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Fall 2009

2009.11.09
Amanda, Andrew and Angie at surprise 50th birthday party for Donna's brother-in-law, Mike.

North Country Marathon near Manistee, MI - with Janet Leone, Deb
Magilke and Diane Legate - all Yellowstone Rim Runners (present or former!). Deb and Donna ran the trail marathon and Diane the 50 miler.

Start of the fall color changes at one of our ravines in the woods.

Gilmores, Karen and Don Richmond visited in October and ran the Concord half mar. (Donna, Grace, Karen) and full mar. (Don).

Donna after helping Bill power sand our porch rails!

Bought an ATV. Laura visited in September and John took her for a ride on it.

One of Winky's favorite places to nap!

Jim and Diane Bramham visited in September.

Deb Magilke from Billings visited in Sept. and ran North Country marathon with Donna. Bill, Donna's brother-in-law, refinished the whole exterior of our house.

Bill hard at work refinishing our logs!

After the refinishing - just like brand new!

House after the refinishing. John and I hauled rocks and put them up on basement (cement) wall to cover cement - one side down, three to go!!

Sunrise from one of our hunting blinds!

Fall color changes! Did lots of leaf mulching on our lawn tractor!

Betty's Amish Country Bakery, a half mile from our house!

Turkey John shot during fall turkey season. Donna did the plucking!
Winky likes playing with turkey feathers!

Lots of hunting on our land - John got a deer and turkey and I got my first deer with a bow! Visits from Laura, Jim & Diane Bramham, Mom, Deb Magilke (Billings friend), and Grace & Tony, Karen Lewis and Don Richmond! Ran a half marathon in Concord with Grace and Karen. Also ran a trail marathon in northern Michigan. Bought an ATV! My brother-in-law, Bill, refinished the whole exterior of our house! Spent a day in Ann Arbor - lunch with a former UM coworker and dinner with some of my family. Saw my niece's UM dorm and met her roomate.
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