Beautiful friends

One of my New Years resolutions is to make SURE that the people in my life know just how amazing they are to me, so when I received my last Christmas present it was a wonderful reminder of that resolution. On New Years Eve, I received a text message from a good friend of mine, letting me know that “santa” left us a package at our front door. Once I...

Holiday Serenity

With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, I have to admit, I got a little overwhelmed.  Between several Christmas celebrations, working, and the inevitable holiday shopping, I had NO time left to even have extra happy thoughts of sugarplums dancing in my head.  The day after Christmas, however, we took a trip up to Oscoda and stayed on Van Etten Lake.  It’s such a beautiful, peaceful area that...