Summer time.....Michigan

In June, the Roossinck side of our family was all together in Michigan, the last time we were together had been 2 years before that!  This was extremely exciting for another reason.... EMILY, we had not seen our niece since she was 2 months old.  (Beware:  most of the pictures are of her!)

Eating.....

 PLaying....I thought this was sooo funny of her little long legs!

 chewing.....

Not sure if that is happy clap or what is going on...

 Here is the whole group of us.....I'm sure Rob had good reason for the funny face, so this is Mom, Dad, the Grands, Maria, Bryan, Meredith, and Emily!

 This was Emily face when I called her name as she sat at the restaurant in her car seat...

 Below....Great Gram is making Emily laugh!  (This reminds me of all the funny things we adults do to make a little child same or laugh.....if only we knew what they were saying.)

Another old friend from Michigan and her son Lemuel, meet Emily.

 Mom and daughter!

 After we had some family pictures done we ladies went to have a little pampered time....can you guess whose toes are whose?

2 of my favorites:  Meijer and interesting clouds

eating time....

Playing time....

Another of my MI favorites:  Lake Michigan!

As kids we would always get set for this part of the trip, the first person to see Lake Mich as we came around the corner.  Aaaaaaaa

It is again amazing how much more lovely different things are once we do not have them everyday.

 Sun glasses on the girl?

 well?

 yea, chew!

I think I would like to eat them!

Emily's first touch of Lake Michigan!

Supper time at the beach

Family picture

yup, it's us!

I heart

My, my the lovely tongue....

our suppertime at the beach!

Saying goodbye to her....

Later that evening we had a chance to go to mini-golf with our dear cousin Heather..

Too bad I have no pictures of her

Wait (hold the phone, as she would say!), that's her foot!

What a lovely trip it was back to Michigan.  

So many friends we missed in our short stay but what a love time we had.

Precious memories, how they linger,

How they ever flood my soul.

It it truly a blessing to have family members you love and cherish.  It is a beautiful gift to not want to say good bye.....

Spring update!

Last night when I came home from school Rob had a Luna Moth to show me.....

 This morning I went out to check on the moth and see if it was still there....and what do you know??? There were 2!

 Their colors are very intricate. 

This week our rhodoendron's blooms popped!

Unfortunately the bluebird eggs were eaten, so I have no pictures of them.....I should have took a picture when I could.  Anyway, we shall try again!

Just a little spring update from our house!

Our Chesnutt's!!!

 Uncle Rob & Aunt Carrie with the Birthday girl, Caroline!!

Just the 4 of us!

Caroline, below, with her sticky eyes! (they really do roll down the window!)

It is SPRING!!

Just a few pictures of early spring here.

 Here is a Red-bellied Woodpecker

Below is a Purple flinch(sitting on the top of the metal), they don't summer here in Virginia but past through in the spring, along with a little chick-a-dee.

Spring Break!

Yup....no joke.  Spring Break started out with 6 inches of snow.... and here I thought I was in VA!

Here is Rob with his new shovel, the MANPLOW!

Over Easter weekend we were going to be in Ohio for some friends wedding....we decided to make a little get away out of it.  

First stop Luray Caverns in Luray, VA  

Above is a reflection.  The bottom of the picture is water which is reflecting the top.  VERY COOL!

Rob at "Pluto's ghost"

The "Bridal Veil"

me

The next stop was The Greenbrier in White Sulfur Springs, WV

Here is our first view.

WOW!

I, personally, had no idea of the history that stands with the Greenbrier.  Guest have been coming to White Sulfur Springs since 1778 for a sulfur water spa treatment.  The Greenbrier would have also been home to Congress if we had gone to nuclear war back in the Cold War days.  Underneath the West Virginia room is a bunker, this bunker was ready for Congress at a moments notice.  Information of this "bunker" was made public in 1992 in the Washington Post, by 1995 tours started to the public.  (Of course we could not take pictures!)   

For more information...click..

http://www.greenbrier.com/Activities/The-Bunker/Bunker-History.aspx

Well, back the Resort building....the decorations are extravagant to stay the least.  I particularly enjoyed the lighting..

 Of course the food....here is just some (I tried not to be embarrassing!)

 And around...

 one of the ladies rooms

 The main dinning room.

 Watching the Greenbrier Waltz on night at 10pm

 Ballroom

Our time at the Greenbrier was a very relaxing time....we visited the Spa and spent time in the pool.  We wandered around and even enjoyed a movie in the theatre there....given more time and warmer weather we would love to go back and hike some of the hills around.

From the Greenbrier we went to Columbus, Ohio for a wedding....in which I took no pictures.  But it was a lovely time to see friends from long ago and family.  

We had a most delicious dinner one night celebrating Dad and Mom's Anniversary and OF COURSE the pool time! Sunday we were on the road back for school to begin again on Monday.