More Pictures

M says good bye to M and J, he's on his way to
play basketball with friends, the V's. M and J are
doing some misc. painting.

The garden goddess had a brief run-in with a
very small boy, she wears her scare proudly!

Late July in M's neighborhood.

Mellon arbor again this year.

Some Misc. Pictures From This Week

I have been trying to get a nice picture
of butterflies at MJ's flowers all summer.
J beat me to it, she got some great shots,
here are two, tiger swallowtail.


MJ & J waiting for customers at today's garage sale.

These came in the mail today, for big M, sent by
internet friends.

M Bear

A couple of things that M forgot.

Football, Farewell & Flowers

Michael captained his team, Bethany to a victory
or Lutheran Social Services from Lansing, he played
fullback.

Some good defense, one can hear Michael's fans
in the crowd yelling to him.

Sean and Jill on the way to Anderson to pick up
the rest of their belongings.

MJ took some pictures of our sunflower/safflower
plants.

B Family Reunion And Good Bye At O'Hare

M's first taste of Donnell Lake.
He loved it.

Playing with sand on the sandy beach.

M the fish. Check out his big old smile.

This video was provided by MJ's aunt and cousin, I think.
And edited to shown just M. Thanks so much for the video!

Lunch with Mom on the beach, under an umbrella
that almost reached Dorothy in Kansas.

Sea legs!

Sea nap.

Auto nap with Grandma R. We rented a Caddy
for the day and it was a very smooth and
comfortable ride, as evidence from this picture.

Em and M saying a last good bye before going through
the metal detector. Well, not the last good bye,
Em had 2 milk bottles loaded with water to be used
dinner for M and a bottle of water that failed the
inspection. She and M came back through and
we had to make the two bottles of formula and
we brought the water sippy cup home.
We will miss all of you so much, but are looking forward
to the day that we see the entire Lopez family come walking
down the gang way to begin you new lives in GR.
We love you all so much!

M's Birthday Party Day

Bath, Park and Hanging Out

At Holland State Park and Great Grandma and Grandpa R's House

Air temp. 69ºF, water temp, about the same.
The wind speed was about a steady 30MPH.
We didn't do any swimming. M didn't even like
getting his feet wet.

Mom and M with Big Red in the back ground.



M with Great Grandpa and Grandma R.

Lunch.

M and Mom wrestling in the grass.


Getting sleepy.




Having a great time!

M and Friends