We have spent most of the last two weeks in Petoskey, Michigan, where John’s two children and their families live. Unfortunately, we don’t have a good picture of both families together. Between their schedules of work and sports practices or games, we’ve hardly been together! Four of the six grandkids are teenagers, so it’s quite different than earlier get-togethers. But we have had fun being part of their lives for a short time.
Our trailer is parked at Ann & James (Muscott), so that has been home-base this time around.
The weather has been mostly very pleasant, with a few rainy days in between. The day we picked up the youngest, Elizabeth, from her kindergarten orientation, though, the rain came down so hard and so fast that one of the parking lots flooded while we were in a store for a few minutes!
We’ve attended two United Methodist Churches while here. The Bayview United Methodist Church is part of the Chautauqua movement – combining recreation, worship and learning in a beautiful setting. They bring in well-known preachers/teachers for classes and Sunday services every week during the summer, but it closes down in the winter. They had a wonderful pipe organ, but the service was very traditional. Last Sunday we went to a small, rural, UMC near Ann’s home (where we are staying in our trailer.)
On one of the really nice days, James took us out on his boat to…. Pickerel Lake. So we had to have a picture of a Pickrell fishing on Pickerel Lake! Other pictures: James, Ann, Natalie, Elizabeth and grandpa on the boat; Ann and James (John’s daughter who is married to James, who was in Iraq with the National Guard a year ago); Elizabeth (going into kindergarten); Lauren & Ann.
We’ve attended two United Methodist Churches while here. The Bayview United Methodist Church is part of the Chautauqua movement – combining recreation, worship and learning in a beautiful setting. They bring in well-known preachers/teachers for classes and Sunday services every week during the summer, but it closes down in the winter. They had a wonderful pipe organ, but the service was very traditional. Last Sunday we went to a small, rural, UMC near Ann’s home (where we are staying in our trailer.)
On one of the really nice days, James took us out on his boat to…. Pickerel Lake. So we had to have a picture of a Pickrell fishing on Pickerel Lake! Other pictures: James, Ann, Natalie, Elizabeth and grandpa on the boat; Ann and James (John’s daughter who is married to James, who was in Iraq with the National Guard a year ago); Elizabeth (going into kindergarten); Lauren & Ann.
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