More birthday party pictures

80 Years Young!

What a wonderful time we had celebrating Nana's 80th birthday! We celebrated early (Nana's birthday isn't until December 19th) since we were all able to be there (except Matt) at that time. What a joy it was to be all together!
























The birthday lady :)

Gull Lake with our grandbabies and children! What a wonderful week!

Happy, Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!

Happy 29th Birthday! We are so glad we can celebrate with you on your special day at Gull Lake!
We love you soooooooooo much

Picnic in the park....and Museums

We had a great group out for our July Cookout ... the sun was out, but it was a cool day!

Jody cooking the hot dogs on the grill for our lunch

Our "Veterans" museum - a tribute to those that have served our country.

In the Manton Museum - a look from the past

Happy 30th birthday, Rachel

We love you soooooo much!

One, Two, Three Strikes YOU'RE OUT!

Several families from church went to our Traverse City "Beach Bums" game tonight...

it was a cool night...only 57 degrees! But what a fun time we had! Unfortunately, we lost 5-7!

With "suntan"

Karl and Melissa Webster's little Emma

Cherry Festival.....and Traverse Bay

We enjoyed an hour walking around the Cherry Festival on beautiful Traverse Bay this afternoon. It was partly sunny, and just perfect temperature. Coming to the festival was always such fun when our kids were growing up...here are some pictures of the afternoon.

Yea, for the free samples of my favorite Jelly Belly's!

Fun with the Traverse City Fire Department

We enjoyed all those YUMMY samples of cherry jelly, candy, dried cherries......

Food Court

We took a walk around the Marina and saw these HUGE boats!

Beautiful Traverse Bay