Tuesday - May 31

 Sunny and warm.   We moved Catrina from her temporary spot (for the transfer) to new location.    Then we set to work  washing the car, truck and Flo.   A big morning of scrubbing and hosing it all down.    After lunch, we rested a bit and then back to work washing the windows (me) and tires (Mark).

Summertime fun has begun in NC!

Mama and Papa and 3 goslings strutted across the parking lot and then flew into the water for a swim

in the Portage River

It reached 90 today!    We got Flo and Big Red all tucked away in the nice climate-controlled building just steps away from Catrina - doesn't get any better than this for convenience!

Went for a few walks - it's 1,545 steps to walk all around the marina.    Still really warm out there at 8:15.    But we are happy boaters and campers to have our tiny homes clean and where we want them!!!

Memorial Day - 2022

 REMEMBER and HONOR

those who gave the ultimate sacrifice serving our country!

 

Alexa played some awesome patriotic music throughout the day - I work much better to music and love all these wonderful songs!

We had sausage/cheese omelets and then set to work.....Mark had his projects and I got final stuff put away with "a place for everything and everything in its place" on Catrina and Flo.

Today officially starts the summer season and it felt like it here in Port Clinton with blue skies, windy and warm sunshine reaching 88,

We went to Bassett's (Hardware and Grocery) - 1st stop was me driving thru Biggby Coffee for some icy treats.    Mark needed some stuff at the hardware and I had a few items to pick up.   We really like this locally owned grocery/hardware that has been in Port Clinton since 1898.    I only had a few things on my list, but $89 later we walked out the door (doesn't take much these days to really add up)!  

On home, put groceries away and Mark finished up project on Catrina's bridge (replace valve on propane tank).

We walked to Dock's Beach House for dinner - it was packed as it always is....waited for 34 minutes for a table.    Visited with some nice folks from Vermilion.    And the owner stopped by to chat.    He owns this place plus several restaurants/bars on Put in Bay.   He said it's so hard to get help (waitresses and cooks).    Before the pandemic the cooks were getting $12 an hour/now it's close to $30.    BUT....no one wants to work!!!!

After our yummy dinner, we walked back to Catrina and a nice ending to this memorial day 2022.

Sunday - May 29

 Great kick-off to summertime fun with sunshine and reaching 82.     We stopped at Coffee Express but very busy with long line, so no coffee/pastries.....onto Ala Cart, an old-fashioned diner that was busy but able to get a booth.    They even had a gal outside with clipboard taking names.    Great hot breakfast and then ran a few errands and drove around Port Clinton seeing some of our favorites and what's new!  

  Mass at Immaculate Conception (our summer parish) with Father Jonathan is always a treat.    I recognized one of the lectors and chatted with Mr. Fox after Mass - we were waiting together and chatting while our lunches were being prepared Friday at Coffee Express.    Nice guy...and everyone who came into the coffee shop knew him by name "Hi Mr. Fox" - he's a school music teacher.

On home to dig in some more and little by little, we're settling back in on Catrina.

We walked to Waterworks Park for the big festival celebrating Port Clinton's "claim to fame" as the "Walleye Capital of the World".    Huge crowd on this lovely day with every imaginable food you could want + lots of craft vendors, music, carnival and perch/walleye sandwiches.   We thoroughly enjoyed our walleye + lemon shake-ups!    Doesn't get any better.    Walked around and sat on a bench overlooking the lake with many boats coming and going.

At Waterworks Park along Lake Erie

Jet Express ferry coming back from Put in Bay

Another pretty park downtown

Only 7 on Zoom tonight but good to see Janet and hear about her recovery from spinal surgery on Friday.   And we got an update on Tom's detached retina.    Both have a 6-8 week healing process. 

 

Back to Catrina to enjoy the AC.   Sat on Catrina's bridge and had drinks (not many folks around) and then walked around the marina.

Saturday - May 28

 Cool and cloudy to start the day but warmed up to 70ish and clouds and sun till 2 and then all sunshine!    After breakfast we set to work transferring clothes, food and stuff from Flo to Catrina.   LOTS of trips back n forth but really convenient having our tiny homes side by side.

Our 2 tiny homes

Mark spent a lot of time trying to get internet set up!    Success...Catrina is good to go!

We took a break in the afternoon and walked downtown - a few more empty store fronts than we remembered from last summer?     Hate to see that.    It was such a pleasant day and felt good to stretch the ole legs.    The 41st annual walleye festival is in full swing (Thursday thru Monday) and bigger than ever (we read) after being cancelled past 2 years cause of the pandemic.    We will check this out tomorrow.

