Summer memories...........going to grandma and grandpa Misselhorn's for a visit..........getting homesick.........asking grandpa to mail a letter home to mom and dad to come and get me.........I even gave him the nickel for postage (which grandma probably gave to me).........,making sauerkraut with grandma, helping Dell wash eggs, getting run over by a tractor while we were bailing hay. (Herbie got so mad a me) Going to the county fair and grandma giving us a dollar to spend (which would last the whole day) Taking a bath in a wash tub because there was no indoor plumbing. I don't know about you but I have some of the best childhood memories a body could ask for. Thank you both mom and dad (I guess I have to include my siblings too since they had to put up with my crying when homesick)
I can only hope our children have half as many.

Love you all~Chris

Check In

Let's give Mom some light reading & everyone check in!
Nothing to write about? How about sharing one of your favorite childhood summer memories...

Let's see...
I remember spending hours with Susan swinging from the wheeping willow branches over the creek & occasionally falling in (on purpose). Eating loads of unripe apples because I couldn't wait. Picnics in the yard & BBQ's in the firepit. Wading in that creek catching minnows. Putting bacon on a string & crawdad fishing. Not sure we ever caught one. The smell of furniture polish on Saturday mornings as we all did our mandatory chores with the windows & french doors wide open. A little square pool we set up at the bottom of the steps off the screened porch so we could jump from the top of the stairs. Chasing the ice cream truck for blocks as we never thought ahead to get the quarter. The smell of fresh tar as we watched them lay the roads behind us & trying to get the tar off of us before mom saw it. Mrs. Bectle hanging her laundry out. Sundays at grandma & grandpa's & the forever drive in the back of the station wagon.

How about you?

Flood Photos of 2008

Here are the photos we took of the flooding in Quincy. Sorry it took so long to post!!

Love,

Sherry and Dale

and..

Sorry, Susan. Here's our update: Alta May will be with us the whole time. We'll check in on Saturday but we need to check out on Friday.

-Leslie

Party for 469, please

WHEW! Alumni Weekend is OVER. I shook alot of hands and met some great people. It was fun but exhausting. The class of '38 & '43 was a hoot- especially when they began singing songs so raunchy they made my boss blush. I couldn't do anything but laugh as I lost control of that rambunctious group. However, they voted me an honorary member of the class of '43 & I have a date for their 70th reunion in five years. (He will be 91, but assures me he'll be here.)


Otherwise, things are good in Indy & much more relaxed. The sale of Eric's company has gone through. He has thoroughly impressed his new bosses who were still doing many things by hand & had not really brought their benefit packages up to speed in a number of years. They are excited by what he's done & can teach them- so that is a big relief. Mackenzie's solo went great- you would never have known she was, as she put it, "shaking in my boots." She seemed cool as a cucumber & especially loves all the fawning she gets after. Brady enjoyed his big day- we went to the water slides with their friends. Tomorrow it's his "friend party" at the park. He did miss seeing his "big family" this year though, but understood.

So life is very good here. Have a great weekend everyone!

Love,
Leslie

LAST CALL

OK folks-we need to finalize some stuff for the big vacation!!
I know that some of you may not be planning on attending the gathering for the entire week (which is check in on Sat. 8/2 and check out on Sat. 8/9). We need to get your dates so that we will not be paying for cabins we don't need!!
In most cases this applies to the younger generation-so please pass this on if they are not frequent readers. We have until 7/2 to change anything and I need time to "rework" the cabin arrangements. Let me know ASAP PLEASE!!!!
Can't wait-can't wait to kick back and relax!!!!

