Annual Pierogi Parade

For the past few years we go to the Pierogi Fest with our Polish Friends, they have intoduced us to food that we never had before. We have to go around 3:00 pm to get good seats for the parade in the evening. We all take our chairs, rope our chairs together with caution tape.. then venture out to all the polish food booths. My favorite is the noodles and fried cabbage, but my friends go for the different kinds of pierogi's... Then at 7:00pm the parade starts... it's polish people making fun of themselves... the funniest parade ever... then afterwards it's a big party in the street ... people polka in the street and continue to eat....we came home early because I have to work in the morning.. So much FUN!!!!!!!!!

this is how our week-ends are usually spent

We usually work in the yard over the week-end, but this past week-end we went to Michigan to my family reunion. So this was catch up night before the garbage pick-up in the morning. Kevin desided he would help papa. Between the two of them they got our lawn and the neighbors done in about three hours... it pays to use the buddie
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HAPPY 34TH WEDDING ANNIVERISARY

Today is our 34th Wedding Anniverisary, it seems just like yesterday we got married...I want to know where all the time has gone. We were just kids when we married.. at times things have been HARD, but we work through them... we are so different, but i think that what does it for us. I love him more today that I could even think about back THEN... Thanks J for the three great kids, and all the love you've shown me through the years..

Happy 4th of July

WE started our Holiday week-end on Thursday Night working at the Highland Fest as we have for the past 8 or 9 years with our friends, from 6pm to 12pm, always fun and we get to see friends and neighbors we normally don't see that often. On friday we went over to our friends house for a backyard cook-out at 12 noon, as 3:30 came around we started to gather up our camping chairs and cooler to go set up our favorite spot in the downtown Highland for the evening parade. You have to go early to save a spot or you will not get close. The parade started at 6:00 pm. While we were waiting the kids had corn on the cob, pizza, snowcones etc.... we have about 40 friends and family that join us as we watch the parade (we have to save a big spot)... LOTS OF FUN... after the parade as we were going to our car I received a phone call from my brother Tim and he said he was in town waiting for a text message for his next pick-up with his semi and was wondering if we could pick him up. The girls and kids went to the Highland Fest, we picked him up and then headed home.. He stayed for two nights...
On the 4th it was a rainy day so we just hung out at the house, Made a big breakfast, watched some movies, then had dinner... Zesa and K went over to P&T's family and had a cook out in the afternoon. After they got home we went outside and watched the fireworks from our drive way...no matter which way you were sitting we could see the fireworks from neighboring towns... it was so cool.. did'nt need to get in that traffic. Then Zesa, K, J, Tim, and I set off the fireworks that Zesa had bought and had our own little show... Tim got a call early this morning and needed to get back to his truck for three more hauls so J took him back early... we had a fun time with him... a great 2 days of fun... and a great time to think about our FREEDOM