Michigan Adventures

Renee at the childrens museum....

2011-12-02T10:39:00.001-05:00

Playing with a cob of corn on the truck bed....

Watch out! Here comes law enforcement... :)

Renee loves slides

The "grocery store" was a huge hit!

She was trying to climb into the stock tank because it had water in it!

2011-12-02T10:35:00.001-05:00

Matching shirts! They weren't overly excited about the picture and Nora wasn't very pleased that Molly was holding Renee too! :) However, they survived.:)

2011-12-02T10:32:00.001-05:00

All the cousins (except for Summer who was taking a nap) playing at McDonald's! They all blew off some steam and had a blast playing together.

2011-11-29T16:57:00.001-05:00

Renee fell asleep on our way home from church one night. As soon as Marty set her down she laid down on the floor like this! :)

2011-11-29T16:55:00.001-05:00

Who likes Renee's fashion sense? :)

Trip to TC with Hannah....

2011-10-07T11:49:00.002-04:00

Playing tug - o - war with Katie's blanket....

I love the look on Katie's face in this one

Riding in the "car" at Menards. Renee got to be the "driver".

Those two are certainly trouble when they're together and they also LOVE to boss each other around!

Some Updated Pictures of Renee

2011-09-20T10:36:00.003-04:00

Renee

2010-09-08T19:30:00.002-04:00

Here are some pics of Renee on her first birthday. We didn't celebrate on the day as I had a business engagement. We had her party on Sunday. When I receive some pics from it I will try to post them. :)

2009-12-09T12:57:00.001-05:00

Here is an AWESOME giveaway. I love Arbonne's products. Click on the picture above to enter! :D

2009-12-09T12:51:00.001-05:00

Renee at 2 months...I'll try to get a recent picture of her up here soon! :)

2009-10-14T10:33:00.002-04:00

This is the 6 week picture of Renee

While at a wedding a few weeks ago Lydia decided to take some quick family pics...

2009-10-01T11:57:00.002-04:00

Here are some pics of Renee

at four weeks...

3 weeks

two weeks

1 week

and newly born! :)

2009-07-01T12:43:00.001-04:00

Sorry it's been so long since I posted but as many of you know we've kind of had a crazy last couple months with moving a couple times etc... We also have not had internet. We are finally getting settled in our new place. So I'll try to do a post sometime soon.

2009-03-14T20:38:00.003-04:00

These pictures were taken by a polar astronomer, Caltech's Tony Travouillon, while he was doing research at Dome C in Antarctica several years ago. Aren't they awesome?

A Swimming Accident

2009-03-09T20:46:00.003-04:00

Hannah decided that Tony needed to go for a swim and he disagreed. Here is the ensuing "discussion". :)

2009-02-16T12:44:00.005-05:00

Here are some pics of us playing the wii at my grandparents in FL.

2009-01-24T15:14:00.003-05:00

Just a post to say that Tony, Hannah, Marty and I are headed down to FL via TN for a couple weeks. I might post some pics while we're gone but I don't know we'll just have to see. :)

2008-12-31T17:28:00.002-05:00

Well, I guess I should post something....since this month's almost over! :) I hope everyone has a great New Year. I'll try to take some pics from tonight later, but we'll see.

Here is a recent family picture.

Bethany's Birthday

2008-11-18T14:00:00.003-05:00

Yesterday was Bethany's 19th birthday so Lydia, Bethany and I went up to Traverse City. They were able to get material for they're Renaissance dresses and when we went to the mall for lunch they decided to ride the carousel :)

The weather was pretty bad yesterday. After we dropped Bethany off, I was taking Lydia home and we went spinning off the road and landed in the ditch. :) Thankfully, I had just enough battery left to call Dad to come get us out! :) The Lord was definitely watching over us all day.

2008-10-20T15:53:00.007-04:00

Two weeks ago I was able to go with my family to Sleeping Bear to spend the day... We also went to an old fishing place.

The boys loved trying on hats at a gift shop

Hannah being silly :)

At the dunes...

2008-09-24T15:43:00.003-04:00

I know, I know I should post but I don't have any pictures and I don't like just writing/typing etc... I've been working on a few projects but I can't let them out now for fear "certain" people will see them! :D I'll try to come up with some pictures soon.

