Two Track Golfing

Scott, Spencer and I took a much needed weekend of Vacation starting Friday and headed north to the Cottage. We decided to road trip up to Chestnut Hills golf course Friday after lunch at the Heide Hoff in Freesoil. We arrived at the course after an hour or more drive to see a club house that look more like a abandon home with a snack bar. There were golf carts in all sorts of status everywhere, no wheel, no engine, no back end, but we decided to give it a whirl as the weather was perfect! We played learning golf to help Spencer and I get a better feel for the game. All I need in my bag is a 1 iron, 3 iron, 9 iron and putter. The rest is just for show. I am still using tees that Andrea gave away at her wedding!( Guess maybe I should play a little more often huh? It was a great day, even through on hole # 8 we kept hearing this unbeliveable buzz and realized there was a bee hive farm around the corner. Yikes as we did not have an Eppi pen with us and Scott is allergic to bees. The Cart path at this course was so washed out that it was almost like going two tracking all day! We ended the day with pizza and beer at our weekend Friday hangout the Oasis with some Walhalla freinds. Saturday we attended a wedding on the beach at Big Star and then some tubing with Spencer and his friends on Long Lake. The lake is really warm this time of year and it was big fun. I think all the kids were sore on Sunday but the fun continued through Sunday.

Walhalla Fourth of July

The weekend of the fourth we had a "crew" at the cottage, Ang & Kevin and the boys, Kate and Gary , Abbey & Rob and Spencer. Luckily we had enough room for everyone to camp and the weather was wonderful. Chase and Logan were so much fun and they did great with Cameo and Mackinaw. Laurie and Ned Karsten who stayed at Big Star , (due to lack of any additional lodging at my cottage) were in and out all weekend. The whole weekend was great and I hope to have everyone back soon!
I ate too much, drank to much and slept to little. I need a nap.

By sunday night I was not ready to come home :-(. I never am. My second home is my first choice!

Five questions.....

I was tagged by my Niece Andrea for these interesting things...


5 things under $5 I couldn't live without:
1. Coffee and Lattes
2. chapstick
3. a decent pen/markers
4. hair gel/spray
5. Dog treats, not for me obviously but for my sanity

5 Favorite Movies:
1. Turner and Hooch
2. Hitch
3. the Sound of Music
4. Fiddler on the Roof
5. The great outdoors with John Candy

5 Dog names i like, Never really thought about kids names sorry
1. Carob , for a choc lab
2. Button, as in cute as a button
3. Trucker
4. Coach
5. Sunshine, aka sunny

Songs I Could Listen to Over & Over Again:
1. I can't Drive 55 , Sammy Haggar
2. Jump, van halen
3. Brother Brother , by Marvin Gaye
4. Aint no moutain high enough, Diana ross
5. Not sure......

5 People Who Have Influenced Me in a Positive Way:
1. My perfect husband Scott
2. My Wonderful sister Laurie
3. My Crazy Gal Karen Grissen
4. My Back to Earth Girl Ann Baarman
5. My step kids Abbey and Spencer

5 Things That are Always in My Purse:
1. Wallet
2. Calendar
3. Cell phone
4. Hand sanitizer
5. Pen leaking ink

5 Dates That Changed My Life Forever:
1. September 19, 1998 Wedding
2. January 26,??? Birth of my niece Andrea
3. Feburary 14,??? Birth if my niece kate
4. March 13, 2004 Death of my first love Cody
6. June ?? 1985 Start working of HMI

5 Obsessions That I Have:
1 Talking to the dog/cat
2. Getting my nails done
3. Picking weeds from my yard, I hate them!!!
4. Over scheduling my weekends
5. Making a fool of my self on the dance floor up north!

5 Places I Want to Go:
1. Anyplace warm during snowmobile season
2. Greece
3. East Coast/Martha's vineyard
4. The Keys with my Girlfriends
5. Utah skiing again

5 Kitchen Appliances/Tools I Can't Live Without:
1. coffee maker
2. dishwasher
3. fridge
4. a good knife
5. can opener

Abbey

Here is one of Abbey Graduation photos from 2007 . She is a great young woman She has (all) her parents work ethic and a great sense of humor. She shares our Family's love for animals and will be a wonderful wife/mom/career girl some day! You go girl!

The Start in Saugatuck.

Abbey and Spencer were 10 and 7 when we got married. We first moved to a home on Pine Hollow with Cody and Maggie. A few years later we sold this home and started contruction on the Saugatuck home. While we were building our friend Ric and Cathy Gillete were generous enough to rent us the Goshorn Cottage at their Resort to live in. See the photo of Scott and the Kid, They look so young now..

It was a blessing to have this tempory home for us, as it was 5 minutes from the constuction site, furnished and very cozy. ( Thanks again, Ric and Cathy) We started in August and moved in the Next june. Thanks to all our friends and family that helped us and also all the Bartering we did with our contractor friends. Abbey and Spencer helped a ton on this house , it was truely a family project..

Spencer

This is Spencer and his friend Austin Swift on Estero Island in Spring 2007. They had a great time skim boarding and playing goofy golf on the beach all day and drinking monsters and eating candy all night. Per Spences request we are headed back to this same area for Spring Break his senior year, Looking forward to the vacation already!