Father's Day in UT

We had a houseful! What fun. Tyler smiles and pulls Ashlie's hair. Jon and Emilee are going to try to figure out a way to transport the whole gang via bicycle, bike trailer, and add-a-bike. they will be able to make their own parade! I bought a new bike and rode to work twice last week. That's my goal. Although I have to admit that zipping down the Avenues in the cool of 7 am is much nicer than riding back up in 97+ degrees. I see lots of showers in my future. Note the large bandage under Sammy's chin. He and Patch had a head on bike collision. Wild boys! Dave leaves for Quincy tomorrow. Hannah and I are sure going to miss him, but we are glad he gets to hang out with Hop-a-long and her faithful companion. Hope you are feeling much better. 

The future of our country is in great hands

I thought this was funny.


Hello from Utah. I can't write too much 'cuz the Internet bill has tripled with gas prices. We're doing great, and in like three days I'll finally be caught up with work and can sleep again. Until then, I will survive on ungodly amounts of caffeine, thank you very much. Ash is home from school now and Ty is growing and playing and having a good ol' time doing it.

Every time we go to Babies R Us, we spend a small fortune (well it's a fortune to us, anyway—remember that parable of the widow's mite?), as we did today. Luckily, we only get around to going about every other month. We got Ty some cool stuff, and I (or Ash) will have to post some pics and video of our little bundle of joy.

Speaking of which, somebody needs to add Ashlie to the posting list for this blog. Under the current circumstances she has to post under my name and that's not entirely fair to her. There's just too much baggage associated with my tainted name.

I can't wait for the Fourth of July. It's the best holiday of the year. The Kaysville parade is better than Christmas, and I'd take a water fight with the local police and firemen (in their trucks, with their big old fire hoses) over leaving cookies out for santa any day.

That's all my random thoughts for tonight. I've been worried about those of you close to the floods and I hope they start receding (the floods, not just my worries—though my worries would recede proportionally with the receding of the floods).

Also, Grandma, I hope you are doing alright. Daytime TV is 100 percent more boring when you are forced to watch it because of an injury. Dr. Phil is pretty good, though, and ash likes those What Not to Wear shows. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Uncreative Title

Hey everyone! I just saw on the STL Post-Dispatch site that two more levees broke north (I think) of Quincy. Hope no one gets washed away! Things are good in the STL. It's high summer now, which I of course love. I just read a very funny column though about how St. Louis is pretty much down to two seasons--really, really traumatically cold and really, really blindingly hot. That's pretty much correct. We went from like 50-degree rainy days to 88 and sunny. Sadly, it seems the 50-degree days hang around longer. Anyways. Let's see...I had my first ballet class last night, which was awesome! My teacher was excited when I told her I want to continue on until I'm on pointe shoes. She's a former professional dancer, and she thought it was great that I made this big goal and am going for it. That's me though. I'm also going to start volunteering at our local public radio station, KDHX soon. It's not our NPR station, that's different. KDHX is almost all music, it's just better than most big-corporation owned stations. They have all kinds of areas you can volunteer in including audio engineering (I'll get to learn how to work the sound boards and maybe help out with live performances) and grant writing (Aunt Leslie--that's for you! :) I really want to learn it, and I'm sure they'll appreciate the help). I have to do an orientation class all about the organization and stuff, that's next month. Then I can really get into the volunteer stuff. Cause I have so much free time... But as anyone who knows me can attest, I tend to prefer having too much to do. This weekend I'm headed to KC with Eric and Monica. June is flying by. So my love to everyone, and stay cool and dry!!

