Thursday Kids...

I have the opportunity to spend a few wonderful hours with 3 special children. Last week {I know I am behind} the theme in the home was Red, White, and Blue. I cut out stars on my Cricut and the children added glitter to them...we made star necklaces..wonder what happed to sweet E's?...and we also made a star garland. These pictures were not taken by me...they were taken by the mom of the sweet children that I get to hang out with! The first two times we hung out...it rained. Last Thursday it was sooo hot we could not even be out to play in the water very long. Hopefully this week...we can go to the park. I have been on the hunt as to what to do with my little friends this week. Please enjoy this website: http://katherinemariephotography.com/blog/ you will not be disappointed!

Sunday Afternoons...

I have yet to figure out how to put the pictures I want in the order I want. When we have church at 9:00 am on Sundays, this gives us a great chance to go to the beach in the afternoon for a few hours. We are very lucky to have such a place to go. It is a private beach, it is quiet, and you feel like you are HOURS away from home.


This is part of the path leading down to the beach...each year it changes just a bit depending on the winter we had. This is my mom and I as we were packing up our chairs to head back to the cottage, and then do my grandma's house for dinner. My cheeks and nose are quite PINK in case you can't notice!

Just a look up the dunes. That space where there is no dune grass is where the "OLD" beach path was...until the dune got to steep for some of the older people to walk over. The new path is so much more walking friendly!

Mom...lugging things back to the cottage and car. The guys went ahead to the cottage to get a look at how golf was going for the day...

Oh...how I LOVE Sunday afternoons at the beach...

Summer Outings...

This is my summer reading right now. I am sorry that it is turned sideways...but I imported to the blog before I had a chance to turn it around. I love how developed each of these characters are and how I have the ability to get to know each one of them.

Each week...my mom, grandma, and a dear family friend, Judy, are getting together to do something one day a week. This past Tuesday we went started out in Niles...we heard of a great knitting store. It was closed on the day that we were there. We then headed to New Buffalo. We had lunch at this great little place. On the T-shirts and hats on the back...the tag line is : Sit! Stay! Very Cute!

This is a favorite ice cream place up by the lake. I should of took my camera inside since there are hundreds of PIGS inside. I am sure we will take another trip there this summer...I must take the camera.

This is a view of the street that heads to the lake which you can see in the distance.

Come back next week to see what our adventure might entail!

How I Spend my Thursdays this Summer...

I have the opportunity to spend a few hours each Thursday with some great children.

Here are some pictures from last Thursday!

They have a VERY talented mother...here is her website for your viewing pleasure: http://katherinemariephotography.com/blog/

{This is my friend M (which I will call him in my posts!) He is such a big help...and let me tell you he is one smart little cookie! }

{This is B...he just melts my heart! }

{Sweet E...I keep telling E & M that I have to learn how to speak 2 year old talk...I keep thinking she is talking about the Amish...I have not yet figured out what she is saying!}

YM/YW Service Project

This was the first mutual that I attended for my new calling. Here are just a few of the girls and a couple of littles that tag along with us!