July Fun

It's been a busy July.  And, the first day of August was no slouch either.  Here are some pictures of some of the July moments.

Rose's sister Mary and sis-in-law Robin visited us for a few days.  Bob got to enjoy listening to a non-stop gab fest! 

Brighton had a street fair going on while the gals visited.  It was a beautiful day and we strolled the avenue.  Robin looks like the glam girl.

Grandma Alice visited for a few days, too.  We went for a walk on the Brighton boardwalk on a beautiful sunny day.  

Lots of ducks and ducklings along the walk way.

Checking out the pond.

It was some kind of dance day and a group of ladies were out and performing.

A large, beautiful moth on our neighbor's door.

We took a quick trip to the Thumb with the Denjas.  Isabel's sunshine shirt did not work so well as we hit a lot of rain on the trip.

Mike D wanted to stop at this site in the Thumb.  While Rose and I lived in Harbor Beach we passed the site literally dozens of times but never stopped.  Glad we finally saw them.

Peter and Mateo were more interested in checking other things out.

Part of the gang on the pier in the Harbor Beach harbor...the largest man-made harbor in the world they claim.

Too bad Mikey is so sad all the time!

Strike a pose!

You can tell it rained.

Leigh is showing.  And, she said, "I can't believe I went to the end of this pier and swam back to shore!"

Mikey and Peter check out the water.

Peter's last two days of being four.

We took all the kids school shopping.  They went in two shifts.  Day one was with Maria, Mikey and Peter.  Day two was with Carmen and Isabel.  Here you see Isabel displaying the goods.

Here is a portion of what the kids got.

Isabel particularly liked her new tennis shoes shown in the foreground.

It's August 1 and Peter's birthday dinner.

Time for presents.

Peter had lots of help from Mikey.

The girls chilled.  Note that in Carmen's hand is her ever present iTouch.

Mateo felt he needed the umbrella in the house.

Mom and son.

He's five years old!

Maria gets to check out the school goods that Isabel and Carmen got...even though the supplies were already packed in the trunk.

Let's do the birthday cake!

Note Rose's hand...trying to keep the other boys from "helping" Peter.

Another day of rain for the party.  It stopped raining long enough for us to go outside and "blow the stink off" and Mateo felt the need to check out the puddle.