Susan and Gil's Wedding Reception

Jake and Hilary.

M enjoying a BBQ'd meatball.

L enjoying frog legs,,,well, a plastic frog.

One of the tables of honor. Beth, Hilary, Janet,
Patty, Dave, Y and last but not least, Dick.

The blushing couple just after their arrival.

Sarah's toast.

During best man's toast.

Janet with Great Granddaughters.

And M.

Ray and E.

L with her Mom.

Sarah and M having an animated conversation.

I know these are pretty Grandchild centric, can
you blame me?

Dinner With The Girls And An Evening With L

We met at Big Boy in downtown this evening for
dinner with the girls and kids. Sergio and Sean
were working. No one knows why, but M just
loves the Big Boy,,,hmmmm,,,maybe because
he is such,,,,,a,,,big,,,boy?
M killing time until Jill and L arrived.

M making his menu selection

You can see that L was pretty happy to be with us
at the Big Boy to.

L enjoyed apple and a handful of cheerios.



L came home with MJ and I and will be spending
the night with us. She went to sleep at about
8 PM.

New Food Source For Us

MJ and I picked up our first order from the
West Michigan COOP. These jumbo eggs
came from Creswick Farms. They were good.
I did expect them to have a brighter yellow/
orange yoke than they did. But you could tell
that they were very fresh.

Four eggs broken, for double yolks.

We also purchased a fresh whole chicken from
Heritage Acres. The chicken we got was just
under 4 1/2 lbs, the package included the neck,
heart and gizzard. We just salted the bird
and roasted it on our Weber grill, with a touch
of smoke. Again, the quality was good, but
I was expecting the bird to look more like the
chickens that are sold in Mexico.

M and Em joined us for dinner, which also included
grilled potato au gratin and a green salad.

We also purchased, frozen, a beef rump roast(100% grass
feed) and a Boston butt (pasture raised), from Creswick.
Which we we be using in the next few days.
I was just a little disappointed in the look and taste
of these items, but having said that, I was thrilled
to be using products from animals that have been
humanly raised; that's a big part of our trying
out the Coop. Bon Appetit

M's Second Birthday, Some Quick Photos

Coming Home

We got a very early start for Milwaukee.
Got in and found out that the ferry would be
30 minutes late; one of the four engines wasn't
working. We left forty-five minutes late.
Stopped at a Sinclair gas station to fill up.

The staff at the Lake-Express had cake ready
when we arrived to help Dad celebrate his
birthday.

The staff was celebrating the birthday of one
of their own.
Because the ferry had a big load and the loss of the
engine, we were about 2 hours late getting in to
Muskegon.

OK, This Is The Real Final Good Bye

I had just finished up the previous post and the
phone rings. A couple that volunteer for an
organization in Redwing, Wise Penny, has a pick up and will take
most of Granny's things. Mom, Gale and Faye
are still at the house. So, off I go, back to Granny's
This group runs a thrift store and donates the
proceeds, about $3 to $4 grand a month to local
Lutheran NPO's.
This is the loaded pick up; we also pretty much
loaded a car also.

I made another final walk through; when I saw this
scene, couldn't help but get a little misty eyed.


A last call for dinner. We all miss you Granny.

This thunderhead was seen from Granny's front
yard as Faye and I were leaving.

Saying Goodbye

As I left Granny's home today, I took a final walk
through. Remembering the games played on the
dinning room table; watching "Walker, Texas Ranger",
kick some bad guy up side his head; Granny offering
ice cream bars for our nightly snack and lots more.
Dad and I left Mom, Gail, Faye and Joe sitting in the
dinning area, less the table and chairs, trying to work
out what to do with Granny's leftover things. The
auctioneer came through this afternoon and couldn't
find many things that would sell at an auction.
The house went up for sale today.

Misc. Pic, second try, And From Today

Al and Bettie and Leigh Anderson visited and helped
out today.
Bettie enjoyed guarding this roll a way bed from
the hordes of Genghis Khan. None of the horde
got close to the bed.

Al and Joe are trying to decide if today's weather
is the best of the year.

Lois and Leigh are inspecting the rigging job done
on Leigh's load.

Ditto. It was great seeing you all and thanks for
your help and support.

Gaping maw of our dumpster.

We had dinner this evening in Hastings with Jane
Swanson. Shes really put out a spread for us. It
was so nice not having to eat restaurant food.
Thanks so much Jane.
Last Thursday a storm came through the area and here
is evidence of a little of the damage.

This is how Gregg spent some of his day today.

Ok, Gregg was forced to help his aunt in ways that no nephew was ever meant to,,,and wasn't even offered 2 bits for his trouble.

Very reminiscent of this from "Christmas Vacation",,,Grandma Nora Griswold (Diane Ladd): "Sweetheart, your grandma Nora's got a real painful burr on my heel. If you rub it for me, I'll give you a whole quarter. Okay?"
Russ: "A quarter"
Grandma Nora: "And, I'll give Audrey a quarter too. Audrey!"

Misc. Pic and Vid

A video from this afternoon's lunch at the Black Stallion.

Sunday - A few shots from the B Fam Reunion

Sorry I didn't get many pics so will post just a few... Em, J, B &H have more to share, so will get those up tomorrow as I don't have to work! I did get some good vids, which I'll try to edit tomorrow using Picassa for the first time too. Missed you there G!!