Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! We are missing our Dad's today, but we are so appreciative of everything they do for us. We can't wait to see them in the coming weeks.

Weekend Fun

We went to a fun festival downtown this weekend. They had a band playing and it was quite an experience. They had one singer, who I think was tone deaf, sing a song. She had two dress changes during the song, it was quite the performance.We went with Jordan and Pam.
This man was the main attraction. There was a large group of people dancing their hearts out in the front.
Tonight we went to our friends, the Skousens, house to try out their new player piano. It was so much fun, I fully intend to own one some day.

Ryan serenaded us while Camille pushed the pedals.

The sunset was beautiful on the walk home tonight.

Peonies in the Arb

Jackson had been waiting for months to see the peonies, he could hardly control his excitement.








The flowers were beautiful. We had a great time. Jackson was quite the sport to make the trip with me.

Tornados

When Jackson and I first moved here we saw these large mega phone things on the top of the telephone wire posts. We could not figure out what these mega phones were for. Two of our best ideas were that they broadcast the football games all over town (because football is nearly a religion out here) or maybe they were air raid sirens from World War 2 or the Cold War era. (Can you guess who guessed what?) We didn't learn what they were until I was talking to a friend, who has lived in tornado country before, she informed me they are tornado warning sirens. You may be wondering where this seemingly random post came from, it is because there is a tornado warning here today, I haven't heard the sirens yet. Maybe they just turn them on when it is a really serious warning.

I can only imagine what we would have thought of this siren!

Oh Canada...

The bridge back to the US of A

Views of Detroit

This is the reason we went to Canada. To watch air races, but the races were cancelled because of the wind. Luckily we still got to see some of the show airplanes. They were still pretty fun to watch. The F 18 nearly blew us away.

A Fantastic Weekend

Savvy came this week along with my Mom, Dad, Derek and Sammy. We had so much fun playing games, eating out and in and just hanging out. As you can tell Savvy was very excited to talk to her Dad (who is moving across the country ) on the telephone. Soon to come is video proof that Trevor's daughter loves cats.
It is always fun when my
Mom comes because she starts projects with us. She worked on flowers with Camille and me as well as helping me make my Birthday Calendar vision into a reality. It is coming along nicely, there is still a lot of work to do. We learned that it is practically impossible to write legibly on felt, but my Mom and my friend Missy both has some great ideas that I think will work!

Today should really go down in history, it is the first time I have ever made a Rhubarb Pie by myself. I had to call my Grandma to get some clarifications and directions, but it was delicious.
We had a BBQ today with some friends.

The door bell ditchers.

All in all it was a great Memorial Day.

Happy Memorial Day

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved,

and now we lie

In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. — John McCrae