Mark Park has All-Seasons Fun

I found these pictures on my phone today.

This is what we were during on January 12th.

This is what we were doing on April 26th.

What a blessing the Mark Park is!!

Mark Park Fundraiser

The end of August always means the Mark Park Fundraiser.  We had a smaller crowd this year, but just as much fun.  We might have even had more fun than normal. 

We watched Finding Dory the night before the fundraiser.

 My beautiful friend, Elizabeth!  I miss her!!

 horseshoes

 face painting

 train car rides

 horseshoe winners!

 volleyball

 winners....or wait...we have a problem

 volleyball winners!!

Playing cornhole with Cormac and Rex was the highlight of my day.

Papa's Granddaughters

 I see Dad driving down the path at the Mark Park and knew I needed a picture!

I've never seen a cuter golf cart load of girls!!

A Quiet Place to Be

Blase and Darren did a wonderful thing for me.  They built some benches and a table for my friend, Laree.  Well, she's Blase's friend, too.  Blase helps her clean the church in Sturgis.  She has become a valued member of our family.  This was our way of giving back to her the gift of love she's given us.

 The benches are in memory of her dad and her sister that have passed away.

The Mark Park has a new corner to just stop and smell the roses in.  

Or the wildflowers near by...can't promise any roses.

2018 Mark Park Fundraiser

 We had a great fundraiser including face painting!

 Horseshoe tournament winners - Peter and James

 We had a safari for the younger kids.

 They got to find a little animal with a number on it.  The number matched up to a bag with some goodies in it for the kids to take home.  It was a big hit even though it was just a quick throw together game.

 Volleyball tournament is the biggest hit with the adults.

 This year we had a protection force on the premises.

Duh, of course I was the Bad Cop.

Loman was really tired from his camp experience.  So he was the REALLY TIRED Cop in Training.

Kaylene is too sweet to be a bad cop, so she was the Good Cop.

A GREAT memory for us redheads.

The big question - was I actually a bad cop.  Yes, I was.

 Train rides are the best!

 I even took a ride.  Scariest thing I've been part of.  How those kids don't wet their pants is a mystery to me.  The tractor doesn't go very fast, but it seems like it when you are in a train car!

 Haha, Dad was trying to "catch" the back train car.  That was a BIG hit.  He also took us by the Smurf village (a bunch of mushrooms growing).  We all had to say hi to Papa Smurf.  The kids LOVED it.

The volleyball tournament winners!

They worked hard for that victory!!