We are tired tonight but it's a "good" tired!   

 I'm probably one of a few people in the universe who has not watched "Top Gun" - I've seen little bits here and there, but not from start to finish.    Netflex is offering it thru May 31 and on the radio today, they were talking about the new HUGE box-office hit "Maverick - Top Gun" which opened in theaters yesterday.    They strongly suggest watching the original Top Gun first....so that's what I did!    Wow... this movie was made when Ryan (our fighter pilot) was only one year old!!!

Friday - May 27

 We were up early and off to Hardees (Mark for biscuits and gravy) and JJ Java House (me for latte and cinnamon coffee cake).  

Cute sign at the coffee shop

  Back to Flo and we were on our way to Port Clinton arriving around 3 hours later.   It was cool and cloudy till we got into Ohio and then  sunshine in the low 70's.    The guys at the marina thanked us for bringing nice weather as it's been cool and rainy here, too.    We sure didn't bring any good stuff from IL.....ha!

Catrina looks great - new bottom paint, washed and waxed and new bimini!  

She is ready to go...

  She was launched around 11:45 and I went to Coffee Express (our cute little blue house and favorite coffee/breakfast/lunch spot just a few blocks away).   Mark and I shared a yummy sandwich and some veggies.    Catrina and Flo are parked alongside of each other so next few days we'll be transferring our stuff and giving Flo a good scrubbing before she goes indoors for the summer.

Superior Marine has only 27 slips and last season, was pretty much empty as they waited so long to get the pedestals (electrical and water hook-up) installed.    But now there are several boats here and Dave, dockmaster, said it will be full this year!   WOW.....

So thankful that Mark's sister Janet had successful spine surgery this morning in Rockford, IL.    Janet has been hurting so with severe back and sciatica pain for several weeks now.    She just retired from a long and illustrious teaching career (high school math) at Hononegah High School in Rockton.    We wish Janet a quick, fully healed recovery and long, happy, healthy retirement.    Amazingly, Janet came home this afternoon and resting pain FREE!!!

Mark worked away on Catrina (happy to be back on his boat).    Tomorrow, we'll really make some waves, but I even took a little nap!   Ha....the rain started around 4 (much earlier than predicted), but we were warm, cozy and dry in Flo.

Yesterday when we were out walking around the Wal-Mart parking lot in Normal (where Mark had parked Flo and Big Red) and we were waiting for our appts., (PT and mani/pedi), we noticed that there are 33 pick-up parking spaces at Wal-Mart North.   Wow.....that service is still going strong.   Such a great thing during the pandemic but in all the Wal-Marts we've been at for pick-up, never saw this many pick-up spots!  

  Catrina is happy to be floating again...

Have a safe and fun holiday weekend!   

 

Thursday - May 26

 Happy Heavenly Birthday to the former Patriarch of the Chamberlain clan who would be 101 today.    Dad/Grandpa C/Harland is so missed and loved.

We got Flo hooked up to Big Red, everything stowed away and we were off to town with me following in the car.   Had extra time before Mark's PT, so went to Panera and had nice chat with long-time friend, Steve and we all commiserated about Green Gables.    I went with Mark to PT just to say "hi" and "bye" to Donna.    I got a mani pedi with Lisa and heard all about her daughter Jessica getting engaged and wedding coming in September in Naples, FL.

Mark went on ahead of me and I was about 1 hour behind.    We took Route 24 from Chenoa all the way to Huntington, Indiana where we are settled in a Wal Mart parking lot specially for RV's trucks, etc.   We lost an hour but now only 3 hours from Port Clinton and Catrina.    

Trip Advisor once again came thru with their #1 restaurant out of 32 which was Nick's Kitchen downtown - old timey diner with great home cookin' and big choice of pies which we passed on.   Mark had the sausage, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes and I did the pork tenderloin which was huge and delicious.  Nick's has been in business since 1908 and the tenderloin is their big favorite.   The waitresses wear T-shirts and on the back it says "Probably..." thee best tenderloin in the Midwest!!!    We have some good leftovers coming up.

Awesome place!!!

  

Little Buzzy Bee

Future theater performers - acting and singing

 

Wednesday - May 25

 Some rain in the early morning hours....I left for town, filled my car with gas (choke choke) and then picked up order at Panera and off to Claire's with breakfast pastries and my latte.    We enjoyed a 3-hour visit - always plenty to yak about.    Said our good byes till June when we'll meet in Dallas for a wedding.

