YOURS TRULY.. HARD AT WORK

Here I set.. in front of our computer at our Cabin In The Woods of Northern Michigan. The PC is setting on a walnut computer desk I built from lumber logged out of my Grandpa Burt's woods down in Ohio. Grandpa pass away March 22, 1970... he was 86 years old. The logs were cut, rough sawn and the lumber dried several years prior to 1970, while he was still in good health and able to work in the woods.

You will notice on my right is a photo of two favorite people of mine.. President George Bush and his lovely wife Laura. I look at their photo several times a day and mentally give "Thanks" to them both for their good morals and to President Bush for keeping us safe here at home, following the disaster of 9-11. The Liberal Media never liked him.. but, he was and still is a Great President!!

Ginnie and I both love our computers... the desktop here at home and the laptop we carry with us in our RV. Our life, our family and our friends revolve around them. Family and friends scatted all over the world are seconds away. I have to chuckle to myself how our oldest daughter Laurie talked us into getting our first computer back in 1996 when I retired. We were so green to computers, we had to ask how to turn our first one on! Now here I set.. composing my blog!

We are both approaching 75 years of age and have to marvel at the changes we have seen so far in our lifetimes. What more can possibly be invented??? I guess time will tell and we will be standing in line waiting to try it out.

Yes... we have been BLESSED!

OUR LOG CABIN IN THE WOODS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN

After being on the road for seven months in our RV, it is good to be back at our little corner of the world... Our Cabin In The Woods of Northern Michigan.

We love the laid back atmosphere the north woods has to offer. Along with the beauty of the woods, the beautiful sky and the cool clean air, we are surround with natures creatures... everything from the smallest up to the larger ones, such as black bear, deer elk etc.

Ginnie was born and raised in Michigan. I was first introduced to the north woods, when asked by her dad to go deer hunting in the area we now live in. That was back in 1953.. the year we got married. I knew back then I would one day want to live here. In 1963 we bought property and built a shell of a cabin to vacation in.

In 1993 we sold our home Ohio and move north. After three years of adding on to the cabin.. remodeling it and building a barn/shop, garage. wood shed etc. we now have a modern place to live, but still in the wild. Ginnie loves her flower gardens and I think she does a marvelous job keeping them in top shape.

If you ever get up our way stop by... this is about as close as you will get to Heaven, with out actually being there!

VISITING GINNIE'S FAMILY

On our way home from New London, Ohio we decided to stop for a few days in the Milford/Clyde, MI area to visit Ginnie's family.

This is the area where Ginnie was born and spent the first 17 years of her life. In 1951 she moved to New London, Ohio and finished her eleventh and twelfth grades of high school. (That is how we met.)

I am terrible at remembering to take pictures.. although I carry the camera with us... I then forget it is in the truck. Therefore, I did not get pictures of all her relatives we got to visit. I have included photos of those whose pictures I did remember to take. We both had a wonderful time visiting the family.

The first photo is Ginnie with two of her nieces.. Chris and Dana. We were at Chris and Marty's for coffee that morning and Dana dropped by.

The second photo is with Ginnie's nephew John and his wife Debbie. (They picked us up and took us to breakfast on Mother's Day morning.

The balance of the photos were take at Ginnie's great niece Erin's house. Her and her husband Dave put on a wonder Mother's Day BBQ for the Gardner family. We were blessed to have been invited and had a wonderful time.

The third photo is Erin's dad Terry... her brother Lee and her husband Dave.

The fourth photo is Lee's wife Leslie and Erin.

The last photo is Erin's mother (Ginnie's niece) Dana and Erin's husband Dave's mother.

Like I said, I missed taking pictures of several others... maybe I will do better next time!

We are leaving Ginnie's old home town area this morning and heading up to Otter Lake for a couple of days to visit our old neighbors, Bernie and Bonnie Thomas. We will be staying at Otter Lake RV Park. Thursday AM we will be on our way home to our Log Cabin In The Woods. We left there last Oct. 15th. and it will be good to get home once again after being gone for seven months.

OUR NEWEST GREAT GRANDSON

Here I am, with my newest great grandson... Jackson Reed Geist. He is the youngest of the three boys our granddaughter Sara and her husband Geoff have. His middle name Reed, is also my middle name. Reed was my mother's maiden name. Needless to say, I feel quite honored, Geoff and Sara named him after his Great Papa!

Great Papa and Great Grandma, is a role Ginnie and I will never get tired of playing!

FOUR GENERATIONS

Yesterday (Sunday May 3, 2009) there was a Mother/Daughter Banquet. Our oldest daughter Laurie asked her daughters, granddaughters and her mother Ginnie to attend. Everyone, except Amy and her two little girls Kyleigh and Macy were in attendance. Amy lives in Savannah, GA and was unable to be there.

Because of Amy being unable to attend I have had to use two photos to show the four generations. I thought them being together was pretty neat and wanted to do a post in my blog on it.

In the photo, taken at the banquet, from left to right is: Sara "Jones" Geist and the youngest of her three boys, Jackson - Laurie "Burt" Jones - Emily "Jones" Cheich and her little daughter Eleanor - Grandma Ginnie "Ruggles" Burt and last but not least Abbey Jones.

In the photo, taken at Amy's house in Savannah, GA when we were visiting there a couple of weeks ago. From left to right: Grandma Ginnie - Amy "Jones" Harvey holding Macy her youngest and Kyleigh the oldest.

Needless to say, I am one proud Father, Papa and Great Papa of them all!!