I'm back!

 Hi friends!  I'm back after an extended break. I've missed blogging but have tried to keep up with you all at your blogs even though I haven't done much commenting. I just couldn't do all the commenting and still get done what I was trying to do.

While I was gone, we took a little vacation with Alaina and Ruby, and then I worked like crazy to finish a family history book.  So, now I'm going to share a little so I can catch you up.  Before I do that, I have to share what's been going on in our area recently.  We've had a heat wave, a lettuce parasite and now the smoke issue!

Haha!  So this little meme has been making the rounds in our area. You have to laugh, right?  I know some of you have also had these issues in your areas.

I have heard they found the cause of the parasitic lettuce, linked to lettuce from Taco Bell.  I haven't eaten there in ages, so I think I'm safe!

The heat is supposed to be a little better this week.  You know, we Northern folk are pretty wimpy about heat and on Friday our heat index made it to 108 degrees!   :)

Hopefully the fires in Canada will be stopped.  It's incredible to me how far that smoke spreads and how bad it is, this far away.  I've been inside most of the time, as are most people. It's kind of strange, because no one is out walking or biking and kids aren't out playing. Most outdoor activities have been cancelled and lots of parks with trails were closed.

This is why everything was closed.  Look at that horrible air quality alert!  On Thursday they said that Michigan had the worst air quality on the whole planet!  

I did go out for a short time in the car to get some photos so you could see what it looks like around here.

This is around the corner from our house.

Another spot not far from us.  The visibility was under a mile all day on Thursday.  Friday was a little better in the morning, but in the afternoon it got worse again.

This is the Grand River, near our house.

Do you see the sun?

That's all for now. Tomorrow I'll share some of the things we did while I was on break.

Just popping in!

Hi friends!  I've missed you all but have been reading posts. I've gotten a few messages checking to make sure all is well here, so thought I'd put up a little post to share what's been happening.

First, we had a little getaway with Alaina and Ruby. We had a marvelous time and I'll share pics of that later.

The next week was VBS. Our theme was Psalm 23 and it was set in Ireland. We did lots and lots of work on the decor and here's a few pics.

The hallway had these areas with verses from Psalm 23

There were cute little sheep all over!

Here's the entrance.  Do you see the castle behind the table?

It's made of lots of appliance boxes, covered in plastic wrap that looks like stone. The kids loved going through it to their classes.

This was my job there for several days - and it was quiet.  Bob was doing security, something that's needed now and thankfully, it was quiet for him as well.

Nothing else was quiet though - and that's good.  The kids had fun and heard the greatest story ever. We adults had fun too!

And - this is the reason for the continued break.  I've been working on a family history book.  I have photos going way back, lots of documents and then these....  These are all letters my Dad wrote to my mom when he was in the army. I have all the photos and documents put into a book which will be printed. I had originally thought I would scan the letters to put in, but after nearly 70 years, they don't have the quality to scan. So, I am typing them up and it takes a lot of time!  I decided that unless I really buckled down and got to it, I would never finish. 

I'm making progress, but the blog break continues!  Thanks to those who checked in with me.

One more thing!  Happy 4th to my friends in the USA. I'm thankful for my country. It may not be perfect but I'm so glad to live here.

Hope to see you all soon!

Friday Funny

 

After today I'll be on a little blog break. We're doing a mini vacation with our two oldest granddaughters and after that I have a project that I need to finish and the busyness of life keeps stopping me.  So, I'm buckling down on it!
I hope to see you all soon!