Mark was busy preparing Flo for our departure tomorrow.    Some light drizzle in the early afternoon.   We read, walked around the campground and played 3 games of 2-handed euchre with Mark winning 2.    

The sun came out brightly around 5 and the temp reached 80.     More rain in the forecast!

We had planned to leave Friday, but after Mark's last PT session and my mani-pedi appt., we'll be on our way tomorrow with me following Flo and Big Red.   Catrina will be launched Friday afternoon.

Maeve is going to be a "Bee" in a school play tomorrow.    Her nails are ready to go!!!

She and Grandma have been sending audio text messages back n forth.    She's a sweetie!

We told Micci (owner) that we were leaving tomorrow and bye bye.....she and Mark have a fun summer ahead with their daughter's wedding in August.    Looking forward to all the pics of this long-awaited event when were back in September!    They are putting in a really nice new fence around the pool + extended the patio area, so some good changes coming to KK.

Went to the Carlock Family Restaurant for supper - usually we head west to Busy Corner, but tonight decided to try this place in Carlock which is always busy for breakfast/lunch/dinner.    They have done some nice remodeling - food was very good!!!

Tuesday - May 24

Cool breezy day with off and on sunshine.   We left for town with 4 loads of laundry.    Got the machines going and walked next door to Gloria Jeans only to find them closed???  So, got in car and drove to Dunkin and their line was LONG with no inside dining.    Plan C was Starbucks, got our coffees and back to the laundromat (I thoroughly enjoyed Jody's carrot cake with my latte).   Mark had a breakfast sandwich.

Our laundromat buddies (repairman and cleaning guy) were both there working away - always so friendly, but what a vicious cycle working on washers/dryers that constantly need attention!

On home and put clean clothes away.    

Got an e-mail from our friends Bob and Marsha who have been vacationing in Scotland and Ireland with their daughter and granddaughter (just graduated from high school).    Maddie (granddaughter) tested positive so they (Marsha and Maddie) are stuck in Dublin for ???   And if Marsha should test positive, quarantine will be extended.    My oh my.....rest of family got home ok and no one else in their group caught Covid.

Went back to town and met friends Roger and Carol at RobDobs for lunch - we sat in a cozy booth in this classy restaurant and had a good chat over our delicious lunches.     They just returned from FL last week - lots to catch up on. 

Roger and Carol

  Said our good byes and we were off to get a few groceries at Schnucks and then stopped at Anne's to see the boys after school and tell them bye bye till July when we see them in NC.  They were off to mow lawns before the next batch (3 days worth) of rain comes.   We met Anne at the funeral home for our friend, Debbie's visitation.    Sad.....

Good bye hugs with Anne and we stopped at Energy Hut (I got a Boba drink) and then to Holy Cross Cemetery to visit Patrick's gravesite.

On home to read about the Texas school shooting......when will this senseless violence end?   Poor innocent little ones about to end their school year......

Congratulations to Brady who was inducted into the National Honor Society tonight!  

Found this at Schnucks today...breading for chicken and Davis's employer

Monday - May 23

 Beautiful sunny day with a high of 70.  We were off to town at 8:30 (Mark driving Big Red and me in my car).    Went to Shannon's for breakfast with the Monday morning bunch - last time for us to be with them till September - all 9 of us were together - fun time as always. 

The Guys

 

Jerry, Pat, Marty, Mark, Ken

The Gals

Sigrunn, Pat Brenda, Sue

Afterwards Mark filled up Big Red with some diesel, he left in the car for therapy and I took Big Red and visited Donna Rae at Westminster Village (she's living at Martin Health Nursing Home for rehab).    I was so happy to see her as they've been on lockdown and after having covid, she has been so weak and tired.    We had a great 1/2 hour visit and then time for her OT (she had PT earlier this morning).   Hope Mark and I can stop in to see her before we leave Thursday.

Sweet Donna Rae

I came on back to KK and sorted laundry for tomorrow; did some computer stuff, read, walked and just hung out.   After his therapy, he had a 1:00 appt. at Heller in Pontiac to hopefully get the windshield wiper fluid thingy fixed???    They said it would take about 2 hours, so instead of getting a loaner car, he decided to just sit and wait.

