Saturday-Monday, October 5-7

Monday - Bye bye to Kamp Komfort as we left with Flo at 8 AM.    Good day for travel as sunshine, then clouds and more sun with mid 60's for temps.    We stopped in St. Maurice, IN for lunch.    Just leaving the truck stop, Mark's tire pressure sensors went off - we were thankful we were close to a tire place and could have front tire on Flo checked - the sensor showed tire pressure went from 70 to 30 while we were eating.    A nice tech guy put spare tire on (the valve stem was leaking) and we were on our way but lost an hour.

We arrived at Whispering Hills RV Park in Georgetown, KY (have stayed here before - one time with Brady and he used the swimming pool which is now all closed for the season).   

Now to backtrack from our weekend...

Saturday - We finished up our packing of Flo and for ourselves and left around noon for Dixon taking the country roads.    Checked into our hotel, saw some of the family and then the rain started.    It was coming down in buckets when we left for 4:30 Mass at St. Pat's.     Mark's siblings and spouses all sat together and Father Rohmke gave us a special blessing for our anniversary.    Fortunately the rain had stopped when we left church and all gathered at the Basil Tree Ristorante for great family fun, happy hour and then family-style Italian dinner.    My brother Bob and Linda brought Aunt Marian and there were 23 to share in our celebration!

Celebrating our 50th anniversary with our siblings 

Brother Bob, Linda and Aunt Marian 

Theresa, Mike, Jim, Pat, Aunt Marian 

A toast

And while we were partying in Dixon, back in Bloomington......Liam, all grown up was going to CCHS Homecoming with friends

Looking good, Liam

Sunday - we all hung out at the hotel visiting, having breakfast and then at 11:00, we girls (aunts and cousins) enjoyed a baby shower for niece Nicole (Jim and Lydia's daughter).     Nice lunch, games, presents and now, anxiously awaiting Baby Girl's arrival in mid November.   The guys watched the Bears game in hotel lobby.

Lydia, Sue, Karen, Pat, Joan,Theresa, Nicole (Mommy-to-be), Marilyn, Beth, Nora, Doris, Nancy, Bridget (baby due 1 week before Nicole), Janet

Said our good byes but we'll see most of this clan in Omaha next weekend when we celebrate Mark's cousin, Sister Mary Chamberlain's 50th Jubilee as a nun.

Back to Kamp Komfort, changed clothes, unpacked and then off to Liam's hockey game which his team won 10-4 (he scored a goal) and then Steak 'n Shake with Anne and boys.    Said our good byes and now they can get back to their routine and "new normal".    We'll be there for them whenever and again, so thankful for the amazing support and friends who promise to be there for whenever and whatever.

Liam, Anne, Connor