Changing of the Guard

I thought I'd give you an update on things in Quincy. Susan and David left for home yesterday and Dale and I are now on duty. Susan did a great job taking care of Mom , Dad, and the house. There's not much cleaning that I have to do right now---she got most everything taken care of before she left. Thanks for all the help Susan; see you in ten days.
Both nurse and therapist came to see Mom yesterday and gave her an excellent report. Mom is now allowed to "rest" her ankle on the floor which is a big relief. Keeping it up was starting to get to her. She is to continue doing her exercises, walk (which is really hopping with a walker) and rest. Her appetite is slowly coming back, though, she is still having trouble eating some foods.
She has now managed to "walk" to the living room and sit in her recliner for a little while. We're slowly establishing a routine with her day.
Dad continues to be the Number #1 Nurse and doesn't leave Mom's side very often. I'm working on getting him to go outside and enjoy the patio or work in his "office" for a little while. I know he's very tired by then end of the day. He also had a checkup this week and reports that the doctor says he's doing fine.
Mom's had a couple of friends come in to visit for a brief while--she really enjoys company! She's also had friends calling to "chat" and again enjoys talking with them on the phone--she says it interrupts the long boring hours she has resting in bed!
We spend a lot of time watching the flood reports. Our crest is suppose to come tomorrow. We've had more levee breaks this morning. The National Guard is now up to 800 men who are helping at various spots along the river. Camp Quincy is now coming to life once more!!! Dale is spending time driving a school bus for Gardner Denver employees who have lost their parking lot and some of the highway around their plant to flood waters. He'll do that along with shuttling Knapheide employees to various work positions along the levees while it still is feasible. We're still sandbagging--there's a lot of area to cover around here. One of the biggest concerns is how long the water will stay high--the longer it does, the wetter the levees become, and the chances of breaks increase. From the sounds of it, David will get to witness some of the Great Flood of '08 personally when he begins his nursing shift on Sunday.
All in all this is proving to be quite an "eventful" summer. Hope you all have a good day! Love to all from all of us here. Take care and don't forget to blog AND call.

Quick Note

Just thought I'd pop in a say a quick Hi. Flood waters here in Des Moines are receeding, but they are still worried about a couple of the levees. Unfortunately, all the water is heading south. Thoughts and prayers with those further down river. One good thing that came out of this is that I got free sand to work on the pathway up to my front door. The stones need to be set further in ground and have something to stabilize them. I'm also going to make the path wider. Grandma, hope your feeling better. Jules, did you get my message? Les, I forgot I have a girls night dinner Thurs night, but Kenzie can come along. Do you happen to know what time Eric will be dropping her off? Bryan & Tony, happy early birthday!!!

Late nights for me

Hi everyone!

Figured I'd take a moment (but only one) to say "Hey." It's crunch time for me & in 66 hours 300+ alumni will descend on our beautiful campus to entertain. Knock on wood, it's going well so I really hope we are not forgetting anything or anyone. Most importantly, the weather looks good. I've spent alot of time at my desk but still trying to carve out Mom time too. Brady's last game was last night. He went 3 for 3, so it was Godfather's after per his request.

Entertaining stories? They decided to dump $1000 worth of fertilizer on the PRACTICE soccer field I am launching hot air balloons off of. It apparantly is getting promoted to a PLAYING field & I had a squeemish coach on my hands. Luckily, the Athletic Director is a good friend & we came up with an idea with the help of a "gator" & a very kind campus services department. So, weather willing, we are going to fly.

Also, a small sorority luncheon at the Presidents' House on Saturday grew to 84. We were thinking 20-25 at the most. It is now a lawn party.

Back to work for me as we await the mailman and some back ordered visors for the golf tournament.

Love to all!
Les

Brady's Birthday List

It's me Brady. Since everybody is asking, here it is!
Backyard Basketball for Nintendo DS
Madden 08 (same)
Backyard Hockey (same)
MLB 08 (same)
Flatball Tornado Football
New baseball bat
Basketball Hoop Return
Small Kickball
Crocs in size 3 (Payless)
Reading Light for book (for car)
Anything fun :)
OK that's it.

And that's how rumors start....

Well... after reviewing the news tapes and photographs it would appear that the african american community in Quincy was not bussed in by Obama, seeing as those who were not sandbagging or assisting he did not congratulate or converse with, so he didn't go over and say hi or give them any acknowledgement, atleast not on camera. So I will retract my statement earlier, as that is how rumors start. We weren't there, that's just what we were told. So there you have it. If you would like to see the coverage you can click on http://wgem.com/News/index.php?ID=25649 and then just click on the little red video camera to watch.

