Summer is officially over.  It must be time for us to start moving south.  First, let me catch you up on our summer in Michigan.

Highlights of our summer

• We celebrated and watched our second grandchild, Amber, graduate from Portage Northern H.S.  She is now attending Eastern Michigan in their pre-med program
• Attended dance recitals for Amber and Mitchell in June
• Camped with family at Ft. Custer and Markin Glen
• Watched grandson Harrison play vintage baseball on the Flying Dutchman team in Holland (Larrie even got the chance to play a game with them)
• Attended Comstock Community Theaters production of “The Adam’s Family” to watch Mitchell dance
• We had some special time with camping friends sharing stories at Markin Glen. It was great to see you again M&M and G&J.
• We spent time helping our good friend Carol as she readied her house to put on the market to sell.
• Had a full week with our traveling granddaughter Miranda. Boy did we play lots of cards!
• We were surprised and pleased to have Crissa, Mike and Miranda come to Michigan for part of the summer.  They even spent some time at Markin Glen with us.
• Spending time with both our daughters in the same place !!(it doesn’t happen much anymore)
• Watched Mitchell and his dance partner/friend Grace take second place in the American Teen Talent Competition in Kalamazoo
• A three week trip to Michigan’s  U.P. with cousin’s/friends Bob and Diane Dekker.  We had a great vacation together.
• We visited Jackie’s cousins Barb and Fred in Wisconsin and Paul and Diane in Illinois

A lot of our summer this year was spent in relocating Larrie’s mom from an apartment into assisted living.  It wasn’t a move she wanted to make so Larrie and his sister Linda had their work cut out for them.  I am glad to say she is now living in a very nice place and is slowly adjusting to it.  We know it will always be a “work in progress” but will continue to try and help her adjust the best we can.

With the end of summer comes the end of campgrounds open in the north.  That’s our sign to move forward with our Fall and Winter plans.  We are in the process of putting those together .  We’ll let you know more as the time comes.

Hope you had a wonderful summer with your family and friends.

JA