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Emmett's a teenager...yikes!!

Emmett turns 13 tomorrow, Sunday.

This is "Crazy Hair Day" at school and a pic

of him ready for the Scout Scuba Campout

Happy Birthday Buddy!!

Dear friends at Art Group.

Debi sets the most beautiful table.

The hotel is coming along.

All the way to the top - four stories.

Windows facing the view.

Labor Day is already here...yikes where did the summer go??

This Nathan, my 16 year old grandson, on his birthday. He has decided to be camera shy for the rest of his life. So check out this photo - it may be the last ever taken!!

Too bad, because he's pretty good lookin' !!

The is Raya and she just turned 5. She is the grand-daughter of Ray and Kathy.

She's also a pretty cute kid and not a bit camera shy.

Debi and Nancy drove all the way down to Ferndale so that we could have lunch together at Rose's Cafe which is full of cute little "shabby chic" stuff. Did you ever have one of these clothes pin holders? I did a little drawing of it in my sketch book.

This is Mike and his darling wife and little girl. Mike is Dennis's right hand man on the job. They live in Oregon. Cary had to go back home so that Abby could start school. They have been here all summer with Mike in their RV.

Here is the latest addition to the new hotel. This grill work goes all across the front of each bay opening in the parking structure under the actual hotel.

Sam Dancing....you go guy!!

At Sarah's camp all the kids performed nightly.

One night, Sam really got "into" the music

and was dancing at the back of the auditorium.

I got lucky and caught him rockin' out!

Back from Colorado and Sarah's Music Camp.

What a great experience to be able to visit Sarah's

"Music Camp". She has been attending for 9 years.

Most of those years, I would stay home with

Sam and Emma while Lecia would attend camp with Sarah.

But this year Sarah was in "teen" camp.

Lecia wasn't allowed to be at the camp with her.

So we all went together to Grand Rapids, MI. Sarah

got to go to canp by herself and the rest of us stayed

in Grand Haven, MI, about 1/2 an hour away.

These are the beautiful grounds and cabins of the camp.

These kids remember every detail about each other.

They are like wonderful old friends greeting and

hugging as they reunite.

There are fabulous counselors. Three counselors for

every five "Williams" kids.

This is Lecia with two of the other mothers.

Here is Sam and Emma helping to get Sarah's

cabin space and bed ready for the week.

Every day a couple of the couselors get to celebrate

by letting one of the kids "pie" them. Way fun!

Sarah loved her cabin and by the second night

didn't even want Lecia to stay and visit.

She felt very happy and safe at the camp.

Lecia, Sam, Emma and I stayed in the little

resort town of Grand Haven, which is located

on the shore of Lake Michigan.

Each morning, while Sam and Emma slept in,

Lecia and I walked down to the main street

and had a fresh slice of bread and then did

drawings of the quaint store fronts.

You can see me out on the street taking the

photo in the glass reflection.

Here is Lake Michigan....looks just like the Pacific

Ocean to me...the waves were amazing!!

Here's Lecia drawing again. We had such a great time!!

One day we rented bikes and road all around the town

and out on the pier.

This was an amazing experience for me, being able to allow

Sarah to attend her camp and sharing this time

with Lecia and the kids.

It's all about the music!!

So Den and I joined an exercise place. Since I

slipped a disc back in Feb. the great

doc I went to, insisted that exercise is the

only thing that's going to keep me out of

a wheel chair.

Being the supportive husband that he is,

Den offered to join and go with me!

Like HA!! He's gone once. And the only thing

that makes it fun for me is to use an MP3 player

and listen to music while I'm working-out on the

machines. Den said, maybe if I had an MP3 player

I would start going...Like HA! again.

Here he is, using his new MP3 player while

sitting in his chair watching TV. YIKES!!

He thinks he is multi-tasking by listening to his

player and singing, at the same time he is watching

the television!!