Happy Birthday, Shayne!

The weekend started with a beautiful, calm, Friday night and the lake was perfect for a late night ride. Sarah asked if we might watch the girls and here they are! Babysitting has sure changed since our kids were little!

It was a great weekend to celebrate Shayne's birthday: the weather was just fine, the company was good, and the food--well, Shayne wanted a Mexican day, so we did breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a Mexican twist including Sangria, Margueritas, and Coronas with lime!

We even included a "Cupcake Wars." The cupcakes had to contain chocolate and chili (not the soup). Four of us had come up with four totally different kinds of chocolate cupcakes with very unique ingredients including things like instant espresso, chili powder, cayenne pepper, roasted adobo peppers ground into a flour, ground chipolte cashews, and fresh jalepenos. They all tasted different and turned out to be pretty good! It was a good day of eating homemade Mexican!

Brayden gets his tonsils out

Early Monday morning Brayden had his adenoids and his tonsils removed. But trooper that he is, after the surgery, his silly face for the camera and a "thumbs up" showed everything went well and he in on the road to recovery. (He managed to eat 10 popsicles on Monday--didn't want any on Tuesday!)

Thank God for His graciousness and that little ones take these things pretty well.

Guess Who Came to Dinner!

We like our little spot on Big Sandy Lake and convinced friends of ours that Minnesota was between Michigan and Washington state.

We had a fun pontoon ride, swam in the lake, ate like we went out to dinner every night, played Eucre (however that is spelled), and enjoyed the company emmencely!







We even got the Pickleball court marked on the local tennis court and played some pickleball!

Here they are--Faye and Ken!!! It was so fun to spend some time with them.

(You'll have to read Faye's blog for the ending of this story!)

A Week with the Girls

After the Rally Mitch went back to Big Sandy and I stayed in the Cities to watch the girls. Did we have fun! We played and played and played (I did get to eat--Shayne and Sarah made some great dinners we enjoyed with a nice drink and some quiet time).

Monaco North Central Rally

We had a great time at the Mystic Lake Casino Rally that was hosted by Dan and Cari. We ate well and played well.

Happy Birthday, Barb!!

Well this weekend ushered in a truly big event--there were 6 big candles on my birthday cake.

I figured I'd better do something to make the event eventful, and being at the lake the water was calling.

I've water skied since I was a little kid, but gave it up when I turned 50--I decided I was too old to fall and get hurt on purpose.




So much for caution! Just like riding a bike--you don't forget. I got up, made the turn, and came back in for a soft landing. What fun!

(What will I do when I'm 70?!)

We're all together!

Caryn and Jason and the boys came to Minnesota for a summer vacation "Up North" and did we all have a good time. It is a special time when a mom can get all her kids and grandkids in one place at one time.










We left Florida when Rylan was almost three weeks old and now he is three months old. What a good baby!
















Brayden loved to be the "Captain" of Grampa's fast boat.













Macy, just hanging out and expressing how to have a really good Minnesota summer!