Family Fun

Myah checking out the chickens 

 Hammock time with a few of my favorite little people.

 Curious George cd/book was a great entertainer for the children.

 Jana is one now!

 The guys spent their Memorial Day working on my house again. We have it ready for the wood siding now!

 The children were all quite happy when it was finally time for dessert.

 Guy and Keane had some fun with the mud I think.

 I took these four to the park one day and they had so much fun together.

A visit with Grandma

I had a few days off from work, so I decided to spend a couple days with Grandma before the summer gets crazy.

 Wide open country.

Grandma always seems to have a whole meal ready to pull out of her fridge!

I'm not sure how she keeps track, but she still sends out birthday cards to all her children, 42 grandchildren (plus their spouses) and 100 and some great grands. 

You can never leave Grandma's house with less than you came with. 

I'm so thankful to have this woman in my life. She's one of the most hospitable and 

generous people I know.

In which it was Spring!

It felt like spring took forever to come this year. Now it is the end of May and most of the time it feels like summer. Here are a few Spring highlights.

A deserted Michigan homestead

 Hanging my hammock is always a Spring highlight!

A baby turtle I found while working in my flowerbed.

 A spring bouquet

 One of the first nice days, I went to the park with Christa and her children. 

It feels so good to spend time outside again.

 An outdoor dinner with family!

 Jasmine, helping me in the kitchen.

 Rowan came and spent the night at my house. 

 Laurel wanted to help me wash dishes.

 Spring means riding to church in the brothers convertible

 and having a picnic lunch under a blooming tree.

Spring means I get to spend time in the woods hunting mushrooms.

I actually found a few! 

Harmony went with me one day. As you can tell, she was a lot more successful. 

 Cousin fun

 I finally got my flowerbed made this spring and have been really enjoying it!

Life

After 3 months of vacationing I'm back at home and getting into the swing of work again. It's still a little slow at work so I've had some extra time on my hands.

My favorite way to start my day is sitting on my bed with a cup of coffee watching the birds and the sunrise. So, that's one of the things I've been doing more of with work being slow.

I also repainted my bathroom!

before

and after

And I've been catching up with all my local family. Most of my pictures are of the nieces and nephews. :)

All the little Chupps

Myah

Jasmine

I made her pig tails and she was pretty impressed.

A visit to Lake Michigan with Christa and Harmony

Easter lunch with the family

 Seriously, I'm not sure what I did without all these babies! :) (or what I took pictures of)

Guy got to have a sleep-over at my house.

Last week I got to babysit these curly-tops for an evening. Being double cousins and only 3 weeks apart in age, they have a lot of fun together. (most of the time) :)

We walked to the park and even though it was quite wet, we still enjoyed a spring evening!

And the flowers are finally blooming in Michigan!!