Happy Father's day to all dads!!!

Obama?? Floods? Oh my!!

Well interesting story... Not sure what your political choices are, but Obama came to Quincy today. We personally did not get to see him up close and personal. His line if vehicles was leaving as we were arriving to help fill sandbags. Apparently he stopped in to make an appearance, which is nice seeing as he's from IL. However... what's not nice is that he had bus loads of african americans bussed in as well. They were there for his speech and him filling a bag or two. The front hall was filled when we arrived, however when we got to the area where the bags were being filled and the work was being done, there was not a single one. Nice... Bryan and I filled bags for about an hour and a half. It turned out to be fun because the people working next to us had been there for a while and were telling us what all had happened. The security was extremely tight and it slowed down the whole process while he was there. I'm posting pics.
Also, the location that we were sandbagging at... there was a wedding reception to start just an hour after we left... how sad?! But hopefully they have fun with it and make light of the situation.
The first photo is of the park we walk Skye at.... The second was from the van as we were crossing back into quincy from the MO side of the river. The third is a shot of the bridge that we crossed, it's closing this evening and traffic will be both ways across the taller blue bridge. The next is another shot of the park, and the last is to show you the other bridge from Quincy out to MO.

Love to all!!!!

My Plea...

Here's my plea... I am desperately calling all the electronic stores in Quincy on the days their shipments come in... I am trying to find a Wii Fit. Everyone is sold out, you can't buy them online, and I refuse to pay 2x the price to get one. My please is that if anyone see's it in a store or has any connections to people within the stores let me know and I will pay you back! The retail price is around $90 and they're selling on ebay for $150+ and I just can't bring myself to pay that much for it, but that's the main reason I bought the Wii, so I could get the fit. So yea.. thanks to all!

Hope grandma is doing well and everyone has a great weekend!

Nikki

Day Two at Home

Sorry I took so long to get this posted. Here is the schedule as we discussed:
June 12-17=Sue
June 17-22=Sherry
June 22-28=David
June 28-July 2=Sue
July 2-July6=Chris
July 6-July 11=Leslie
July 11-July 18=Sherry
This will take us up to the six week mark so hopefully Mom will be a little more mobile by then.
To all of you grandkids out there-if you want to help, phone calls are greatly appreciated! I know everyone is busy, but it kind of breaks up the monotony of the day :) Dad was trying to form a contest over who was getting the "bestest" cards, Mom for Get Well cards or him for Father'sDay.
Otherwise, she is continuing to do great! She tries to get up and hop around at least a couple of times a day and is doing the leg exercises that the nurse left for her. Still not eating lots, but enough. You just don't get too hungry laying around I guess.
Hope you all have a great weekend-try to stay afloat if you're in the Midwest!
Love, Sue

First Day Home

Mom's first day home went quite well. She had visits from the Home Health Care Nurse and her Physical Therapist. Her blood pressure is a little high, and her oxygen level goes too low when she is on her walker, so we'll have her using the wheelchair a bit more to move around to the bathroom. She was given exercises to do while in bed. Orders right now say she is to put no weight on her foot. She is too hop when on the walker. All in all she is doing well and is content to stay in bed watching TV, playing her handheld solitaire game, doing crossword puzzles, reading, and talking on the phone (hint, hint, hint).
Dad is doing a good job in the nursing department. He doesn't leave Mom's side for too long. Susan and I will try to get him to slow down and rest a bit more tomorrow; we're more worried that he'll overdo and push himself over his limit. We're hoping to convince him to let us do more and get him to sit and relax more. With a little luck maybe we can get him to go into his "office" and work on his stamps for a while.
The nursing schedule is now made up--I'm amazed at how well it fit together...but little sisters and little brother, Dale and I are certainly willing to cover most of the days with just a day off here or there, Mom and Dad did it for me when I was so sick, so turn around is fair play. It's great, though, to see how determined you all are to come and be with Mom and Dad!! Susan will post the schedule tomorrow.
On the other fronts--sandbagging begins in Quincy tomorrow. The river will be rising next week and is suppose to be higher than the flood of '93. All our levies are being reinforced and I can't tell you how many millions of sandbags are going to be put down. Our families in West Quincy are evacuating. those with river camps are now out, and utilities are being shut down to those camps near the river. All the water that Laurie is showing you is heading our way, plus the water from the great states of Wisconsin and Minnesota!! Traveling to and from Quincy should be interesting next week!!
Well, it's getting late. Will update you tomorrow. Take care and all our love.