2008-09-15T18:13:00.002-04:00

Last month at Lake Michigan with some friends

Finally, a pic with the "person" who's usually taking the pictures!

Go Lora!!!

These pics weren't edited. The weird effect is because it was dark! :)

This is what happens...

2008-09-01T20:18:00.003-04:00

...when you fracture your wrist. I never knew exactly how much I used my right hand until I can't use it anymore! :)

What do you think this looks like????

2008-09-01T20:15:00.000-04:00

Lydia & Bethany's Graduation Service

2008-09-01T20:02:00.003-04:00

Singing a duet

Bethany singing a solo

Playing a duet...Lydia also did a violin solo but Marty couldn't get a good picture of it

Townsends speaking...Mom and Dad also spoke, but again, a pic wasn't gotten of them. :(

Receiving their diplomas :D

Lydia in the dress that Hannah made for her. Needless to say, she LOVED it! :)

Beach Bums Game...

2008-08-25T13:46:00.005-04:00

Last night Caleb, Hannah, Tony, Marty and I went to a Beach Bums game...It was my first baseball game.

Unfortunately, they lost to the Miners...8-5

2008-08-22T12:40:00.001-04:00

Well, the conference is over... and I didn't take any pictures as I was too busy! However, I hope to get some from Lydia soon! :)

Going to be VERY, VERY, BUSY!!!

2008-08-16T17:41:00.002-04:00

We're going to be very busy with our church conference in the next few days so I have no idea when I'll be posting next! :D

Some funny pics from Sunday

2008-08-06T14:47:00.003-04:00

Bethany told Hannah that the littlest one would make a good "house horse" but Tony said not to give her any ideas! :D He was trying to act so big by bucking and rearing. He was REALLY cute.

I thought that this Llama should receive the "most unique" award! The poor thing was covered in spots! :)

More Stallion Pictures

2008-08-04T12:24:00.008-04:00

These photos are from their website so that you can see better pictures of what the horses can do :)

Herrmann's Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria

2008-08-04T11:58:00.005-04:00

Last night we were able to go see Lipizzan Stallions perform up in Traverse City... (none of these pics are in order)

The lead stallion here got away from the lady and took off around the tents... he enjoyed his freedom for a few minutes but was soon caught and had to come back and perform :)

Another of the stallions kept performing even as they were taking him from the ring...whenever the crowd clapped he'd start performing again!

House Pix

2008-08-02T17:48:00.003-04:00

(I didn't take this picture...our landlady did a few years ago)

Kitchen...

...a VERY old stove that I'm still trying to get used too! :)

My little "Baking Center"

Our room (we'd like to paint it soon since that yellow is a bit too much for me to take!)

The Guest Room

Living Room

Dining Room

...Hmmmm....

2008-08-01T21:20:00.003-04:00

...what shall I name this picture of my sister-in-law?

Someone's graduating....

2008-08-01T17:26:00.005-04:00

...and here's their picture :D

(I think it's a great pic! :)

2008-07-26T12:41:00.002-04:00

Well, I suppose I'd better post since it's almost the end of July! I didn't realize that it'd been that long since I posted...whoops :-/. I shall post some pictures of Becky's B-day party as soon as I can get my USB cord from Marty's computer. :)

2008-06-30T14:56:00.003-04:00

Lydia was over here for the night on Sat. so we decided to go to the lake. However, she forgot to bring the memory card for her camera so she wanted to use mine! :D She REALLY liked it...jk not really, she commented on how bad it was.

2008-06-23T16:31:00.003-04:00

Here are a few pics that we had from a storm a week and a half ago... Manistee got 10 inches of ran in a day.

The tops are gone from this pine tree as you can see

The previous 3 pictures are of the same tree. In the pic directly above you can see the tip of the roof of the house that it fell on!

Mary Beth was with me when we went through town to see the damage...the streets were/are (they haven't gotten them cleaned up yet) lined with tree branches.

This is directly across the street from our house.

Sorry it's been awhile since I posted... I'll try to do better. :)

Trip to PA....