I drove to Busy Corner around 3 and picked up 8 slices of pie for our Monday Night Friends salad supper hosted by Ruth at our country farm in rural Chenoa.    She invited us to come and see her pretty flowers, too....

The car was finally done around 4 (3 hours) and so Mark and I exchanged vehicles in Lexington and he went back to Flo in Big Red and I drove to Ruth's.    There were 7 of us and Ruth started off by giving us a tour of her beautiful flowers (mainly Iris at this point).    She will be in a garden walk in late June when many more will be in full bloom.  

Donna, Jody, Ruth, Pat, Brenda, Sue, Nadine

Missing Connie, Linda, Marsha and Tamara

And then the gorgeous Iris...

 

Sue getting chummy with one of the calves

We all enjoyed a delicious supper of hot chicken salad on croissants, fruit salad, watermelon/feta/cucumber salad, deviled eggs, chocolate-dipped strawberries and pie from Busy Corner.    We sat around the table in Ruth's machine shed (her event room) and yakked and yakked.    Then time to clean up and grab some of Jody's delicious mini carrot cakes to take with us.    What a treat!    I will not see these gals till September (God willing).    A really fun evening with these long-time friends.

Jody's famous carrot cakes

Sunday - May 22

 A bit of sunshine but still cool....cloudy most of the day!   Off to town early for coffee at Coffee Hound....disappointed today as their baker was not there so had scones, cookies and brownies which they were giving away and came from somewhere else?    Our "free" cranberry/orange scones were very dry and tasteless?    Mark thought his Americano decaf tasted like instant coffee???   This is so NOT the Coffee Hound experience!   Sure hope they get their baker back soon! We went to 10:00 Mass at Holy Trinity - wanted to hear that magnificent choir one last time!  Would love to have recorded their singing!  On back to KK.

Making plans for Luke and Blair to come stay with us on Catrina....yeah!   Organized Big Red for our trip to Port Clinton leaving Thursday.

 Liam and Connor were busy mowing lawns and catching up after all the rain.    They served 2:00 Mass this afternoon for CCHS graduation.  

Connor, Father Stirniman, Liam

Walked in the afternoon wearing hooded sweatshirts! 🙁   New states in the campground are Kentucky, Colorado, Oklahoma and California (2).  

We met Anne and boys at Busy Corner for supper and pie!    Good visit around the table (same table where we Sublettians sat many times thru the years and made me sad thinking about Debbi).   We met Anne and boys at Busy Corner for supper and pie!    Good visit around the table (same table where we Sublettians sat many times thru the years and made

me sad thinking about Debbi).

Family time + pie! 

Ten siblings on zoom with lots of laughs and also needed prayers for those dealing with health issues.    Janet is having spinal surgery on Friday (outpatient...amazing); Sharon has lead, mercury and mold in her system and being treated; Tom's recent detached retina surgery is a long process - no vision in his left eye for 6-8 weeks; Marilyn is having severe allergies affecting her eyes. 

Our NC family are over Covid and movin' on out of quarantine.

Last week of school for Luke, Maeve, Blair, Liam and Connor.   Brady finishes on the 31st.   Davis is enjoying his summer internship at House Autry Foods.   Drew will be starting his 1st big job at KPMG in Dallas on June 2.

Luke being silly

Last week of 3rd grade coming up

Sweet kiddos

Last week of kindergarten

Enjoy your week ahead...

Saturday - May 21

 A very wet Saturday with some occasional rumbles of thunder and lightning thrown in.    We jointly prepared sausage, eggs and toast for breakfast and then I dug in and had a productive morning sorting thru clothes with piles to go back to storage, and what goes to Catrina.    Cleaned out the closet, drawers and cabinets!    Tah dah...

The rain took a break around 1:30 so we skedaddled outside to load up stuff in the car and truck.   

Nice to have a day to to get some things done on Flo, read, take a couple of cat naps, and enjoy the rain coming down.    We ended up with 1.05" of rain.

We drove into town at 4 and ran a few errands, stopped at storage with stuff and then met Jim and Shelly at Lucca Grill.    We were with them in FL and made a plan to have A la baldini pizza when we were back in Bloomington.    Lucca opened December 9, 1936 and still going strong.    We had a great visit (the guys used to work together) and always enjoy their company.

Shelly and Jim

Friday - May 20

 I'm heartbroken and very sad to hear this morning that a dear friend and fellow Sublettian passed away last night.     Debbi was thee most wonderful, admired and loved teacher for many years at St. Claire, Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi school.   Ryan and Liam were both blesssed to have her in 3rd grade.

