy in the kitchen making some awesome lemonade!

I really love these gals...and the best part is...God chose them for me
so they are perfect.

fruit flies

Are making my life miserable.....I have so many of them in my house I am ready to have a breakdown.....Please pray against pestilence for me. I have scrubbed, vacumed, put out traps...and still they persist.

MICHIGAN STATE FAIR

Bob & I took Nate & April, Sarah, Connor, Jordan & Kaeden to the fair yesterday...suppose to be the final fair for us.


We had a great time..oh the weather was wonderful...the sights & sounds & smells...splendid- well...not all the smells...lol
I am not an animal person- but I will tell you that the clydesdales...are among the most majestic & beautiful animals I have ever seen....the kids have the better pics of the day but I managed to snap a few....

Don't waste your Freedom

It was for Freedom...that Christ has set us Free...
therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

We have been set free from the law of sin & death....Living under Grace...a covering....or a safety net if you will...we stumble; we bumble...but we are not lost & forsaken for we have an advocate, a counselor, a redeemer to help us get back on track. We have a way out...a way back. He never leaves us...we turn around and there He is...arms open, accepting.

Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

We have been set free from religious obligation. We are instructed to not allow anyone to judge us in regards to what we eat, what we drink, or what days we hold holy. We are free to choose those according to our faith, to live in the Spirit and simply obey what He speaks to our hearts. Just walk in Love with one another....

We are free in Christ to choose a church, to worship as He leads, to express ourselves as His spirit moves us...closer....deeper...loving us, changing us.

FREEDOM: Don't waste it. Guard it. Exercise it. Cherish it. Celebrate it!