Soccer and cakes

Devyn had a soccer tournament in Kalamazoo and the Rush team won all three games coming in first place.....so D got a Champs cake!

When the subject of cakes came up the decision was made to make the red cake.  Devyn and Dan went to work under strict supervision.

        The best time making a cake is sampling it when it's finished.

Man can not live by cake alone......pulled pork anyone?  I have to say it was EXCELLENT!

Flowery Branch & Onsted & in between

         Here's Devyn with Xena and Gabby at Jody & Renato's.

Randy & Lisa made the bike trip to Flowery Branch and hopped in Lake Lanier with the kids.

                     Does Dustin & Brianna look pooped out?

Several years ago we stopped here in Kentucky when Devyn was young and she was quite impressed.  When she and Judy were planning the trip D said they had to stop with Brianna and Dustin to they could have the same experience.

Devyn enjoyed her return visit as much as Brianna & Dustin did!

                           I had to sneak a picture of Moe in.

The kids had to have a ride on Randy's tractor when they saw me cutting grass.

Judy was very busy all the time making sure the kids were busy and having fun.  When Devyn was here it was much easier as they would share the activities.  Judy introduced Brianna & Dustin to mud.  It amazed me how much and haw long they played with mud and each other.  Witches brew was being taught too.

                                          Road trip time!

Love and mulberries

Busy busy busy.  Judy and Devyn flew to Atlanta to spend a week at Jody's and Renato's  when they left for Brasil to gain better custody of Renato's daughter, visit family and have a vacation.  After a week in Flowery Branch they drove back to MI with Dustin and Brianna to let the kids visit up here.
Randy and Lisa rode his Harley to Flowery Branch so I had a week to myself.  Ain't life sweet?

When they all returned Devyn spent time with Dan, her boyfriend and continued to help Judy care for Dustin and Brianna.  Once in awhile they all rested, most of the time it was action action action.

The kids are spending lots of time in the pool and they enjoy riding around in the gator.  especially stopping at the mulberry trees for a snack.

When I download Judy's cell pictures I add another post with her adventures.

First bike trip and Dave & Donna visit

Like father like son.  Except Randy is taking his girl friend Lisa along for the trip.  They are leaving for Flowery Branch, GA to see Judy, Devyn, Brianna and Dustin.  Judy & Devyn flew down to baby sit Brianna & Dustin while Jody and Renato are in Brazil for two weeks.  A week from now Judy and Devyn will drive to Onsted with the kids fpr a week then return to Flowery Branch and fly home when Jody & Renato return.

While I was batching it Dave & Donna Driver stopped for four nights to visit on their way north.

Here's Donna at the strawberry stand, the first time we've seen local berries.  This will sure bring Judy back to Michigan!

We were talking about Ben's pretzels in Indiana so Saturday we went to Luv's Bakery in Tecumseh for some more GOOD pretzels!  Here's Dave getting into one.

We also stopped to see Don & Zola........

On Saturday it was 90 degrees and I had to make my first entry into the pool to cool down.

HELLO JASON!

Back in the pasture with Randy & Devyn

Well, how many times have you seen this picture?  It's not the picture it's spending time with Randy and Devyn.  We're back for most of the summer.  It's cold and damp, we are breaking out the heaters!  That's frost on the truck.

We return early to see a few of Devyn's soccer games.  She and another girl play on the Rush's boy's traveling team in Jackson.

                                     They lost this game.

We attended the high school's first guitar concert......It's one of the classes our straight A student is taking.

Check out her serious concentration...........

We also attended the high school honor society awards.......

                     She was recognized in math and science.

Here's Dan, her boyfriend for a year now......just like Judy and I meeting in high school.

Judy and I spent some time while Randy was out of town working opening up the pool.  It's hot outside now!

Dan brought his bike over and was teaching Devyn to ride, I don't think she liked it but she gave it a shot.  

MOR/ryde

We stopped at MOR/ryde this afternoon to have our annual suspension system check and servicing.  All is well and we were on our way in less than an hour.  We were going to spend the night in their free lot with 50a power but they had several new fifth wheels there and the place was very busy.  We have stayed there a few times before and it's noisy, lots of trains.  We decided to spend the night in Bremen at Pla-Mor campground a few miles away.

We parked in the only site that had gravel, it's going to rain tonight and I don't want to be in wet grass.  It's only 50 degrees now and damp,ugh.  

And guess who we bumped into a few sites away......John & Glenda who were in town having some work done on both their new Elite Suite and F450.  Interesting how you bump into RV friends anywhere.

Headed to Onsted via Elkhart.

First stop was 308 miles on the back roads to Bowling Green, MO and the Cozy C Campground above.  The rain started as we finished hooking up, great timing.  We had leftover macaroni, cheese and ham for dinner.
Second night was 263 miles to Crawfordsville, IN and Sugar Creek campground below.  Soup supper because it's cold and damp.