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Another YAYA has come and gone.

 

We celebrated our 11th. Annual

Mothers & Daughters Day, the weekend of October 19th.

As always we laughed, ate and had fun!

 

we painted our hands, had our gift exchange

and enjoyed an awesome thunderstorm, right over Lake Erie,

that produced  awesome lightning!

As always, we ate tooo much! from our traditional breakfast including

Rita's famous "French Toast Bake" Sausage, Home fries, Bacon, fresh fruit

and of course a toast, with our traditional Mimosas.

 

During the day, we continued our feast, with Fresh, hot Stromboli,

Tostadas, Ice cream cake....so much stuff I can't even remember!

 

 

Really big news.....

Will be celebrating next year's YAYA,

at a new location!

 

We've really outgrown our current  cottage, as much as it really

felt like our "YAYA home" for 8 years, it's time, it was getting very

cramped and crowded.

 

Here is the  Cottage we've stayed at for 8 years:

 

 

 

And this is our new place:

Quite a difference in size isn't it!

 

The new place is MUCH roomier,

10 rooms, 3 full and 2 1/2 baths, 3700 sq. ft.

 still on the lake.. but not quite as close as our cottage was.

We can still sit on the deck and watch the amazing sunsets.

 Here are just a few pics of the interior...

 

Great room view from the stairs

Love that huge Sun Room!

 

 

The very spacious deck

 So... I think it will be a great change.

We won't be bumping into each other all the time!

 

 

 

Here are some picks from this year...

loading up

...no more room!

Friday's Sunset

Point, shoot... post to Facebook.. :)

Daughter Jamie, with cousin Emma

and a full Moon!

Me and my girls, Allison & Jamie

Cousins Emily Rose & Anna

One of the youngest Yaya's Emma

Our "official YAYA pens

Gift exchange time!!

I got awesome gifts! a wonderful Halloween Tin, Scented Tea lights
Chocolate covered Oreos! and a funny hand towel.

We painted our hands! (this one's mine)

Mine finished

Me and my girls

Sisters Allison & Jamie

Showing off our "handy" work

Me and my sisters

Jamie, slicing her "famous" Homemade Stromboli,
hot out of the oven... She made 2.. they were gone
in minutes..!

At YAYA, it's "Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil"
demonstrated by niece Antje, Cousin Kathy aka: "Kachy" and Niece Alma.
if only it were true.. lol..