2008-06-04T14:17:00.006-04:00

Our trip to PA for the family reunion on my families side went well...even though we blew the engine in our car 3 hrs into the trip! :( Our pastor and his family were about 2 hrs behind us (headed to Ohio) so they graciously picked us up and took us to a motel. Since the next day was Memorial Day the mechanic couldn't look at it. (it had just overheated so we thought that it was something that would be simple to fix) On Tuesday the mechanic called and said that the timing chain had slipped so we could either have the whole engine rebuilt or get a new one :-/. Sunday Pastor had preached on being joyful no matter what happened. So, I guess the Lord was testing us to see how we would respond! Anyway, Dad and Mom left on Tuesday for PA instead of Wed. so they picked us up and we went with them. My cousin, Susanna, graciously offered us the use of her car so that we could still go see Molly (my sister-in-law). On the way back we rented a car transport and my families good old van pulled our car to my Dad's. Hopefully it will be fixed on Thursday. :D

At the park near Molly and Jeremy's

Mother and son

Derek...isn't he cute?

Uncle and Nephew

Guess Who?

Still a kid at heart! :D (I think he was a little big for it!)

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Family Reunion

Colby and Jo arm wrestling....

Colby and Caleb, look at their knuckles!

Colby won though Caleb was sore 'cause this was the day of his accident and his elbow was skinned up terribly... So, if he was up to par he might have won...

On the way home. Everyone looks so excited!

Someone is trying to hide from the camera.... :D

Finally!

2008-04-29T14:16:00.002-04:00

Yesterday we were finally able to get my drivers license changed! We tried in Manistee awhile ago and they wouldn't let us change it...then Hannah and Tony went to Cadillac and they changed hers without a problem! So, (taking Hannah along just in case:) we went and they did it without any questions. Thank you Lord. :D Now, I'll be a Roberson on my drivers license! :)

The Photographer

2008-04-07T13:24:00.004-04:00

The EXCELLENT photographer who refuses to let anyone take her picture!

Sorry this is such a bad pic....I had to take it really fast when she wasn't watching! I'm glad I got one though. Bethany, you can add this to your painfully small collection of pics of her! :D

Who likes these????

2008-03-22T17:47:00.004-04:00

Personally, I despise these awful things...but Marty likes them! Who likes/dislikes PEEPS????

Levi's Birthday Party

2008-03-21T21:47:00.002-04:00

Mary Beth made the cake...complete with a license plate!

Sorry the pictures are so bad but my camera was REALLY acting up!

WoW...It's Hard to Believe...

2008-03-15T12:26:00.005-04:00

...it's been a year since my family took our trip down through TN to FL. Here are a few of my favorite pics from then! :D

JoAnna, Jubilee and Mom at Andersonville

Titus trading candy for hard tack...
(he decided he didn't like the hard tack! :)

Timothy and Titus

This is the way to keep the boys out of trouble!

Stone Mountain

Sunset off of the mountain

Ruby Falls

Fun at the Courters (you can see their blog here)

Football

Watching a movie from their vantage point

Kennedy Space Center

Hannah and myself

Grandpa Frank and Lydia

Tony and Hannah's Quilt

2008-03-04T16:14:00.003-05:00

Here is the quilt that the church family made for Tony and Hannah. Each family makes a quilt square (some of the single girls do too) and then someone from the church puts it together.
It was presented to them on Thursday night.

Time At My In-Laws

2008-02-13T13:16:00.008-05:00

Yesterday, I spent the day at my in-laws to spend some time with them and help with my nephews....(when I got married I inherited 3 nephews and 3 nieces so, now I'm an aunt!)

Mary Beth and I decided to paint rocks with Levi...

We had a good time creating our masterpieces! :)

Now, you have to guess whose is whose! :) (hint: Levi did two of those pictured below)

Seth watched and enjoyed being held! :)

For Those Of You Who Haven't Seen...

2008-01-23T21:20:00.001-05:00

Here's the "living room" as I was standing up against the kitchen cabinets...

...and here's the kitchen from up against the couch! :-)

It's very nice and cozy and is a little bigger than it looks! :-)

2008-01-21T16:52:00.001-05:00

Marty and Caleb were working on Tony's place.
Here is Marty on stilts preparing to go up the stairs...he was NOT impressed that I snapped a picture of him! :-)

Change

2008-01-02T13:47:00.000-05:00

As I'm sure everyone can see....the blog is having some MAJOR changes done to it including a new name etc...! It will take awhile to get everything down the way we want it. However, it will be done in due time. :-) (do I hear groans?)