Weekend in Michigan

It's been a while since I've posted on this blog. I should have remembered to do things in reverse. Oh well! This is a sunset off our balcony in South Haven Michigan. We had a wonderful time!




Lake Michigan is so big! We were told that it's 80 miles across at this point.


This is the lighthouse and pier at Grand Haven Michigan.



We spent a lovely weekend on Lake Michigan. We had heard that South Haven was a pretty place and it really was! We were a little too early for their tourist season which starts after Memorial Day, so it was just as we like it; uncrowded but very fun! If we didn't know better, we would have thought we were at the ocean. We decided we like this much better. There is no sticky salt air or humidity; just lots and lots of water.

Spring Activities

Bob Evans is a popular restaurant in the Midwest. Each year Hale Farm (in Cuyahoga National Park) hosts a breakfast featuring Bob Evans pancakes and sausage. It goes on during maple sugar time so people can tour the farm and find out how maple sugar is tapped from the trees and boiled down for syrup. Lots of people came out of hibernation after a very long winter. It was fun!

The stuff in this bucket is going on my pancakes??

The farm is located in part of the Western Reserve which was once owned by the state of Connecticut.

Hiking at a local Nature Center in Amish Country.

February snowstorm

It's hard to tell, but we woke up to 14 inches of snow this morning.

Rick is shoveling our neighbor's walk.

It'll be a while before the snowplows make it to Lindy Lane.

This is our dear neighbor Jimmy. He said he's been waiting for a long time for a snowstorm like this. Thankfully he loves being outdoors and has always helped us clear our driveway . His new "toy" is a snowblower with a tractor.

First official snow day!

Elizabeth's teacher told her if she flushed ice cubes down the toilet, it would cause it to snow more during the night and they'd probably have a snow day the next day. Well, I think she emptied the ice maker and it snowed all night. Now, Elizabeth loves school...but EVERYONE needs a snow day once in a while!

It started snowing lightly at dark.

We have lots of icicles...watch out...they're deadly!

My folks have a great hill for sledding in their front yard.

Go Jake! If you look closely, you can see Great Grandma and Grandpa watching out the window.

Snow time

These are mostly for Todd who wanted to see pictures of our snow.



This is on the golf course just behind our house.

1138 Lindy Lane Ave in the winter.


It's a great place for sledding.

Christmas time

We baked cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve

Steve and Jill are playing Santa

Steve and Elizabeth

It was nice that Patches got into our group photo

It's been a long time coming!!!

These are just some random photos of some happy people during the last few weeks. Everyone is well and adjusting to life in Ohio. It's wonderful to see smiles on these faces again after what they've been through the last few years.

Elizabeth has a new camera, so she's had fun taking silly pictures.

In case you didn't know, this is Jacob and he's tired of having his picture taken.

Steve, Elizabeth, Jacob and Jill, a new friend, on their way to a movie.