Well it's been a busy year. Dave retired in January after 40 yrs of working in the same business and same boss and we moved to Upper Michigan!! It was a year of sorting, giving away and packing up what we wanted to keep. Funny how material THINGS mean so little as you grow older..it is the people in our lives that really become precious. I have told my girls they could have anything they want of ours as material things are that precious to us. It is family, friends and faith that really endure in life. If we put our time ,energy, and resources into people...others .....that is what is important in life and the older we get the more that is crystal clear.
We had a crazy and wonderful Winter in the U P... 187 inches of snow and a few very cold temperature weeks . Dave had part time work with splitting wood for our wood stove( day heat) and removing snow with our snowplow truck and giant snowblower. We cross country skied every day we could which were many miles in one winter and great exercise for us. Such pure joy in that!!! It was a record winter here and since Lake Superior froze over in 95% ice cover we had spectacular snowmobiling out on the lake along the shoreline to. Jew the spectacular iced water falls over the rocky cliffs. Amazingly beautiful!!!
It was a longer than most winter for the whole Midwest and a cold late Spring. The woods didn't green up till the middle of May with temps in the 40' s ,50's, and 60's. We worked to clear leftover Fall leaves out of the gardens to help the wildflowers starting to grow. The Trillium in both white and pink filled the woods..so pretty and welcomed!! And best of all gold started. It is right down the street..a beautiful 18 hole public course with amazing tree lined fairways. With the season change now we golf everyday we can!! Ahhh love the four seasons in the Midwest. Here are some pics from this past winter and now Spring. Happy spring to all and being that it is June now well summer is just round the corner..that is if the Mosquitos don't carry it away..hehe. We will be splitting our time between Michigan and Wisconsin as we wait to sell our house in Illinois. It is a journey and we must be patient with change in life and thankful for the many blessing we have. Thank you Jesus for helping us with all these changes in our lives.
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