Weekend with Friends.

Molly and I went to the annual Stagg Party this weekend. It's not really a party, but more of a time of devotion and reflection and relationship building. This years theme was hope. We all gave a devotional on the subject and had some very good discussion and learning during our devotional time. We really enjoyed the fellowship. A small piece was missing this year. Matt and Sue Bendelow couldn't make it as Matt's father passed away and they had to prepare for the funeral. We were sad about this and spent a long time in prayer for them and the family when we arrived on Friday.
Here are a few photos of the weekend.

The men decided to prepare a formal meal for the women. We spent about 3 hours preparing. It was an awesome time to relax and enjoy the company of our friends. The ladies really seemed to appreciate it as much as the guys had in preparing it.

Mark and I made fruit kabobs. It included strawberries, melon, pineapple, and star fruit. They were good. Mark seems like he is in a good mood here as we near the end of the production.

Phil grilled steaks while Dave supervised.

Stagg party host: Phil and Cindy Stagg

Ron and Dawn Jacobs

Dave and Patsy Fekete

Mark and Sharon Denslow

Tim and Molly Fekete

Meal time! Trust me...it was DELICIOUS. Menu: Steak, garlic mashed potatoes, squash, asparagus, soup, fruit kabobs, sparkling juice, delicious pie and homemade chocolate ice cream. It was a very memorable evening.

First Day of School.

Aren't they lovely.

First day of 4th grade.

First day of 1st grade.

Katie and Grace. Buddies.

Labor Day Fun!

We woke up and decided to walk the board walk in Manistee. It was fun. We had a picnic and topped it off with some ice cream after our long walk.

Some foreigners offered to take our photo after we took theirs. I was happy they didn't play a trick.

After leg one Molly sat in the sun while the girls played in the water. One of her favorite things to do.

Ahoy!! I sail now. With the wind and the sky and everything. I sail. I'm a sailer. Ahoy!

Cookies and Lemonade.

The girls had a ball selling cookies, cupcakes and lemonade. They raked in more money than Mia and Papa in the garage sale. They made $50 and it was split between them. They were very excited about that. Abby suddenly wants to buy a laptop so she is saving for that.

As you can see we had lots of stuff. Unfortunately we still do. We may try again in a few weeks when Wedgewood has their community garage sale. That will send hundreds of people right by our house. Tally - Tim/Molly - $225, Jim/Char - $34, Abby/Katie - $50, Mark/Sharon - $47

Macy took about a 3 hour nap after the sale. She was out with us most of the time except when she was inside by herself eating from a bag of torilla chips Katie left out. Macy didn't feel well after that.

The girls got to wear their new dresses to church today. They are very pretty in them.

I decided to take the girls to McBain to play on the playground. It was a fun way to end the summer.

The girls later had time trials down the slide when I got my stopwatch out. They ended up tying the last race at 3.5 seconds flat.

The Tasty Treat in Mcbain was the real reason we drove that far. It beats DQ by far and I even like it better than The Corner Scoop. HUGE cones. Abby has the rootbeer float here. It was funny listening to people walk out saying, "This is a small?" My small cone was 2 1/2 times the size of the one I recently got at DQ and it was 20 cents cheaper. By the way, the rootbeer float seen here...it's a small!

She ate some of this already, but it was the "kiddy" cone. This is just about right. This is what I'm talking about.

I asked the girls to balance this big fan on their hands. They couldn't do it alone, but they could do it together. I am so proud of them!!

Status Update.

Sorry for no postings recently. Since vacation we have been busily preparing the house for sale, preparing for a garage sale, and getting ready for school. We had our 2nd group come through the house yesterday, but we haven't heard anything. That is 2 showings in 2 weeks so hopefully that trend continues. Abby got her new glasses yesterday. They are cute and she likes them. They are blue wire frames. Katie will be in school full time now. Hard to believe. We hope the adjustment goes well for her. Saturday is our garage sale. We have sooo much stuff. The girls have been looking for things to sell, too. They plan to also sell cookies and lemonade. They figure they have enough to sell so that they can buy new bikes. The call is for sunny and 80 so they should do well. Jim and Char will be there selling some of their goods, too. Pregnancy is going well. Molly is almost 30 weeks. Right where we were when Abby came. That is hard to imagine. Little Tiger, as we call him, seems to be enjoying the ride. He is very active. Molly is very anxious to snuggle with him. We pretty much have all the big stuff now. We have been really blessed with people showering us with clothes and such. Well, that is all for now. Have a great weekend everyone.