To Unfriend Dave

 We had our 10 days in Grand Haven with 2 of the boys spending all their time with us. Jon, Sharon and the boys stayed at place near by for 2 days and Simon stayed with April and Adrianna 3 days at the motel once they arrived. Phillip came with Stephanie and she stayed 2 nights and returned to Ohio for a week and then drove back for a day the following Saturday. We brought 2 cars as I had to drop Phillip off at the airport Tuesday for his flight to Houston. We had lunch in Holland with Lukas at the Big Lake Brewery on the way to Grand Rapids. The cottage had new locks and a deadbolt as well as the premium movie channels this year.  Dave was unfriended on Facebook by me yesterday as he was insulting and obsessed with deporting illegals while exploiting the death of Mollie Tibbetts. Pushing the "Illegal immigration kills Americans", conservative agenda posts and calling me a Liberal Democrat insensitive to the crimes of all the immigrants and accusing me of defending these criminals of the trump state. After bantering with him and not being rude or insulting to him, I finally had my last straw when he told me to give to the Go Fund me page for the accused and to harbor illegals in my home, I took the higher road and cut ties with his disrespect. The fact is that immigrants commit fewer crimes, than those born in the U.S. based on real research going back 100 years. "The way to counter trump's claims of MS-13 criminality running rampant is to remind people of a positive vision that lots have about immigrants and that they are human beings!"

About to Leave

   We got a hand delivered invite to Gabe's open house by Patti who told Lukas Gabe had forgotten to give it to us at the family reunion. Lukas went with us on Saturday the 21st and we stayed for about 3 hours avoiding contact with Patti but making sure we talked with all her friends. Gabe told us how he asked to have us come but Patti would not until to save face she did. We were able to visit with Charlie Becker, Gloria, and Lisa as the weather was good. Jane and I went to some music concerts around town and the dance program at LCC. I had lunch with Ed, Howard and Joe H. at Hibachi Grille last Friday for a meeting of the minds. We have been going to the Y and we will be in Grand Haven for 10 days starting tomorrow. We finally got some rain but still need more as the temperatures have been in the 80's consistently.  July was the 11th warmest in the USA at 75.5 degrees average and May-July the warmest ever according to scientists at NOAA.