Summer Wanderings

  On Sunday August 7th Gramma got home from Florida as Mark picked her up in Flint. We had her over for a ziti dinner and Andrew came over. I subbed at Horizon a day before we took 11 days in Grand Haven with Phillip, Winston, Lukas and Simon. Jon, Sharon and Silas came up the 2nd weekend and except for that Saturday afternoon with rain the weather was great. Silas had a great time at the beach Sunday morning and did some walking by the water with Jane. We went to the library daily and watched the Olympics and the musical fountain show twice. We went to 2 concerts and Lukas treated us to dinner at Porto Bellos and a trip to the Lakes Mall one day. I went to Silver Sneakers 3 times at the Grand Haven YMCA. Simon is living with us as April decided she wanted him gone, so we picked up most of his stuff yesterday. We went to see the Obama date movie today at Celebration Cinema and then to Texas Roadhouse for Simon's 36th birthday. We have had 16 days over 90 degrees this summer and have made up the rain deficit this August so the flowers actually looked better when we got back from vacation. Jane had her tooth removed by Dr. Rashid after Midwest Dental tried a root canal that probably was unnecessary.  It was good to get away and be carefree in times as troubled as these with no way to delay the trouble coming everyday.