Monday, June 30, 2008

A Great Monday at Frankenmuth

We have had a great time for 10 days with my Mom here. Today we took her to Frankenmuth and met my Uncle Chuck and Aunt Margie for lunch at the famous Zenders Restaurant. What a great chicken meal! We are stuffed! :) A trip to Christmas Village is always a must when you are there, and the horse and buggy rides around are so fun. My Mom went back with my Uncle and Aunt for a few days in Detroit, then will be going on back home to Cleveland. It was a beautiful, sunny, warm day...just perfect for a Monday get-away.





Even after a HUGE chicken dinner...
there is always room for ICE CREAM!







The Zenders Chicken!

Monday, June 23, 2008

Fun day in Manistee with family....


My Mother is here for 10 days, and we went to visit my Aunt and Uncle in Manistee today at their Condo. We had a great lunch out, and ended with huge bowls of ice cream....YUMMY!


My Uncle Chuck and Aunt Margie's beautiful Condo in Manistee right on the water next to the marina















Sunday, June 22, 2008

Our Church Picnic

Horse Rides











Fellowship...


















Softball game



















Ice Cream Time :)

















Wagon Rides

Friday, June 20, 2008

The Fight WAS On -















Early this morning, we had 2 birds on our front lawn having a "heated discussion"...and this is what was left after they were through! Maybe they were discussing politics...HA!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

IDENTIFICATION!!!

Our new church van is now identified as
the Rollins Christian Fellowship Church van!






Wednesday, June 18, 2008

EVIDENCE 2008


"Evidence" the Calvary Bible College singing group is on tour this summer, and Tuesday night they were at our church for a concert. They did a great job. Here are a few pictures of the kids...











Monday, June 16, 2008

Saturday, June 14, 2008

4 Extraordinary Fathers.....

Happy, Happy Father’s Day to 4 wonderful Fathers…

My dad – Frank Lehmann
My husband – Bob Lanning
My sons-in-law –
Matt Sawatzky and Ben Godfrey

My father has been celebrating father’s day for 28 years now in heaven. How I miss him. He was one of the greatest fathers I have known. Dad gave me a love for serving the Lord. It excited my Dad to be a part of the local church ministry…when he directed the choir, sang special music, was on a church board, or involved in so many ministries of the church, he was the happiest. Serving the Lord was what he called his “full-time” job – even though he had another “full-time” job that paid the bills! He was always so cheerful and took such an interest in his family and others. He had such a kindness, tenderness, patience and gentleness about him and loved us so much. That was exactly the kind of man I wanted (and got!) when I married…







My husband has been a wonderful father to our four children. He is a consistent example of living the godly walk…not just preaching it on Sundays! He spent hours working with our kids on their science or math, being at their ballgames, encouraging them with their AWANA verses, having daily devotions with them, investing countless hours with them and prayed for them constantly (and still prays for them constantly!). He was a demonstrator of “showing love” by spending time with them besides telling them how much he loved them. Our children are what they are today because of the father they have. “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth” .And how we praise the Lord that this verse has become a reality for each one of our children. What a lot of praying we did as future husbands were coming into the lives of our girls….







And how thankful and grateful we are for our sons-in-law, Matt and Ben, who are super fathers to our beautiful grandsons, Brock and Micah. They spend time with their sons, and love and nurture them. Thank you for taking such great care of Brock and Micah, and also of Rachel and Rebekah. Our grandbabies are very blessed to have you as their father.

Happy, Happy Father’s Day to each one of you! How blessed I am to have these 4 EXTRAORDINARY fathers in my life. I love you all soooooooo much!

Small Group B-B-Q at Don and Brenda Wilson's home

What great fellowship we had at our small group get-together Friday night. We had YUMMY b-b-q ribs and lots of food that everyone brought. We also celebrated the June birthdays...there were 5 of us! Candi Mazza made the beautiful birthday cake...and the other desserts were sure delicious too :)