Happy Memorial Day!

Hope everyone is having a great holiday today (unless you are outside the US, then hopefully you're just having a good day:). We have had a whirlwind of a weekend with packing, birthday party for Grace, Christmas pictures taken, cookout at Gary & Cindi's, cleaning out the basement (again), and a memorable visit from Karen.

It has been a busy, busy weekend here as usual and I have a few GOOD pictures to post so check back and hopefully they will be up soon.

Happy Memorial Day!

The Latest...

Here's Grace in the Long Jump event at the track meet on Saturday. She did ok in Long Jump (7' 1") and improved her time in the 1600 m event (7:02). She ran the 800 m in 3:14. She worked hard and ran hard.

Saturday night we were treated to dinner at the Weihl's. We were happy to help break in their new grill. Melanie also introduced us to a couple things made with "quark" (you learn something new every day, don't you?). Yummy!

Guy was home for the weekend. Went back on Sunday. Since this weekend is a holiday weekend, he will be driving back some time this week.

Piano lessons wind down this week and we continue to scurry around preparing for the move...

Jennifer and Matt..

And here is Jennifer with her husband, Matt, at the wedding. It was great to see them again!

Jennifer was at the wedding...

Jennifer and I worked together at Dow Chemical in the late 80's and here she is at Sheila's wedding. It's always interesting to see people from different parts of your life mixing together. Jennifer's daughter was the flower girl for Sheila (and did a fine job).

another cute wedding picture

Here's a picture of Bill and Sheila with some guy with a plastic "hard" hat. I just thought this was a moment to remember... a "Kodak" moment if you will. I assume Bill and Sheila know this guy! Either way, he looks like a fun guy that should be at everyone's wedding to liven things up.

It's a Class Reunion!

As a thank you gift from Sheila, she also arranged a mini High School Reunion at her wedding. Sorry to those who couldn't attend! Heidi, Brenda, Sheila, Karen, and I all had a great time. I scrunched down a bit so I didn't totally tower over everyone else!

A Rare Occasion...

Leave it to Sheila to coordinate a day for Karen and I to see each other! We live only 15 minutes away from each other (currently) and NEVER seem to be able to cross paths (rather I am never home when Karen stops by apparantly).

Anyway, it was nice to see Karen and Bill at the wedding!

A Beautiful Wedding...

After the track meet, we attended Sheila and Bill's wedding. It was so nice of Sheila to pick the date that would coordinate with the track meet, wasn't it?

It was a beautiful wedding. We wish the newlyweds infinite years of wedded bliss!

Track Meet in Saginaw...

Last weekend we went to a track meet in Saginaw. Grace did a really good job and REALLY improved her times for the 800 meter and 1600 meter events.

800 m - 3:18.66

1600 m - 7:14.58

A Baby shower...

Last week I attended Patricia's baby shower. This is her first baby and ... if you can't guess from all the blue she is wearing, she is having a boy (due in June). Patricia (from Mexico) is seated here with Mi Young (from Korea). Both nice ladies that everyone should know:). Congratulations, Patricia!

The Groundhog

Here's the menacing creature that is living under our shed. I am hoping Guy can transplant him to a new region before he begins feasting amongst the leaves on the top of the mulberry tree!

Traffic

So one day I decided to take pictures of the cat just to play around with my camera a little bit. Here is one picture from his photo shoot.

Julian likes pie!

Here's a great picture of Juliean enjoying his Michigan 4 Berry Pie. We had Melanie and Gerhard over for a barbecue rib dinner one night while Guy was home for an extra couple days.

Track Season

Grace started track season and is doing quite well. This is Grace at her first meet 1 1/2 weeks ago. She ran the 800 meter and 1600 meter events. It was such a cold day (we were all wearing winter coats and the kids were running in shorts and tank tops). Grace is the one with the yellow top and blue shorts.

Field Trip

Anastasia's class took a field trip to Dinosaur Hill in April. It was a nice trip. She made a pinwheel too. The warmer temps in April were a nice surprise.

New Camera pictures

So I finally am posting pictures from my new camera. Of course they were taken using the "auto" setting because I haven't had time to read the instruction novel that came with the camera. Anyway, here's a picture of the kids on a warm day in April.