No More Water Needed

More pics from today. Suppose to start cresting tomorrow downtown...

MOM IS HOME!!!!

We checked Mom out of the hospital this afternoon around 3:30 PM. She is now resting comfortably in her own bed at home under the care of Susan and Dad. Dad, too, is now comfortably at home in his chair watching TV.
Mom is doing great---she beams when she tells everyone that the therapist said she was the best patient she had ever had for someone her age....and she told Mom she meant it as the highest compliment!!!!!
Mom had the supper of her request---a steakburger from Steak and Shake and a cup of hot tea. She did quite well on her first trip out of bed to the bathroom...I told her she'd be able to show off her expert hopping to her youngest great grandchildren when she sees them.
I have no doubt that she will recover far faster at home than at a rehab center....I have to confess I really put up a fuss against her going there!! In my heart, I just didn't think it was the best for her or dad, although I did check to find out which one was the best in case the doctor convinced me that it was the best for her (by the way it was Sunset).
Susan will take care of her during the night and mornings (I still have work to do at school--I'm the principal for the next few days....with school out you wouldn't think there would be much to do but I'll be quite busy with orders, phone calls, and cleaning my room). I'll be the afternoon and evening nurse so that Susan can spend time with Jessica (they're going to do some projects on her house while she is here).
Thanks to all for caring and checking on her. Don't forget to blog..she's looking forward to seeing Laurie's flood pictures that Dad told her about and reading about Julie's busy life.
We'll try and give you a daily update on her progress.




Our love to all.

More Flood Pictures

Ack, where's the boats???

Just thought I'd take a minute to post a couple of the pre-flood pictures my boss took at 2:30. These are before the lake to the NorthWest (which is part of the Des Moines River) started releasing water. I expected to be helping our plant sandbag, but fortunately they had enough help so I just help taking calls and dispatch stuff. My boss thinks this will be worse than 1993 because the rivers are already at the height they were with the spillway going but before the dam started letting go. The spillway is being released tonight and they are going to start releasing the dam too. Not good news for downtown.

When I should be working....

I will post instead. I resent all this "we must have no life" talk. Phooie. More like, "I have a sketchy internet connection at home because I 'borrow' wireless from my neighbors, and at work I am supposed to be working." Anyways, I'll give a quick update to rebuff the no-life rumors. May wasn't a very good month, for starters, but things happen. (Most everyone knows this, but I don't have a boyfriend anymore. Too bad.) However, I am re-embracing single girl life with gusto now. :) Let's see...I start ballet class next Tuesday. Bryan very nicely gave me the guitar he had stashed somewhere, though a cherished memento I am sure, and I am now teaching myself to play. I'll take real lessons this fall, but I don't have time this summer because everything decided to be on Tuesdays. I haven't done much theatre lately, but I was just looking at the audition notices, and I see a few possibilities. Monday nights are still McGurks nights-out (it's an Irish pub, but we go for the music :) ), and Saturday mornings I now defy logic and get up to meet my friend Lindsay at 8:30 (that's AM people) to go to Soulard farmer's market to but fresh groceries. I've been meeting up with some past (younger) theatre kids who were in Romeo and Juliet and are off from school now for the summer. I saw the Sex and the City movie on Saturday, after spending the afternoon volunteering at a Microfest in Forest Park, and I'm very sunburned. Oh, and I went salsa dancing on Friday. There's about a million concerts this summer that I'm going to (finally! the STL had been sorely lacking in good concerts). The best one for me by far was about two weeks ago--my FAVorite band, Panic at the Disco, and it was inCREDible. So so so good!!... There are seriously at least 1-2 concerts a week that I will be going to for the next couple months. That's a lot. And in August--get ready--Harry and the Potters will be here. If you don't know who they are, you should. I still run at least a few times a week and take pilates, as well. And I just started re-reading all of Jane Austen's novels. SO THERE. My life is not boring. Hope everyone is well!!! I'll be in KC in a couple weeks, I think, and hopefully visit Quincy sometime this summer to hang with my cousins...:) Can't wait for the big family va-ca, too! Whew. OK. Back to work. "I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. "-Kahlil Gibran p.s. I hope you are feeling better Grandma!

