Our weekend travels.

I forgot to put this picture in at the beginning so this one is out of order. On our way home we stopped in Ann Arbor and had breakfast with Brittany. She so nicely got up early and met us at a local dinner. It was fun to see her. One of the good things about all this traveling downstate is that we have been able to stop and see family along the I-75 downstate route. We didn't stop and see Leo this time because he is working nights and was sleeping when we drove past Clare.We left here on Thursday evening and drove to Toledo. We were pretty tired but it was an easy drive. We got up early on Friday and drove the rest of the way to N. Carolina. We arrived about 7:00 that evening. The next morning the weather was warm and nice. It was a good day to do outside activities. The boys went swimming. Bud got a sliver in his foot so David is doing a little surgery as Joseph watches on.

This is Joseph . He is the youngest and 9 years old. He is an outdoor guy. We found out that they have adopted 2 dogs that showed up in their neighborhood. They are named Lewis and Clarke.

Bud and Joseph had a good time swimming in the lake/reservoir right down at the bottom of their hill.

Here we have Joseph, Paul and Bud after their swimming adventure. It was pretty warm, in the 80s, so they had good weather for swimming.

Paul and Bud are playing checkers here. Paul is 4 years older than Joseph.

Here we have David and Joseph just relaxing around the house.

Joseph decided to be the photographer too.

This is Olivia. She is 17. She was home from school for the weekend. It was good to see everyone.

Sunday the weather was a bit cooler. The boys went on a hike up by the dam. I didn't take along my hiking shoes so I stayed behind and did some reading and chatted with Olivia.

That evening we took Olivia back to school. Here she is outside the school with a friend. It was a nice campus about an hour from their home. She is doing very well at this school this year.

I did take some pictures around the house. This is a view of the lake from the dock. It is a dammed up lake, full of little inlets. Saturday David, Bud and I went out for a kayak ride round the little area around their house. It was a nice time on the water.

These pictures were take of the back of their house from the water side. They have a nice big deck on the back.