Monday, June 6, 2016

Back in Virginia ( for a short time) June 6, 2016

We arrived back in Virginia on April 23 and of course have been BUSY every since.

After getting settled back in the shop we started to unwind.   Jessica came over with Chole to say hello.  The girls were with their Dad so we didn't see them until Sunday and Chris is in Boston working an outage.

Virginia has been very wet this spring and it has continued to rain just about all of month of May.  Getting grass cut was almost impossible.We also got some gravel for the driveway which was really needed.  Thanks Shane.
We stayed home a couple of weeks and then went up to our friends Linda and Randy Burdette's house so that Larry could polish and wax their motorhome. He does a great job and Randy pays well.


Spent Mother's Day with Bryant, Julie, Madie and Taylor along with Jack and Billy from the SHMC group.   Had ribs and everyone was happy.
Tuesday of that week we went to Amy's for dinner and to hear Madie play and sing. She hosts open mike night for people to come and get experience.   Sharon Bowen and Sandy Fred joined us for dinner.

After going back to Louisa we started getting ready for the next trip.
We left on Monday May 23 and drove Charleston WV to our favorite Wal Mart.
On the Indy the next day. We attended Noah's graduation from 8th grade at St. Matthew Catholic School.   It was quite the ceremony.   THursday we had Sophia all day. Took her to gymnastics then lunch at Steak and Shake and did some errands.   She just loves to do things with Papa, she just lets me tag along with them.

Friday morning we left for Mason Mi to visit our friends John and Judy Switalski.   Judy is being treated for a form of stomach cancer and I just had to go to see her.   We have been friends since 1973.Their son  Jack and his daughter Beth came to visit also along with Judy and Chuck Lasater .

Sunday morning we drove on over to Adrian Mi to work the next week with Habitat. We met three couples that we had not worked with before.   I didn't get to do much as I am having severe back issues which I will address when we get back in Virginia.

Now we find ourselves moving again on Monday June 6 over to LaPeer Mi teach a two day safety class for Habitat.   We are in a nice little campground and getting ready to teach.

After this we will go to Howell to visit Barney and Laura Rogers and then on to Holland Mi for a few days before going back to Indy to keep the 3 girls for the weekend as Ally and Noah will be going to Louisville Ky for a basketball tournament.  Doug will join them there on Friday night after having been on a two week training with the Army at Ft. Bragg.

After this we are heading back to Virginia until the third week of July for a trip to Crossville Tn along with Ally and the girls to attend a week gymnastics camp.