Stepping Stones Falls

Today we went to Stepping Stone Falls. It was a nice, sunny day for it!

What a wonderful day outside. Photos are courteously of Ruth!

Rummage/Bake Sale 2009!

Another great year for the Rummage/Bake Sale! We had wonderful weather this year, perfect for the sale. We also had a lot of nice, used treasures and delicious baked goods! We raised $356.80! All the proceeds from the sale will go towards an outing of choice, each resident will choose what event they would like to attend. They will pick from concerts, racing, a bull riding show, motocross, and more! We'd like to send a BIG thanks to everyone that donated to the sale and all who helped out working at the sale. See you next year!

Look at all the donations!

New this year - bags of popcorn for sale as part of the bake sale!

Enjoying the nice day.

Going to check out the baked goods!

June Health & Safety

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Balloon Launch 2009!

Last Friday we did our annual Balloon Launch! We launched some balloons with notes in them and if anyone found them, we asked them to write us back telling us how far the balloon went! So far, Diana and David have had a note returned to them! One was from Fort Gratiot, MI and one was from Burton, MI. The furthest so far was 92 miles! Wow!

David with one of his balloons.

Getting the balloons ready.

Before the launch.

There they go!

Crafts

Today we made the signs for the Rummage/Bake Sale coming up next week! Remember to stop on by and get some goodies! Thursday June 4th and Friday, June 5th 9-4! Rain or shine!

Tennis anyone?

We bought a tennis set for Counrty View to use outside this summer. We tried it out today - looks like we have a couple tennis stars!

Strawberry Rhubarb Pies

We made homemade strawberry rhubarb pies last week from freshy picked rhubarb! They were a hit!

Annual Rummage/Bake Sale!!

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Summer's Coming!

We made our new birdhouses for the gardens in crafts. Have a look around in our gardens when you stop by - you'll be sure to spot one!

Cinco de Mayo!

It was Cinco de Mayo May 5th so we made some homemade sombreros! We even had a contest to see who would win the "Best Decorated Sombrero" - David won! Then after that there was a large Mexican dinner!

Here's Marion at crafts before she decorated her hat.

Nancy's hat!

Getting ready for the Mexican dinner.

Randy liking his "Michigan" sombrero.

David and Sharon waiting for tacos!

May Health & Safety

Craft day!

Today we made people frames in Arts & Crafts. We took a picture of a few of them to show the results! It was a fun project!

Happy Easter!

Today we had an Easter egg hunt at Country View. We had glow in the dark eggs, eggs that stuck on the walls and even eggs that suctioned to windows! The eggs contained candy and even a special few had money. There was even a bonus egg! Have a Happy Easter!

Diana got some money eggs!

Eileen got the bonus egg!

Marion is still looking!

Randy is happy with what he got!

Shari is wondering what's in her egg...

David is cracking open the eggs and lovin' it!

April Health & Safety

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Happy St. Patty's Day!

Caribbean Party 2009!

On March 6th we had our annual Caribbean Luau at Country View. “The Steelheads” Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band from Mott Community College provided wonderful dinner music and a great performance after dinner that entertained the guests. All the lights, palm trees, flamingos, fish and Caribbean scenery made everyone feel like they were whisked away to a tropical island. Everyone enjoyed a refreshing fruit smoothie from the smoothie stand and delicious food. The kids had a blast doing the limbo, getting tattoos and receiving treasures from the pirate who paid us a visit. A special thank you to Curtis Lanxton and to everyone who made this party a success! We hope that you all join us next year for more Caribbean fun!

Here's the activity room all decked out!

View of the "ocean".

Tattoo Parlor & Hair Braids

Smoothie Stand

Sharon ready to party!

Marion looking great.

The kids doing the Limbo.

The Steelheads!

March Health & Safety

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Make a pie and Purple Rain!

Today we made some Jello Pudding pies, they turned out great! Everyone took a turn crushing the cracker topping and mixing the Jello Pudding.

Here's Sharon taking her turn at mixing the pudding.

Diana got to lick the spoon when we were done!

The pies! One chocolate and one vanilla.


We bought some new DVD's for the DVD library this week - Marion requested "Purple Rain"!

Here she is enjoying the show!