Saturday

It was a truly wonderful Saturday!

My Aunt and Uncle who live in Wisconsin were in town. The afternoon was spent antiquing and driving through 'the old neighborhood' in Grand Rapids. That was all fun.

But towards evening we headed north to my sister and brother-in-law's home for a lovely picnic.

While my brother-in-law grilled on the deck, the rest of the meal waited patiently for us in the kitchen.

We all brought something. Even though my dad and mom are no longer here, I must point out my mom's baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad (and bowl!) right there along with our own unique touches!

It was seriously fun for everyone! Especially for me, as I'm still trying to figure out my camera. If you were there and find yourself not appearing in any of these pictures, you can thank me later. There were many shots with strange distortions. And some of people chewing. That's never attractive and I deleted those.

Dinner was served on the deck.

Room for all of us and even a kid's table - my dad's handiwork.

Kado will be TWO on Wednesday, so there were presents and even cupcakes!

At nine in the evening there were some pretty tired kids.

Isn't this face just precious?! Grand Nephew did not want to wear that sandle, but eventually became too tired to fight it. And, as he well knows, grandmas always win!

Here they go, trapsing down to the pond to look for frogs.

Such a beautiful place to live. Lot's of deer. They've even hit them in their own driveway. That's the pond down there with the teeny tiny people around it. (well it WAS. i seemed to have lost a few pictures that had been here just moments ago...)

Did I mention that we had a wonderful vacation? We did. Even though it wasn't the one we had planned, I do believe it was even better. THGGM said so too.