 She was born and raised in Sublette and founded our Sublettian group (friends who all attended and graduated from St. Mary's school) many years ago.    She was a wife, mother to 3 daughters and grandma to 4.    Debbi had cancer, was in remission and then it came back with a vengeance.    She was such a trooper throughout and left us much too early at age 70. 

   Sooo many memories of fun times together laughing till we cried (Debbi was the crazy funny one who kept us smiling and in stitches)!    We could always count on Deb to entertain us!   

RIP Deb - you will be sooo missed.   😢😢😢

Mark left early for PT with Donna.     Shortly after he left, my phone weather alert went off about storms and sure enough radar looked nasty.    We had really dark skies, some light rain, but then pretty much fizzled out?   The strong winds continued throughout the day.

We left for Eureka at 11 to meet Jane, Joe and Allie at Braker's (wonderful Apostolic Christian grocery/gift/bakery/restaurant).   Love going here and extra special today being with cousin Jane, Joe and Allie after a very long absence of all being together.    We missed Owen who was not feeling well.    After lunch, we sat and visited, had coffee/ice cream and then shopped and then time to say good bye...😢

Delicious lunch at Brakers

Allie, Joe, Jane, Pat

Saying good bye...

Jane, Mark, Pat, Joe, Allie

Stopped to get some ice cream for cake-in-a-mug that Mark is making!   Snickerdoodle cake with ice cream - yum!!!

Quiet afternoon as we hunkered down in Flo who was affected by these strong winds!   Yikes....

Walked around 6 but still windy and warm.    Big change coming tomorrow - much cooler (by 20 degrees) and rain!    New states tonight in the park....2 newbies from FL and WA + WI, PA and IL.

Enjoy your weekend!

Thursday - May 19

 Happy Birthday to Jim....Mark's brother who is the big "70" today!   And also Happy 61st Anniversary to Bob and Judy (Brooke's parents).    🎂  💕 And also our niece, Jennifer's hubby Jake's birthday!

We were off to town early.   Mark dropped me off at Crafted Coffee - long line in drive-thru and long line inside + all the online orders!!!    He went onto MCO for his steroid injection in his back and I walked over and waited in car with my coffee till he was done.    We ran a few errands, he got a haircut and then on home.

Yesterday, Donna told Mark at therapy to walk, walk, walk!!!    So, that's what we enjoy doing and need to pick up the pace.    Since we've been at KK, too much going on or weather issues (rain, wind, cold).   No more excuses!!!    He did his at-home exercises this afternoon, we read and nice to have some quiet "down" time!

We have one week left here at KK....very warm today (86) but later in the afternoon, the wind picked up and temp dropped making for a very pleasant walk around the campground and out on the road checking out the little sprouts of corn and beans popping up!

They came from far away here tonight - Texas (3), Arizona (2), Florida (2 + us) and Montana.

Wednesday - May 18

 Rainy day......we packed up the car and had breakfast at Cindy's with Bob and Linda, then said our good byes and headed back to KK  with heavy rain off and on.    

Top-notch host and hostess

Linda and Bob

Unloaded the car, unpacked some of the stuff on Flo and then I was off again to meet Claire at her house and together we drove to Clinton in the rain.    We've always enjoyed LaTeaDa tea room but haven't been there in years.    It is as good as ever + they now serve wine and awesome desserts as always.    We also shopped upstairs and had some retail therapy - cute, cute stuff!

LaTeaDa - a wonderful experience!

Nice table decor

A fun outing and the sun was shining when we left.    I visited with Claire back at her house, then stopped in to see the boys and drop off some yummy bread from Basil Tree (Anne loves her bread) and on home.

Mark had therapy this afternoon and arrived at KK shortly after me.    Finished unpacking and putting suitcases away.

So our big whirlwind trip of 5 days (Iowa City, Dixon, Mendota) has ended and I'm thankful the family got thru it all staying healthy.    However, today we hear that Brooke, Blair and Bob (Brooke's Dad) have tested positive!!!!!    Stay tuned.    🙏🙏🙏

Monday-Tuesday, May 16-17

 Monday -  We were off to the Coffee Emporium for light breakfast and then drove onto Mendota.   It was a pretty day and we got the car washed in Peru and then promptly drove past a farmer along the highway really stirring up the dust!    Ha...

