Blueberry Pickin 7/09

Our day at the Blueberry Patch with the Lee's. Look at how big Coleman is getting! The Kennards were late getting to the patch because of a Dr. appt. I of course already had my camera put away byt the time they got there. The girls and I picked 16 pounds of berries that day. I came home and made 4 batches of jam, a blueberry/blackberry pie, blueberry muffins, and froze about 5 pounds of berries for smoothies. It was a very productive day, I must say!

Meg's 6th Birthday 7/6/09

Meg had a great Birthday this year. As always, her Grandma Linda was here. Even though she probably shouldn't have traveled with a bursted eardrum(is that the correct term?). Meg finally got her very own DS-Lite (pink of course) with a Tinkerbell skin to cover it. Meg was all about TinkerBell this year. Anything fairies is her favorite. She got a fairy or TinkerBell necklace, shirt, frame, snow globe, fairy wings. Grandma took her for her special shopping trip and bought her this super cute striped dress that she wore to her special lunch, and so many other very cute and bright outfits. She also got a darling pair of fairy dress-up shoes. Meg took two little friends, Manaal and Makayla to her Birthday lunch at Don Pablo's and while we were there some friends Deb and Audrey stopped by with a gift for her- This super cute Life in Good bag that she's holding. Then it was off to the theatre to see the new Ice Age movie. I forgot to get a picture of that- I can't believe it! But they had fun all the same...

Warren Dunes 7/4/09

We went to Warren Dunes for a few hours on July 4th. The Lees, Hurst's, Jacobsons, & Johnson's joined us. Kennard's couldn't make it, and they were missed. Don't know how I missed getting a picture of Madeline & Meg. They were brave enough to go in the water the whole time, and I wasn't going near it! Morgan and her Dad built a pretty neat sand castle. And a few of us(not me) climbed the Dunes. We were glad we went (but sad that Grandma didn't feel well enough to come with us, she was at home with a blown ear drum). As you tell by Melissa with the towel wrapped around herself, it was cold...

Museum Trip 7/09

Grandma came out for Meg's 6th BD and we took a trip to Chicago to the Museum of Science and Industry to see the Harry Potter exhibit.(note the famous blue car above). The museum was crowded as usual, but the exhibit was amazing! The girls really loved being able to see so many things that we have seen in all of the movies. It was a great time!

Murphy's Lake House

One Saturday last month we went up to visit the Murphy's lake house in Michigan. The weather couldn't have been better and we had so much fun. We had lunch and then went out on the boat for some fun play time. Their house is just gorgeous. The water was clear and beautiful.

GM Banquet July 2009

This has been a busy summer. It's already the middle of Aug. and I'm just now blogging pictures of the GM Banquet that was in July. Alot has happened since the banquet. Two of our gyms best coaches Adam & Camille Cole were let go from the gym. We decided to follow them along with about 25 other gymnasts. Were in limbo right now, renting space at a gym in Elkhart, until the Coles can find their own building. Hopefully it won't too long until we are somewhere more permanent. There are many people that we will miss at GM that decided to stay there.