Rally the troops!

Now this thing will really come in handy! As mom recovers this summer, I'm sure she would enjoy reading frequent posts, even if they are simple ones about your day. Hopefully, whichever of us in on "Mom Patrol" can update us on her progress & eventually she can post her progress herself.

It was a fast late night trip to Q-city Sat night for us. We were glad we were there. Mom was waking up & smiling some before we left late Sunday afternoon. Chris & Tony were there, as were Sherry & Dale and Jess & Rocky. Glad Susan is now there for official Shift #1! We tried to call mom last night after Brady's game but she must've been sleeping. Dad was home with Susan & Sherry and said she was doing better yesterday, but she was tired.

Back to work for this alumni director. I got demerits today for not knowing the old (REALLY old) school songs which I didn't even know existed until this week. Luckily, at least two are now forbidden as they are no longer politically correct and involve a war dance.

PS- We had to turn the lights on quickly yesterday above the pictures. Some of you will get that. Luckily, they worked. Whew!

Les

Best Wishes from Utah!

We were so sorry to hear about your broken ankle Margaret! Just wanted you to know that we are thinking about you and wishing you a very fast recovery. And thank you to everyone who is there to help out.

Hi Everyone!

I've been looking but tooooo busy to post! Had a wonderful weekend in KC last weekend. Thanks to Auntie Chris & Uncle Tony for taking the kiddos to their first drive-in movie. They loved it! I was able to get pampered at Christine's on 7 & Maine on Friday then Eric & I went to the new Power & Light District Saturday night & acted like we were still in college. It took us all week to recover! All in all, a nice way to celebrate 20 years.

The kids started ther new daycare on Thursday. When I went to pick them up (a bit early for baseball), both were very disappointed to see me. Kenz asked to stay longer, so did. We took that as a great sign. Poor Brady, after daycare & ball, fell asleep on the bathroom rug as he got out of the shower. We couldn't figure out what was taking him so long & there he was, all curled up in his towel sound asleep. Next week at daycare, they get to go to see Kung Fu Panda, to the zoo & rollerskating with the pool in between. I think I want to go!

We are down to two ball games & Brady is really smacking the ball. He would live at the Little League field if we let him. Kenz is just hanging loose until her summer tumbling class starts in 2 weeks. It's lots of bike riding, jumping on the tramp and palling around with their neighbor buddies, who began knocking at 8:30 this morning. But today is chore day at the Held's, at least for a while.

As Laurie said, we've been up with storms this week & to the basement once. There is a lot of flooding & it's starting to get near the roads so hope the rain can hold off & it can recede or Eric will have to find a new route to work.

We have a wedding reception tonight. For anyone interested Kenz is singing a solo- "Amazing Grace" in church at the 10:45 service on the 22nd. It's Alumni Weekend so I will be out of commission Fri & Sat but Sherry & Dale will be up & you are certainly welcome!

