Good Bye Dear Friend.......

On Monday July 28, 2008 a peaceful end was met for a very dear friend. Morris...Mo...of the Glass Onion passed away. You can see and sign his online guest book at the link below. A celebration of his life is today (Thursday) at 2:00pm in South Haven. Just take a moment and think about Mo today.........

http://www.legacy.com/chicagotribune/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=114495391

http://www.chicagojewishfunerals.com/?p=obituary_view&id=54571

My first trip to Mackinaw Island

Yes that is correct "My 1st Visit" to the Island. It is amazing that living here my whole life I had never made it there....but Alas...I finally did it. And I will probably not need to visit there for quite some time. Or maybe just pick a different time of the year to go. Horse crap and Fudge...that pretty much sums it up for me! But it was wonderful to go there with Gail, who capped off her trip to Michigan with a little trip to the island with me. I was so bummed to see her leave yesterday....but I know she had to get back home...Lord knows what my dad got into! Here are pictures from the Island and Gails visit........

http://picasaweb.google.com/merandalambert/Mackinaw

The Family Reunion

Sunday marked yet another Family gathering. However we did have some travelers that made it from the likes of California. The weather was beautiful, the hayride was a new feature and the food, as always, was delicious. The only bad part....Ahh I lost my cell phone! Let me know if you find it! Here is a little slide show of the day. Sorry if I misspelled your name!

http://www.slide.com/r/oSAkPUTk7D8KtF8tFqsDAkhAedazVb62?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

HUP....HUP...AND AWAY!

Yesterday I had the privilege of sponsoring our company in the annual Hurry Up and Paddle Race (HUP) in grayling. With the generous efforts of Bill...we spent a good 4 1/2 hours building the make shift canoe that floated me into a respectable 6th place finish (out of 13). We did incur a few penalties related to painting which left me to do the stupid YMCA dance in front of the crowd. So needless to say I represented! Here is a video and a few photos.

Bravo......

I forgot to post this one a while ago....but here are some photos of Adam's dad running in the Cherry Festival 5k. 34:27 was his time....Not too shabby Old Man......

Birthday's, Family Reunion and Boat Building?

I hate when weekends end are you can't even remember having one....this last weekend was crazy busy and just seemed to be one appointment after another.......Adam's mom celebrated her 62nd birthday...we had his family reunion and with the help of Bill, we built a boat. Here are some photos from the weekend.

http://picasaweb.google.com/merandalambert/AdamsFamilyJuly2008

Happy Birthday to You...Happy Birthday to You....

So...what was Kacey doing yesterday, one year ago at about 3:30 am....Just so happens she was giving birth to this beautiful little angel that would teach us all how to smile again...yesterday my little goddess daughter turned one year old....and what a year it has been. Thank you Kacey for working so hard to give little nora such a wonderful life and Thank you Aaron for continuing to be a patient and compassionate father. You guys have already done such an amazing job and we all eagerly await each new milestone of Nora's life........Yeah Baby....You are One!

One Year Ago......

Yesterday marked a sad anniversary........Never could any of us imagined how at 12:15 our lives would be changed forever. We miss you so much Dane......we think about you constantly and regret every moment we neglected to tell you how much we love you while you were here......It will always hurt that your gone and we will never let your memory fade.....

The Touring Wedding......

A friend of Adam's sent me some photos from the Minneapolis wedding that we went to a while back. Pretty funny to see how other people are able to capture you on film. So check out the photos of my sweet dance moves...eat your heart out jessie!http://picasaweb.google.com/merandalambert/TouringWedding

New house pictures

well...it has been a busy summer already. I have spent most of my free time working in my yard. Here are some pictures. Maybe someday we will get municipal sewer and I will be able to plant some trees in my front yard! Also please excuse the lawn under major need of mowing....Thanks Danyle....He's working on it...Rightttttttt. I finished my window boxes, with the help of Bill, and hung...with the major help of Adam. Its starting to come together. Now I just have to be patient and see what survives untill next year....That's the hard part. We still have on the agenda planting 8 Cleveland pear trees that are about 8' tall. Danyle isn't real excited about that! My sunflowers will be blooming soon and I think I have a few lillies that the moles didn't eat that will also be making an appearance soon.........Thanks for looking http://picasaweb.google.com/merandalambert/House

Nora's 1st Birthday party

This weekend Nora and Patrick had their 1st Birthday party. It was so cute...wish you all could have been there. For those of you who couldn't make it here are some pictures from the day.....http://picasaweb.google.com/merandalambert/NorasandPatricks1stBday