Our Week in Photos

 What a week!!  It was a great weekend with my brothers followed by a crazy busy week! 

I'll actually start with last Friday since I didn't get to post some photos last week. 

Two of my brothers, Kel and Ken, arrived at my mom's at about 8:00 on Friday evening.  We headed into town to get some dinner and wait for my brother, Jeff, to fly in from Texas.  Jeff's plane was late but we made the best of it :-) 

We enjoyed a great dinner at a BBQ place and laughed a lot.  It's been a long time since we've been together like this! 

Finally we were all back together at my mom's!  My brothers are pretty great and this is just the beginning. 

Of course we had some fun with signs for my brother Jeff.  (They say "We are here for Jeff.  Welcome Home from Rehab) LOL  Oh my goodness the fabulous and hilarious comments we received from people getting off the plane made them 100% worth it.  Jeff tried to avoid us but we didn't let him :-) 

On Saturday we started our day at Sozo's for coffee and pastries.  It was nice to take Jeff there since Kel and Ken have both visited before and we talk about it sometimes on Zoom.  Now we all know what we are talking about! 

After we finished our coffee we went on a "Tour" of town and stopped at Meijer to do some shopping.  

After our tour we went out to lunch at Olivera's for pizza.  This was such a great moment of the weekend to be together at a restaurant with just my mom and brothers.  This has not happened in . .. well, I'm not sure when the last time was that it was just us.  

After lunch, we headed back to my mom's where some people (everyone but me!) ended up taking naps.  Once the old people finished their naps (HA!) we played Five Crowns and enjoyed snacks.  It was a really fun evening! 

Now, while I was enjoying time with family, Joshua and Nate headed off to a friends 16th Birthday Party and they had an absolute blast!  

Sunday was another great day.  It was such a treat to have my brothers attend our church and be able to see where we attend and hear our pastor. 

It also allowed for us to get some updated photos :-) 

We ended the weekend with some incredible steaks (cooked by Ken) and a Lions game.  Yes, we all have matching T-shirts thanks to Ken :-)  And we even enjoyed seeing the Lions almost win.  Then, it was time to take Jeff to the airport.  It's always hard to see a fun weekend end.  Kel, Ken, my mom and I headed back to her house to watch some more football and we played one last game of Five Crowns before I said good bye and headed home.  Kel and Ken headed out early Monday morning for home.  

Monday was a catch-up day for us.  Groceries, cleaning up, some school, taking care of some things for Darryl's dad, and then I had choir practice.  Whew!!  

Tuesday we managed to have a good day of school and Josh had drum lessons.  Darryl ended up not getting home until after 8:00 because he had to help his dad with some things.  

Wednesday was a little crazy.  We did school; went to piano lessons; and Joshua and Nate had youth group.  Darryl worked later then normal again so we "met in the middle" after 6:00 to switch cars for the evening.  

Thursday we managed to get more school done before Joshua and Nate headed out on a youth activity working at a Community Dinner.  The youth group is focusing on service projects this year which I think is such a great opportunity! 

Nate and his friend Ty were greeters.  

Josh and Garrett helped serve the food.  I think they all had fun! 

Finally, it's Friday!  We had our open house for our Co-Op.  

So, yes, it was a crazy busy week.  More busy then I really like but I also know that about mid-October this will slow down and we will slip in to "winter mode" where we stay home more and do much fewer things!  We will enjoy the busyness of September while the weather is fabulous!