Love to all-
Leslie

Hello from the Great Lake of Iowa

Hello all and Happy Friday! I'm so glad this week is over. It's been a tough week of trying to stay alert during the workday. We've been having so many severe storms this week that I'm beyond exhaustion. I know I sleep way to much any way, but now I have an excuse. I spent about 20 minutes last night sitting in my basement as tornado's were spotted not to far from town. Too bad I forgot to bring my folding chairs to sit in. Sassy & I spent those 20 minutes curled up on the dirty quilts I have. My weekend will probably be spent between the zoo tomorrow and putting shelves up in my basement to get stuff off the floor. Les, I may ask to borrow your van so I can get the shelves. Eric, I may need help putting them together. Also, need to start looking at some sort of chairs or futon for down there. Mom & Dad, if you have room when you come next would you please bring my papisan chair? I'm excited to get back to the zoo to see how our baby penguin is doing. We should be getting our golden mane tameranians in too. Hannah, I don't know if your Dad mentioned this or not, but if you are still interested in biology I can probably get you a summer intership at the zoo next year. Anyway, back to attempting to work (although I may have to tape my eyelids open). Love you all!

Just a quick note....

Wow...almost 2 weeks with only my mom, nikki and now my little post. Sad really. LOL. Anyways just thought I'd post a quick note on my way up to bed. Not a lot of news here. We got a new car. For those of you that were here, the Malibu is gone already! Long, very stressful story, but after a week of my feeling like I had an ulcer over a huge mess that was caused by Shottenkirk here in Quincy (who I will never buy a car from again I might add!), Mr Deal's Auto Center saved the day and we are now the proud owners of a dark blue tri-coat (he said that means it sort of changes color depending on the light and what way you look at it) 2004 Pontiac Grand Am. This one has a power moon roof which I like! And it only has 22,7XX miles on it. Hard to believe I know! Now the only steps to make it complete are to have Rocky install a "funner" CD player, (Sara knows what I'm talking about) and I've decided to see how much it would cost to install it so there is a remote for the locks. Yes, after having a remote for the doors in the jeep i have become lazy and it's just not the same without it!! Other then those minor details it is a great car and hopefully will save us bundles in gas $$! Plus, we went through our credit union this time and they are giving us $100 in gas cards for taking out the loan :- ) But anyways, things seem to be calm for now. We'll see how long it lasts. Will try to get some work done around the house in the meantime...
Good Night all!!

Star Pupil

Skye is doing very well in doggie school. Both Bryan and I take her to a class on Tuesday nights. He does beginners at 6:30 and I do intermediate at 7:00. It's a lot of fun!! Next we're looking into agility classes soon!

Hey

Really-this is sad that none of us has had anything to say for so long! I mean, I know we can't all be living such boring lives!?
In truth, there really has not been much in the way of news for us. It's been pretty much work-sleep, sleep-work. We did go see the new Indiana Jones movie last weekend. It is Ok, but not as good as the others. Other than that, we are looking forward to a visit to Quincy next week when I am on vacation. We'll be there Monday afternoon through Friday morning. Coming home to do a garage sale on Saturday with Sara and Chris. I have been cleaning out closets and a lot of it is their stuff that they really don't need or have room for.
Sounds as if you all had a great time at Mom and Dad's. I thought of you all and really wish I could have been with you. But then, vacation will be here before we know it! Sara and I will be working on menus this month and sending out our ideas!
Jon and Emily-your house is beautiful! I love the big windows-I'll bet it is light and airy inside! Maybe sometime you could post some pics of the inside also! It is such a great feeling when you own that first home!
Ben and Ashlee-Tyler is such a cutie!! We love to see pics of all the kids!
Kenzie and Brady-are you enjoying your summer so far? I'll bet you are doing all kinds of cool stuff!!
Julie-how are things? Did your "talk" turn out alright??
Laurie-Don't let your Dad talk you out of the mowing service! It is a right we working women have to let some poor sap mow our lawns-and it is worth every penny when it is 100 degrees!!
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the first blush of summer-it is already hot in the south!!
Love you all!!