frankenmuth

Every year for Jim's birthday we would head up to a cute little Bavarian German town called Frankenmuth. they are known for their famous family style chicken dinner w/ all the fixins. They are also famous for having the largest Christmas store..... I believe it's the size of a 9 football field.

It's fun to go up there in November to see all the Christmas decorations and get a early start on Christmas shopping.

Happy Birthday Lovey!!

today is my husband's birthday and I wanted to wish him a very happy birthday .

ALL ABOUT LOVEY SURVEY:

1. He’s sitting in front of the TV; what is on the screen? news, how i met your mother, or any detroit sports

2. You’re out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? always ranch

3. What’s one food he doesn’t like? mustard...he hates it

4. You go out to the resturant. What does he order? he's not very picky....whatever he's in the mood for

5. Where did he go to high school? East Detroit High

6. What size shoe does he wear? 12

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? if we were rich, i would say Boats, but mostly he collects fishing equipments

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? chicken sharawma ??

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? ribeye steak

10. What would he never wear?wife beaters and thongs...lol

11. What is his favorite sports team?The Detroit Tigers or Red wings

12. Who is his best friend?He should say me, but he’d probably say his brothers

13. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do? be more polite when it comes to bodily functions....lol and playing on the computer

14. How many states has he lived in? one and only...Michigan

15. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?carrot cake

16. Did he play sports in high school?no, he couldn't due to his car accident

17. What could he spend hours doing?fishing, fishing, fishing and talk about fishing....also lately playing pool.

I miss the 80's

We're going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo...how about you, you, you.......

Last Thursday, we had a beautiful warm sunny November day so my mother -in-law and I wanted to take advantage of the situation and went to the Zoo.

The best thing my far was the polar bear exhibit........the polar bears were entertaining the audience the whole time. It was amazing and we had a great time. I guess you are never too old to enjoy the zoo :)

Spending time w/ the AZ Dosdalls

Sorry it took me so long to post this, I have been so busy since I have been back from Arizona. I had so much fun visiting w/ John and Jayme and the boys....and it was really nice to hang out w/ Jaymes's family.

dylan ( din-din) is always happy long as there are food in front of him

jacob is the sweetest boy

another turkey leg picture....running joke at work

John's family in front of the ferris wheel

I don't know who had more fun...jayme or jacob

this is the only 2 home store that costco own, ones in Mesa and the other one in Seattle

On Sunday, Jayme mom planned a huge halloween party for her family. we BBQ, carved pumpkins, and played many games w/ lots of fun prizes.

jeff and beth

Jacob and his cousins

John the master cook.. or he think he is...lol

dirt cake

the mummy game

Happy Anniversary!!

Wow, I can't believe we have been in America for 25 years....where has the time gone? We have gotten older, hopefully little wiser, and bigger...lol. I still can't believe that we didn't even speak a lick of English...how did we do it?? thank GOD for the greatest family in the world.... I LOVE YOU ALL!!! and I would not be the person I am without you.

also Happy Anniversary Cynthia and BK!!!

Stanley Cup and Scarecrows

Yesterday was another eventful day.... we started out meeting John and Jen at her church to take picture w/ the Stanley Cup ( very big deal in Hockey Town aka Detroit). We had a wonderful brunch w/ them and then headed to Trenton for annual Scarecrow Festival.

We met up all the Smith Family (Sonya's kids were all dressed in skeleton outfits) and watched the dog's costume contest, dog parade, walked around to the craft vendors, and watched the kids go on the carnival rides.

The Smith family

Lucas eating a spooky jello concoction

After the festival, Jim and I headed to Grosse Ile to visit w/ one of our favorite people, the Llewellyns, they are always so sweet and gracious. It was so much fun to visit and they were gracious enough to feed us a lovely ham dinner. While we were on our way home something made me stop at one of my old stomping grounds "the Sportway" .....oh my gosh, did I have fun...first Jim and I took the batting cage, then we went several laps around the go-kart and then we finish by doing a 18 rounds of miniature golf, which I won in everything...lol, but who's counting. It was one the best day ever!