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

Our ALMOST PERFECT date night!

It was a perfect summer day....and after a busy day here at the Lanning's....we decided to go out forfor a "date night" dinner at The Hillcrest restaurant, since we had a gift certificate we needed to finish. After a great buffet, we decided to walk around Lake Cadillac. It was just beautiful! We walked for quite a while, and enjoyed the beautiful weather and view. We were on our way home (just 4 miles from home!) when a warning light came on. We pulled over to stop the car, and when we tried to start it again...it was TOTALLY DEAD! Not a squeak! We called AAA, and they contacted Peterson's Towing to come. We waited by the side of the road for about 30 minutes, and a police car came up, lights flashing and pulled up behind us. He wanted to know if we needed anything. Well, Petersons finally got it started, only to have it stop 1 minute later. We decided to have them tow our car home, and we'll decide what to do with it later. They think it may be the alternator! All in all, we had a wonderful time together on our almost perfect date night!

The logo on this boat has a huge gold M - go Michigan!

I'm 4 months today!

The Three M's

The three M's (Matt, Mommy and Micah) are celebrating their 5th anniversary on July 6th!

After a fairytale romance - which began in Taiwan, Matt and Rachel are celebrating 5 years of beautiful marriage. Rachel took the Biblical words seriously, "Whither you go, I will go...." and off she went to Taiwan with her loving husband! What a great 5 years they have had...and how blessed they are with the arrival of Micah Matthew.

Congratulations on your 5th anniversary! We love you!!!!

Four years ago,.....

Four years ago on July 5th, we gave our beautiful third daughter into the loving care of Ben Godfrey. What a joyous celebration that was! This was truly a marriage made in heaven. How God blessed their marriage when he gave them Brock Benjamin!

Happy, happy 4th anniversay to both of you! You truly are a picture of what a godly, Christian marriage is to be.

"May the Lord increase your love one toward another...."

We love you!!

A GREAT 4th in the North

Jason and Elizabeth were here with us for the 4th of July~

We had a picnic at Edward's home with many folks from church.