Stopped at Bob and Linda's. unloaded some stuff and then we 4 went to El Zarape for lunch with the Sublettians .    Been 2 1/2 years since we were together so....it was really fun to yak and yak over delicious margaritas, lunch and dessert.   Some of our long-time former classmates and friends came and a real surprise as we had not seen them in a very long time!

Said our good byes and so appreciated Marilyn putting this together and I was really happy that we were back in the area to join in the fun.

Sublettians (spouses and wannabe Sublettians)

Front:   Carol, Dick, Diane, Janet, Gary, Judy

Middle:  Teresa, Pat, Mary Jo, Joyce, Paula, Diana, Linda, Kay

Back:  Mark, Janet, Marilyn, Joe, John, Bob, Rose, Larry, Jim

Back to Bob and Linda's, visited for a bit and then Mark and I drove to Dixon to be with his family.    Youngest sister Karen offered her home for our dinner and 10 of us enjoyed delicious Italian fare from The Basil Tree + wine and of course, much chatter.   

Stopped in Sublette beforehand to visit Mom and Dad's grave and check out the pretty spring  bouquet which the local florist delivers 3x a year.

At St. Mary's Cemetery - Sublette

Chamberlain siblings and spouses

Rich, Doris, Joe, Joan, Marilyn, Mark, Pat, Peggy, Tom, Karen (Auntie)

We said our good byes and Mark and I drove back to Bob and Linda's.    LOTS of hugs today with the Sublettians and family.

Tuesday - Linda had a yummy breakfast of sausage/egg/cheese casserole, coffee cake and fruit.    She and I went to Princeton for some shopping, coffee at The Bean Bizz and on home.   No major purchases but fun to check out these cute shops.   Bob and Mark drove around the country checking out the farm, etc.   Rained a little on the way back to Mendota.   Much cooler today.

 Frankie is ONE today!

Happy Birthday, Frankie

My brother Ron had knee replacement today in FL....wishing him a speedy, full recovery!  All went well and he's home tonight!   Unbelievable!!!

Mark picked Aunt Marian up at 2:00 and brought here over to bob's for some rousing games of euchre.    Linda and I won the 1st and last with Aunt Marian and Mark winning 3 in between!    Lots of fun.    Cousin Dick and Mary came later and we had a good visit before going to China House for great Chinese.     Hitting all the ethnic food groups yesterday/today...Mexican/Italian/Chinese.     Piggin' out big time!!!

Back:  Bob, Pat, Linda

Front"  Mary, Aunt Marian, Dick

Dick and Mary left for their granddaughter's softball game in Peru, Mark and Bob took Aunt Marian home and then 2 more games of euchre with Linda and I beating the guys both games!

 

Sunday - May 15

 Mark and I went to 8:00 Mass at St. Wenceslaus and then met Bob and Judy at the Edgewater Grill in the Hyatt for breakfast.    It's cloudy today and much cooler than past few days by 20+ degrees.

Proud day in Iowa City watching our oldest grandson, Drew graduate from the University of Iowa School of Engineering .

This is the moment!!!

Proud parents

Proud grandparents

Drew with Auntie Anne (Godmother) and cousins, Liam and Connor

 

Drew and siblings - Brady and Blair

Missing Davis

Bob, Michael, Mark, Drew Liam

Judy, Anne, Pat, Connor, Brady

Blair, Brooke

It was cloudy most of the day but the sun came out a little bit when we were taking pics.        Anne and boys left after the ceremony - work and school tomorrow.

We spent a few hours back at the hotel, changed clothes and then left for the party with Bob and Judy.    We were blessed with great weather all weekend, but did have some light rain along the way to Mosely's BBQ.    One of the Moms had arranged for a private room for her son, Drew, his roommates, friends and their families.    It was a great time with awesome chicken and pork BBQ, baked beans, cole slaw and corn bread.   Then 3 choices of Nothing Bundt Cakes (Lemon raspberry, Chocolate and Red Velvet).    

Opening presents - a graduation ornament from us!

Drew and friends...some are going onto graduate school; and rest are headed to Texas.

Austin (2), Dallas (2) and Houston.    Great bunch of young people!!!

What a wonderful weekend - so proud of Drew and wishing him the all the best with

 his new career and life in the Dallas area.

7 years ago today we closed on our Jackson Street home - wow.....that's when we officially became nomads!

Lunch yesterday at Big Grove Brewery

(1/2 of Liam, Anne, Pat, Brooke, Judy, Bob, Brady, Connor, Michael, Mark, Drew, Tessa, Blair)