The last homecoming....

Hard to believe that Spencer is a senior this year! Gradution of the Class of 2009 will come sooner that we think! Zeeland East had a really early home coming this year and between the down pours of rain, we took a few pictures of Spencer and his date Chelsea. The rain stopped long enough for them to get to dinner and the dance for a great evening.

Scott and I also headed out for dinner with some friends we only see when we are home for the weekend. Next week, vacation for the week in Wisconsin and the UP. Photos to follow....

Great endings for summer......

It's hard to believe that Summer 2008 is coming to an end. We had a great weekend in Walhalla, Kate and Gary came to stay and we had so much fun I have a partial voice today. Too much laughing and singing I think at the "Vouz" The weather could not have been better and even though Scott and Kate beat the crap out of Gary and I in Euchre three games in a row ( kate was on FIRE with the cards) we totaly enjoyed hosting them for the holiday weekend. Cameo got some extra loving, Mackinaw had more people to investigate, Scott had someone to golf with and I had someone who I love dearly to hang with!! The sunning on the pontoon boats during the day and the Kareoke and dancing Saturday night was an added bonus.

Another Great Weekend

Another great weekend at the cottage! Friday was a bit on and off with the weather and sun but the day ended well and we all went to the Oasis on Friday Night for our Traditional fish/pizza/beer night. This week we had 4 guests from Germany who are Tammy Jalvings relatives so we had a big group. Their english was much better than any of our German abilities! Luckily the bar is always most accomodating to our gang and afterwards we did campfire and star gazing at Jalvings beach. Saturday it rained most of the day so I slept really late and Scott caught up on the local news with Mackinaw and then worked on small projects around the cottage and Shed. About 4 pm it cleared up and we took a pontoon ride with Swifts and Monica and Londi's boats and then did a German cook out at the pavilion with us all. ( complete with sourkraut /brats/ and cheesecake??) Pam Swift's son Shane and girlfiend Jennifer were up with her year old son Cameron. What a cute little guy he is... He would have a ball with Logan Brink!

Looking forward to the last summmer holiday for 2008.

Disco /Dog Fever

Who would have thought that my 70 year old neighbor guy/doggie day care dude would be such a resource for my love for disco! Almost every day he takes my love Cameo out for the day, playing in the yard, doggie pool, yard work, etc.. until late afternoon. We have dubbed him Grandpa Bill. Cameo absoulutely loves him and his wife Carol Any way he was playing this great Barry White CD last week in his garage that is cleaner than my house ever will be, and I asked him " what else ya got...." Much to my suprise he had a 4 disk CD set of the Best of Disco. I was so excited I almost tried to do a cartwheels( not a good idea with a bad back and hip so I thought twice) My friend Louise will be thrilled to hear Gloria Ganers " I will survive" on a cd as that is her signature Karoeke song at the "Vouz" up north. Anyway hears a photo of my source Grandpa Bill in our driveway playing with our dog......

The Search is on.....

Another geat weekend up north, we decided the air is just cleaner and has more excellorant so something??? as once again Monday came to early. We enjoyed the weekend with our dear friends Chad and Ann who are potentialy looking for an investment property somewhere north. We did an all day lake tour /visiting /exploring day which was somewhat successful but not completely. We saw some interesting construction to say the least.

It cracks me up that they are looking "up north" as when we first met Chad I'm not sure he had been down more than a couple dirt roads and the whole "nature " thing was kind foreign. After taking his motor home two tracking a few years back, he started to get the up north bug and now it has grown into a complete swarm of delite! (Even though we forgot to put the steps up on the motor home and "clipped them off on a tree) ( sh*t happens)

Saturday night we convinced him that a late night stroll with a cocktail to the lake to watch for shooting stars would be fun but even he admited it all ended good with a stop at Swifts bonfire and then some shooting stars on the way back down the hill to the cottage. It will be very exciting when the find a place, but I will miss them staying at ours with us..... Next weekend BIG kayak trip on the Pine, and hopefully another float fest... Photos to follow

Ladies of the Lake

The Walhalla girls, but missing Marge and Louise, Next time we all have to be there!

Float Fest

Another wonderful weekend at Walhalla, The lake is about 80 and so we decided to do Float Fest, 2 pontoon boats, 1 speedboat, 1 sea doo, 4 rafts, 10 water noodles, food and some adult beverages later, we headed to the sand bar on the lake and parked it for the day. With the help of the black cherries brought by Monica we had a cherry spitting contest and Londi win the prize! A big thanks to Jordon for all the running around he did all day and Jenna playing photographer!