Okay, We are getting OLD

We arrived in Indianapolis on Monday, May 18th around 11:30 am and today is Wednesday, May 28th and we are headed back to Virginia, WORN TO A FRAZZLE as my mother would say. The grandchildren are wonderful but on the move constantly and want us to be on the move also. Noah is becoming quite the young man and we got to attend his kindergarden graduation on Thursday, May 22. Katelyn is such a typical 3 year old whom I have a nicknamed "Bossy Kate" and she is having some issues with Isabella becoming a little person, not a baby anymore and is giving her Mommy and Daddy a rough patch right now. Papa Mark, the next door neighbor calls her "MJ" (which stands for Mem Junior) so I am not sure that is a good thing. Isabella is stiil the happiest baby and just goes with the flow. She is taking a few steps but not completely on her own yet.
Papa and I just can't keep up with all the activity so we escape to the motorhome at night and try to get some rest to tackle the next day. I think if we were living closer and could spend less time more often it would be easier but that just isn't the case and not an option right now.
Hope this finds all doing well and we will catch up later.

WEST , I GOD, VIRGINIA--MUD AND MORE MUD

Oh what a great time we have had since Thursday, May 15th when we met up with 6 other rigs on I64 and headed West . We had a a great day for traveling until we arrive at the 4-H fairgrounds in Mineral Wells West Virginia around 4:30pm when it decieded to RAIN. Now of course setting up in the rain is always fun. We all got registered at the WV Samboree and parked in the grass which was already soggy with previous rain. It rained ALL night and on Friday morning there was a fine mist which continued most of the day. We spent most of the day getting to know what was to be going on for the weekend and checked out the local attractions. On Saturday the girls and I found a Coldwater Creek clearance center and had fun spending a little money and enjoyed a nice lunch just doing "girl talk". The opening ceremonies and entertainment on Friday night was great and we were welcomed by everyone. There were four other chapters from Virginia also. Saturday afternoon Larry and some of the other guys in our group thought it would be a good idea to get the "Big Buses" got as they were predicting more rain for that evening and night. WELL, guess what 3 hours later the buses were moved. 5 of the 7 had to be pulled out. One of them had to be pulled by 3 pickup trucks that were F350 with dual wheels and 4 wheel drive. Now trust me we provided the afternoon entertainment for all who wanted to watch. Now you really can't appreciate this story without being there and knowing how most of these men "love" their buses. Most of us women know where we stand and it ain't first in line. We decided to just stand back and pray and when our bus was out of the MUD we cheered and clapped. Everyone left WV this morning heading in different directions but trust me this will be a trip none of us are likely to forgot anytime soon. We did have a wonderful time.

Mem

On the Road Again in 2008

The Big "A" Bus is ready to go again. We have done a couple of weekends since we got back to Virginia. One with the Old Dominion Cardinals Good Sam Group and one with the Dogwoods which is our Family Motor Coach Group. Both weekends were great weather until we left to come home on Sunday but at least no rain before then.
Tomorrow, May 15th , we are leaving from our house with a group of our Old Dominion Cardinals to go to the West Virginia Samboree in Mineral Wells, West Va. We have never been to another State Samboree so this should be a new experience for us.
On Sunday some of us will head back to Virginia, others plan to stay in the area and do some sightseeing and WE are heading to Indianapolis. Imagine that!!!!!! We have not seen those wonderful grandkids since Dec. 27th and believe me we are READY. Noah will be graduating from Kindergarden on the 22nd and we will stay through Memorial Day Weekend and probably do the downtown parade on Saturday before the famous Indy 500 on Sunday which Doug will attend but not sure about Ally yet. We, Larry and I will spend the day with the "grands".

More later, MEM