First Day in Michigan and Father's Day Weekend in Grayling

Wild Things!

Well, Maeve posted some pictures of baby birds that were in a nest in our magnolia tree in SC.  Here in Brighton we had some doves nesting under our upper deck.  The baby doves ventured out for their first time onto the lower deck.  And, Mateo found some tiny frogs in the front yard.  It's where the wild things are!

Lunch, Baby Shower and Zoo Time

Some more pictures of the family.  We took Leigh, Paulina, Mikey, Carmen and her friend Abbie out to lunch at Red Robin.  

A few days later Rose and I went to Sturgis to celebrate Mom's 89th birthday.  While there we checked out a location for Erin's baby shower.  It's called "Oh, Bernice!" and is in a renovated building in Burr Oak.  It's a cool, quirky place and that's where the shower will be.

Then on Saturday while most of the Denja crew went to Sturgis to visit Grandma and pick up Isabel we had Mateo and Maria stay with us.  We decided to hit the Detroit Zoo.  It's certainly been over 20 years since Rose and I've been.  It was a sunny and hot day but we all enjoyed the time.

Carmen on the right and friend Abbie

Paulina thinks the knife is appropriate

Dessert!

Here are a few views of Oh, Bernice!

Owner Tana Yunker with Rose

It used to be an old dry goods store

A cool spot for the baby shower!

Eclectic

Waiting for the zoo train

"When will it get here?"

Maria and Mateo

"Here we go!"

"I like it!"

"It's a tunnel!"

Rhinocerous of courserous

The peacock refused to spread his feathers

Ya gotta jump the rocks

On to the Arctic exhibit

Looking for the seals and polar bear

Time for lunch

"Hold on tight!"

Mateo insisted these were tigers

"I threw it in the water!"

A little froggy spray cooled Mateo off

"I think I'm too big for this!"

Life size Legos at the zoo

Time to leave...a nice day