Our 1 Year Anniversary!!

I can't believe that it has been a year already! Time flies by so fast. I remember the day like it was yesterday, the weather coperated, the pictures went great, food was awesome and the party was sweet! I couldn't have asked for a better day with a better person! Oh and all of you for being there too...! I am in Love with the love of my life! If it wasn't for all of you to come and celebrate this joyous time with us, I dont know how we could have done it. Thank you all for your support and best wishes! Cheers to Many Many More!!!

Camping in Grand Haven

so this past weekend we went camping at Campers Paradise in Grand Haven, we had lots of fun. We drove the strip Friday night then walked part of the boardwalk. Mike wanted to see where he had to go in the morning for his charter fishing trip. Saturday morning the alarm goes off at 4:45 so mike could get up and get ready to go fishing. He got up and then I was up b\c you can hear everything when your in a camper. He left at 5:20 and I went back to sleep. When Aj and I woke up we just hung out and got dressed around 11:30 mike called to tell us he was heading back to shore so we went and meet them up there and seen the fish they caught. Aj and Mike posed for a picture with the fish Mike caught, he caught the biggest out of the 5 guys(all from his work).
Later in the afternoon mikes friends andy and darren came with our seadoos and their girlfriends and kids. so then we went to the beach and hung out which was very relaxing. Mike needed something to do to entertain himself while andy and darren were on the seadoos so he made a sandcastle.
nice one huh? Then we headed back to our camper to hang out and cook up some food as we turned onto the drive to the campground aj and Kaitlyn spotted out this deer. so we stopped and watched it and we were talking and it didnt move or anything until they started yelling at it.
All in All we had a great time!

Good Bye Chevy Venture...Hello GMC Envoy!!

So here we go as you may all know the transmission in the van went and was not worth getting it fixed, they wanted more then the van was worth. We decided to stay away from the mini-van and look at SUV's. Dont get us wrong we loved our mini-van and we were planning on keeping it forever! We first drove a Trailblazer and it was ok. It drove a little harder then the envoy and didnt look as "pretty". We then drove an Envoy and loved it, but it was out of our price range and had leather which i didn't want. We found a few on Craigslist and drove those too. One was really nice but they had it priced a little higher, it looked exactly like ours now and ours was less $$$ and less miles. So Todd Wenzel in Hudsonville took our information and what we were looking for in a SUV and found one the same week at an auction. We drove it the next week, mike took it to work and looked it over up and down forward and backwards. We loved it!! So they took our van as a trade in and gave us the Envoy out the door at under our asking price! We love it and mike said he would even buy another one if he had too!!

What a Crazy Weekend, Again!

So this was suppossed to be a fun weekend go up north to Leroy and camp and watch mike play softball. It started out great driving along Aj and Bella asleep me and mike just talking to each other and all of a sudden mike goes oh crap and slows down I had no idea what was wrong maybe something in the road and he goes to the shoulder and hits those annoying loud things in the road and wakes everyone up and says I think the feul pump went out. He tried to start it back up no luck pops the hood messes around under there goes under the truck and bangs on the gas tank(and gets a great muffler burn on his inner upper left arm while being oh so careful not to touch it because he knew it was hot) and still no luck. We call friends to see if they were on their way up and they said no they werent going til the morning. so we called mikes mom and stepdad and asked if they wanted to go for a ride. He says I thought you were camping I said well we are suppossed to be but the feul pump went out, and he laughed and laughed(because we are having the worst luck if you didnt know). He said oh ok . After about 2 hours of sitting there they made it hooked their truck and trailer to mikes truck and trailer and cut accross the highway to go to the ludington exit. We got the truck on the trailer with the help of some rednecks and their wench:) and then hooked their truck to our camper and pulled the camper to our camground(we were only 2 exits away), parked the camper then went back for the truck. Hooked the truck on the trailer to their truck and headed home. We got home at 2:40 and up at 6:45 to start working on it. While taking gas tank off other rusted parts broke so it costed more to fix then wanted put by 2:00 or 2:30 it was fixed so we went home showered and headed up north. Mike missed both games on Saturday so we just set up camp. They played 2 games sunday won and lost so they were done and we packed up camp and headed home! Sounds like great fun, huh?

We will miss you Jeremy, Cathy, Austin, Alexus and Mackenzie!!

So last night was the night that jeremy and cathy and family headed on their way to their new home in Dallas Texas. We went to visit them last night and say goodbye to them. I began to cry saying goodbye and giving them all hugs! I told Mackenzie I loved her and she leaned in and gave me a kiss and a hug without me asking. I set her down and said goodbye, she followed me and cried which made it all harder for me. I love them all so much i didnt want to let any of them go. We didnt get to personaly say goodbye to jeremy because he was picking up their truck. We want him to know that we wish the best of luck with his work in Texas and will miss him. Even thinking of it brings tears to my eyes. I told mike today that maybe when we have another long weekend off we might have to go and visit. We Love you and Miss you!!!!

Damn Vehicles!!!

So yesterday we were on our way to Mike's moms house for a great day filled with lots of fun! Then the van started to act up on the way over there and we knew it was the transmission again. When we first bought the van 3 1/2 years ago we had some transmission work done to it at mikes work. A few months back it acted up to but then it just went away so we went on our way too! So we hung out at Mike's moms for a few hours then he took the van for a drive and said now its fine. So we headed home around 10:30 last night going good then all of a sudden it acted up again. So now we knew it had to be fixed. Mike drove it took work this morning and it drove fine but the check engine light was still on so as soon as he got to work his mechanic hooked it up to the scanner and sure enough transmisson. So mike called me at his morning break to let me know and i said it had to be fixed he gave me and estimate and I said good thing we didnt go buy tires like we were going to. Then I talked to mike on his lunch break and he said well the mechanic said now its going to cost a few hundred more then what they said the first time, Crap!! With the Holiday coming up who knows when it will be done. So mike will have a loner car tonight hopefully then we are renting one Wednesday to Friday or Saturday. We were suppossed to take the van to Detroit and we dont want to take the truck, way to much gas, so we will have a nice car to bring, the only bad thing is there are no Convertables left :( So that is how my lovely week has begun, hopefully it cant get any worse.

It's the Weekend

So the week is over and I cannot believe that June is almost done! Tonight we may be going over to the Hudsonville Fairgrounds for the offroad derby! Tomorrow is a Big Day, we are having a good bye or good luck or whatever you want to call it party for Jeremy and Cathy and their family. They are leaving on July 10 to move to Texas :( Jeremy has taken a Job transfer there and we are sad to se them leave. Good Luck and God Bless your Family!!