Fathers Day and other stuff

What a busy weekend. I went with Lin and Drew to see the boys at their vacation Bible school program they did so well. Jax although he knew all his songs and Brayden's would not sing in front of all those people so he just for the most part sat their and smiled. After the little ones performed they came to sit with their parents..Jax sat between Lin and I and did really well watching the other kids.
Saturday I had a hair appointment and then did some shopping and Dee meet me at the house and we were able to get some cooking done for Fathers Day.
Sunday we slept in a little and then when I got up I finally told John that everyone was coming for the day. We had a great time and enjoyed lots of good food. I then took a little nap after everyone left and the kitchen was clean, John watched TV for a while. When I woke up we got on the Harley and went on a long ride. It was hot but we had a good time. The back roads here can have such beautiful views and I always enjoy a long ride to take them all in.

Mid June

There is really nothing new here other than we may soon need a boat! We've had so much rain and they are calling for more. This seems to be much like 1993 to me....If I'm remembering correctly. The year that we all traveled to Indiana and there was flood water everywhere...Missouri and Mississippi were both out that year. We crossed the Missouri this weekend and she was still in her banks but just barely. We just had another brief down pour. We have managed to keep the power up and going since the night we lost it for 10 hours. John and Joe went shopping yesterday and brought home a generator and showed me how it works so at least in the future we can have a light or 2 and the fridge running. Other than that it is same stuff different day. I do hope everyone is doing well.

Vacation

Vacations are wonderful the week after really stinks. We traveled to Texas last week and spent some time with our friends Mike and Judy in Troup. We always have a wonderful time while we are there. John stopped counting the number of fish he caught after 40. They have 2 stocked ponds and he was up every morning fishing at 5:30am and stayed out most all day off and on. Judy and I sewed and shared recipes and just chatted. We played cards each night and everyone except Judy was able to win at least one game. I won twice but who is counting...oh Mike of course. Sadly on Friday we packed up and headed to Dallas to see John's family. Not sad to be seeing them but we know it will be some time before we are able to see Mike and Judy again and they have become like family to us. We love them! We did some shopping on the way to see John's family and finally arrived in time for dinner. Mom and Dad's new house is nice and I'm still getting over the shock that there is a pool table in the formal dining room...never thought I'd see that! The guys played pool each night and we had an enjoyable visit. On Sunday we made the long trek back to Kansas City. We stopped a few times and enjoyed lots of Braums ice cream...as we have none in KC. We also stopped in Joplin and visited with our friends Joyce and Roland...they joined us for dinner and we had a good time.
Once home it was oh my gosh I'm tired. We put everything away and just rested before going back to work. The kids are tired, off schedule and cranky...it's been a long week and things are still really hard for John at work...seems like there are many changes going on and none of them pleasant. I'd say I'm looking forward to the weekend but it will be short and I have lots of catching up to do...all I can say is it vacation time yet??? LOL