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Dale and I recently spent the weekend with our daughter Jordan and her husband at their new home in New Braunfels. We were joined by our son and his family as well. It was a great opportunity to celebrate Jordan’s birthday and just hang out. Once we all arrived on...
Next week starts my sixth week with baby. Overall, I would say it’s hasn’t been too difficult. She is such a good-natured baby, always ready to smile and laugh. Here are some general observations. When she first started staying with me she could barely lift her head while lying on...
Life moves fast, but baby moves faster. Already, after three months of major advancements at her home office, she is making waves at headquarters. Some may attribute her success to her devoted assistant (Nona), or her seasoned career coach (Big Daddy), but everyone knows she takes care of business on...
This was our second trip to the observatory. The first was the storytelling night, and the second was the opportunity to actually look through some telescopes! We arrived at the Veen Observatory near Lowell, Michigan around 9:15pm after resting up from our day in Grand Haven. There were quite a...
We pulled into our driveway at noon this past Sunday after traveling a total of 6,000 miles in two months! It was good to be home. We pulled out of our Michigan Airbnb one week ago today, heading to the Ark Encounter in Kentucky. We arrived close to 3pm, but...
Yes, the shoreline of a lake can be called a beach. Dale and I actually had this discussion on the way home from Holland State Park on Lake Michigan last Sunday. The defining characteristic of a beach is the “accumulation of loose particles like sand or pebbles at the edge...
I was truly impressed with the love Grand Haven has for the Coast Guard. What started as a picnic in 1924, has grown into a ten-day festival that draws more than 350,000 people, including the nation’s highest-ranking United States Coast Guard dignitaries from Washington, DC. The town is literally known...
Every home in the Heritage Hill District of Grand Rapids has a history and the Meyer May home, which is just a couple of blocks from where we are staying, has a very interesting one. We came across it as we were taking a walk one morning. I told Dale...
I guess staying in a 155-year-old home in a historic neighborhood wasn’t enough, so we traveled about a half hour east to a spot in the woods where the whole village is historic! Fallasburg Festival was our main event for our first Saturday in Grand Rapids. Fallasburg is a historic...
If that headline makes you say, “what in the heck?”, I would like to say that my description of our experience may still leave you with questions. I know I still have some. During my area research I came across the Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association and the James Veen...
