We had a great time in Michigan in July. Our week-long stay was so pleasant at my cousin, Roxanne's house. It was so big and spacious (and air conditioned) that you hardly noticed there were 11 children in the house. The Stevens family pictured from left to right are: Isaiah, David, Esther, Jeff, Jeffrey, Roxanne, Ashley, Autumn and Andrew. We are very grateful for such a comfortable place to lay our heads and for the good fellowship and food.

It was so good to see Timothy and Kristy and the boys again. It had been 6 months since we last saw them here in Nashville. You can keep up with all they are doing in Slovenia by going to Kristy's blog. We plan to see them again next summer.

We ended the week with a nice evening at the Elks Lodge in Sturgis celebrating Dad's retirement.

Hi-lights of our vacation were: Reubmommy (my Grandma Troyer) sending a couple of more quilts she had made home with us, getting to see and visit with so many relatives that we rarely see, swimming in the river on a hot afternoon, discovering the coffee shop in Sturgis that Kris and Mary told us about, Grace taking showers in Jeffrey's big walk-in shower and bath seat, eating over-sized ice cream cones on the deck by the lake, and fresh blueberries and a free quart of honey - "thanks Roxie!"

Link to a photo album in next entry.