Today was Bridget's birthday and Mothers' Day. We drove to Mike's in the morning and then to Jeff's in the afternoon. A 130 mile round trip but well worth it. In addition to honoring the mothers and celebrating Bridget's 7th, we finalized plans for Camp Nana-Papa this summer. We will be leavi
Trip Log
May 3, 2010
We left early Friday morning on a 600 mile trip to Fort Wayne to attend the Scott Diewald/Deanna Leininger wedding. We arrived that afternoon and attended the rehearsal dinner at 7. On Saturday morning we had a chance to tour Ft.
April 17, 2010
Now that Steve and Laura have semi-retired they have finally left the state of Maine and paid us a visit on their way to visit Laura's sister Mary in Ripley. They arrived Tuesday evening and left this morning. We had a busy time and enjoyed their visit. Wednesday Alesa took Laura with her on t
April 11, 2010
Yesterday we drove down to McGaheysville, Virginia to help celebrate Alesa's cousin, Mary Hulvey's, 90th birthday. We got to Harrisonburg at around 3 and checked into the Marriott near James Madison U. We had a suite so I wasn't sure I was going to be able to blast Alesa away from the room and
April 6, 2010
We left for Erie Sunday morning taking our old TV to Bob and Cathy. Since the last one fell over in the back of the truck we were especially careful in loading it this time and were very happy when it made it in mint condition. The weather was good and we had a great visit as all three of the '
April 3, 2010
We celebrated Easter today, a day early as is our usual custom so the kids don't have to rush between families. We started with a late lunch/early dinner and the grandkids opened their gifts, new clothes plus a cocoa crispies Easter basket made by Nana and filled with candy. Bridget tried on he
March 31, 2010
We have been home a couple of weeks now and are pretty much caught up with things. Today we picked up the trailer from where it has been snow bound and missed the trip south. They finished the state inspection so we parked it in the driveway and have repacked it for summer travelling so there w
March 18, 2010
On Monday we left Lakeland and stopped to see Betsey in rehab before spending the night in Brunswick Georgia. Betsey had her shoulder replaced on Monday and is now going through rehab and therapy. She is doing well after a few days of pain. The weather has warmed a bit but is still cool. On T
March 14, 2010
We left Craig and Janet's on Thursday morning after another wonderful visit. It finally warmed up on Wednesday so we did get a good walk on the beach before we left. We arrived in St.
March 9, 2010
Today we went into the Everglades and then to the Florida panther refuge. We didn't see any panthers but we saw plenty of alligators. We didn't do the airboat ride because it was a little rainy.