oh...you smell good

and taste good.

mr. apple cider bread

must embrace the colder temperature and capitalize on the FIRST gallon of apple cider of the season

oh...it tastes so good warmed up

and was the perfect nudger to make the bread!

happy apple cider yummness :) 

ahoy she had a boy

This weekend we got to celebrate Amy and her super sweet boy Wes at a beautiful baby shower

filled with delicious food, fun games and lots of chatting

so fun to be able to catch up with this girls.

and their mamas

congrats again to amy and nathan and their sweet baby!

poop in a pot

was the mature way that I use to describe the food that my mama would make me eat back in HS because it was sooo much cooler to go out to red hot after softball games, with THE B VERWYS and family, rather than having to eat something my mother had created, slaved over and had waiting for me at home

[remind you what she made was actually delicious and would give anything to come home daily to her pre-made mama meal now a days]

anyway I got a glimpse of that goodness this week

I went over to the parentals on Tuesday and THOROUGHLY enjoyed my mamas famous chili rice!

so so so good

no poop in a pot on the 4421 on Tuesday

feast your eyes on the goodness

speaking of the parentals

glad they put up with me! :)

we enjoyed a beautiful day on the river with them on Sunday

may have been their first ride and may have been the last of the season

glad they could join us..looking forward to lots more next year!

and while I am rambling

very thankful for ALL the help they have provided to J and I the last few months

they sure make great house project mangers! ;-)

summer please roll on just a little bit longer, I sure do love you! haha

brand new

We did two BRAND new things this saturday

we started off by visiting the SUPER cute newest baby Wyma

Mr. Grayson

Weighing in at 7lbs 9oz

born September 6 to his super cute and looking FABULOUS mama Sarah [and Cory and miss Chloe!]

He was just so sweet

 Then we visited the new downtown market

I was very curious to see all the work [since MES has been talking DTM ALL summer long! haha]

The overall view

and our one purchase

a whoopie pie!  super yummy from the Sweetie-licious bakery

fun time...very busy.  

but will have to visit again

a few new creations

creation one dinner tonight:

fancied up spaghetti

creation two Dessert:

malt mixed buy one, get one free blizzard at the new place by our house

creation three the house/the garage:

all in a days work

and we have a garage!

that was exciting to see the whole thing be there in one day

starting to take shape around there, literally :) 

I wonder what I will find tonight ;-) 

bay and river

one more time around for the season

can not believe summer is coming to an end

always goes by way to fast!

we decided to capitalize on a long weekend

headed up to Traverse City to spend time with the parentals 

first and last DQ blizzard of summer

it was SO good

out to dinner on old mission point

plus the normal beach, walk, and biking

back home on the river to spend time with Js family

we had a boat load and a great time

 even grandma wanted to try the seadoo!

she loved it!

At least there is no school tomorrow ;-)

and there is a whole week of the Open to go!