Hanging Out watching movies

Went to Dad B and Dad D's new house. Everyone hung out and watched movies then watched jet lag set in! Poor Kiwi was sooo tired !! Fun night for all though. :)

Kiwi's back!!!

Kiwi came back for a 3 week visit! We picked her up at the airport...... it is so good to see her!! :)

The August highlight was Kiwi’s visit from Germany. She stayed for three weeks. That may sound like a long time, but the time really flew by! We kept poor Kiwi hopping the whole time. She had no time to get homesick for Germany, or even to suffer from jet lag! We started with a dinner and tour of Dad B and Dad D’s new house then a boat trip, we threw in visits to Nana and Grandpa Fred’s, a church camping trip, a vacation to Traverse City, a trip to the best ice cream store in the world a bike ride around Mackinac Island and a hike up the Sleeping Bear Dunes. She also spent some time with friends from her year here and some time to shop. Here are a couple pictures of the highlights. Can’t wait to have her visit again!

Kirby gets a buzz cut...

Before:


After:


Same dog... but everyone agrees they like the before look MUCH better!!! She'll be so much cooler on the camping trips but I do not think we will have many more people stopping us on our walks to say how cute she is!!! Oh well, it'll grow back. :)

Stormy Sunset

The night of 80 mile an hour winds and a torrential downpour and the loss of our beautiful old tree the sunset was just gorgeous.

RIP big tree...

Bad news: The biggest tree in our yard fell during a storm last Friday.
Good news: It missed the house by a good 6 inches!!!