Ho Hum

I am trying to come up with something exciting for this blog, but I'm afraid that won't be the case. We should consider ourselves fortunate that life is rather mundane.

My Mother's Day was exactly as I would wish. Calls from Keith and Brian, flowers and cards and candy, and KFC with Craig and Colleen for dinner. One could not ask for more.

We enjoyed having Rod and Karen in the area for two days. We don't have room for their coach in our driveway, but we have always been fortunate that we have been able to secure a spot for them at the Ft. Lewis Famcamp which is located on North Fort Lewis and is only about a five minute drive from our house.

Karen and I swapped quilting stories and spent one day going to IkEA while the guys met one of Rod's former coworkers for lunch. The four of us seem to talk non stop when we are together which makes for great fun. Karen and I are always fascinated at how well Ken and Rod get along and share so many common interests. Even though Karen and I have known each other for 50+ years, the boys have only really gotten well acquainted over the past three years.

We will be Skyla-sitting from Wednesday to Sunday while Colleen goes to Arizona to attend a friend's wedding. We keep reminding Cooper that he only has to share us for four days and then she will go home again.

The Jaynes are going to be in this part of the country next week so they and their friends are coming to dinner a week from Friday. It has probably been at least six years since they have been to our house so it will be nice to have them and I even have dinner partially planned. They are still adjusting to being without their beloved Angus who had to be put down recently, but it sounds like they plan to get another Gordon Setter in the fall.

Our trip to Virginia is getting better and better. It sounds like Brian is going to have an extra week before classes start so we are hoping we will get to spend some extra time with him. I know the boys will be available, but we probably won't get to see as much of Sheila because of her work schedule. And even though we will see Keith and family for a day or two in July when we all get together for a reunion in Spokane, we should see more of them after they return to Maryland while we are still in Virginia.

This is house cleaning day so I had better get back at it. Ciao