Pentwater weekend

The Pentwater Couple's Group

Last weekend, Craig and I joined nine couples in Pentwater for 'couple's weekend'. We had a wonderful time together! The guys golfed, the girls went to the beach, and together we spent time enjoying beautiful Lake Michigan and the warm, sunny, weather! We so enjoyed the conversations around the bonfires, the awesome fireworks on the beach, and the fabulous meals shared together! Time spent with friends is precious and few . . . we feel totally blessed to be included into this circle of friendship. What I love about these special friends is . . . they're the kind of friends who, unknowingly, leave footprints on my heart.

Fall Flowers

I love the fall flowers! These flowers make me smile! They remind me of hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all for their beauty. I'm so grateful God created beautiful flowers for me to enjoy!
Millions and millions of tiny, sweet, pink and white petals!
Could this be more perfect? Don't you love the sun shining on the petals?!
This sun flower was so proud to be growing! He held his head high to the sun!
This beautiful water fountain was on the back veranda of our hotel. It was so relaxing to sit outside and admire God's beauty!

FREE...

Isn't this amazing?!! We were driving down a country road and saw these fresh veggies piled up on the side of the road! FREE!! I walked away, leaving the vegetables in the neat pile because I wanted others to see and appreciate this wonderful sight! My life lesson from this picture is to try to s remain as 'cool as a cucumber' and always take 'thyme' to enjoy the small things in life!

Lake Michigan Weekend

Craig and I, and our dear friends, Don and Diane, just returned from a wonderful 'weekend getaway'. We began our adventure in Frankfort. Lake Michigan is an awesome site. This is the yummy breakfast we were served at our Bed & Breakfast. I felt like a queen! Diane and me at the Stafford Perry Hotel in Petoskey! It was a beautiful day and we were enjoying a drink on the porch! Notice Lake Michigan in the background. Life is good! :) Watching the sun set into Lake Michigan was awesome. It fills me with wonder and amazement to see such a beautiful sight. God is so good to give us this gift each day ~ he gift wraps each evening in beauty!! Don and Diane were enjoying the beautiful sights of Lake Michigan! Breathtaking! Craig and Don were checking out the golf course - Arcadia Bluffs! Awesome course!! Diane took me to Gwen Frostic's store in Frankfort. I hadn't been there in 30 years ~ when I took the high school girls from Interlochen to visit Gwen. She'd serve us lemonade and cookies and talk to us about her life. What an impact she had on us! It was such a treat to be able to go back and visit once again. Everything looked exactly as I had remembered!! I loved this view! It totally says it all... BEACH! Amazing beauty!!

Final move

Last week, the movers came and got the last bit of Dad's furniture from the Michigan house to ship to Phoenix. The semi drove up the street, loaded the 'stuff' and drove off. Dad is no longer a resident of Michigan - - a full time resident of Arizona. My heart is sad and I'm lonely for his smile, but I know he's happy in Goodyear!
The truck was driving out of our subdivision . . . it's final! The house is empty, Dad is in sunny Arizona, and I'm in Michigan without him. :( Craig and Julia are sad and lonely, too! Here they sit, watching the movers wrap, pack, and load the last of Dad's things! Sad day!!

Mamma Mia

Today was an AWESOME day!! For my birthday, Julia ordered Mamma Mia tickets for us! After waiting FIVE months, the day had finally arrived!! Julia, Diane, Kathy, Gay, and I went to Grand Rapids to see the Broadway production of Mamma Mia! We met for lunch in East Lansing (Yummy grilled salmon salad at Bravo's) and then we headed to the DeVos Performance Hall in beautiful, downtown, Grand Rapids! The musical was f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c!! It was, by far, the best performance I'd seen of Mamma Mia! (I've seen the show at least a dozen times!!)

After the show, we met Pepper - the main beach boy! He was darling! While talking to him, we realized they were taking the show to Chicago next!! During dinner, we began planning our trip to Chicago for the end of September! Another 'sista' weekend ~ this time to celebrate Kathy's birthday!