Summer Fun

The summer of 2014 has been a busy one for the Baker's.  What we have been doing I'm not sure.  I know we have spent time with both of our families, time at the lake, taking in our nephews' baseball games, time in Chicago and had a wonderful Rosebud Quince Reunion the first part of August that saw 41 people at our house.  We have also been spending time working on the new Baker Bungalow.  I'm not sure where the summer has gone as now kids are back to school for another year and the lake has turned quiet.  But I do know it was a fun 2014 Summer.  Here are some pictures from the summer.  If you want to see pictures of the new Baker Bungalow there is another post for that and more to come.  I hope you all had a great summer!!!

We've got WOOD!!!!!

The builders have been busy the past week or two! First floor almost complete. Only a few issues popped up, but were quickly resolved. Enjoy the photos.

The Baker's Get A New Bungalow - Part 1

Construction has finally begun! We spent the winter designing our new bungalow, and now the building phase has started! Take a look!

Winter, Spring and Early Summer

It was another busy winter, spring and early summer filled with all sorts of fun stuff.  We attended band concerts for Andrew and choir concerts for Sydney.  Soccer games and swim meets for Sydney.  Baseball games for Adam and Andrew.  T-Ball games for Jack.  Sydney turned 13 and is now a full on teenager.  Sam turned 2 and got his very own John Deere tractor.  Sam came and spent the day with us and got some one on one time with Autie E and Uncle K.  We also spent some time on the lake enjoying the nice weather we have been having this summer.  Yes it was a busy winter, spring and early summer but it has been filled with fun things.  We would not want it any other way.  Enjoy the pictures!!!

Fun Filled Fall and Holidays

The fall of 2013 turned out to be a busy one filled with all sorts of fun activities.  We spent a lot of time with the Rozema kids between watching them so their parents could have some adult time, Jack's 4th birthday, Halloween and Sydney's soccer games we got some quality time in with them.  Gene turned 70 so we HAD to have a birthday get together for him which included friends and family.  Some of which he has been friends with since he was in high school and college.  Erika was inducted into the Sturgis High School Athletic Hall of Fame which was a great honor for her and our family.  We are very proud of her!!!  We were able to attend one of Andrews cross country meets which he did very well in and I think he enjoyed cross country this year.  I can see more cross country meets in our future.  Erin took a trip to Rochester, NY to get together with her dear friend Monica Taylor who she met 20 years ago while attending RIT.  Neither one of them had been back on campus for 12 years.  They enjoyed being back on campus.  They took in a volleyball match, caught up with one of their roommates from their college days and spent some time with their old volleyball coach.   We also went to visit Monica's brother who has a poultry farm.  Mostly we relived a lot of great memories!!! It was a wonderful trip!

From the fall we rolled right into the holidays which were filled with fun times as well.  We spent Thanksgiving with the Baker family at Scott and Michelle's house which was very nice.  We attended a few Christmas/holiday parties at friends houses.  Took in Sydney's Christmas choir concert, which was very good.  We did our annual Christmas tree hunt with the Melchi and Bird families and the Melchi family got together to bake Christmas cookies both events were fun.  On Christmas Day we spent time with both the Melchi and Baker families.  It was a very festive holiday season this year.  Now we are well into 2014 and so far it has been a cold one but good!

Here are some pictures from our fun filled fall and holiday season!  I hope you enjoy them and everyone is staying warm during this cold winter we are all having!

New York

Over the Labor Day weekend Kirby and I went to New York City.  This the fourth time we have made this trip over the Labor Day weekend.  Our main reason for going is to attend the US Open Tennis Tournament but we also try to do some sightseeing and we always take in some good food while we are there.  We started our trip with a GREAT meal at Wolfgang's Steakhouse.  Which is a steak house that was right across from our hotel.  Kirby had a nice steak and I had a lovely lobster.  We ate too much and were SO full when we left the restaurant but it was well worth it.  This year we saw some very good tennis that included seeing Roger Federer, the William's sisters and many more.  We also ran into a friend from Michigan (Ann Orca).  It was a lot of fun spending time with her at the Open. 

We had another great trip to New York City and made some great memories!!!  Enjoy some pictures from our trip!!!

Summer 2013

Another summer has come to an end but the summer of 2013 was full of lots of family time, lake time, baseball games for Andrew, a Cubs game, a birthday party for Andrew and Adam and all sorts of other fun times.  Here are a few picture of the fun filled summer.  Hopefully it won't be long before summer returns again!!!