On Location

Today I am reporting from Dad's computer in Clinton Township. We are finally on vacation!!!!!!! This is a good thing, if you didn't catch that from all the exclamation marks ;-) We got out of dodge (Hillsdale) late on Wednesday. Our ETD (estimated time of departure) was before 5pm - so we didn't run into the trustees attempting to fix the broken sewage drain in our crawl space- but we didn't hit the road until nearly 7pm. The office computer was giving Doug fits. It is 8 years old and won't talk to the new kids in the office. It almost got shot with an SKS or thrown out the window. He ended up finishing here on dad's computer. His August Cornerstone articles are complete now, however and that is what matters. We crashed here Wednesday night. The kids were a little excited. They got to sleep in the basement, which Pappa finished just recently, on camping cots. Loads of fun for 9,8 and 5 year olds!! They ended up staying up to watch some Olympic coverage. We have been Olympic deprived since Monday when a very kind trustee was weed whacking our front yard and accidentally cut the cable that connected our roof top antenna to the TV -- and as you already know we don't have any cable or satellite service so that was our only source for TV type entertainment. We were able to see Phelps and Co. win the relay on Sunday, but missed two more nights worth of swimming. Anyway, we now have Pappa's large screen tv to watch the Olympics on. The kids, and me too, are in heaven!!!

Thursday, we trecked over to Lapeer to visit with the Strawn's. They were finishing up their two week vacation in Michigan. We couldn't let them be so close without seeing them. The kids had a blast climbing apple trees, playing baseball, freeze tag, picking peaches and just having fun. We big kids were able to catch up and vent. Pastors and their wives need to do that every now and then ya know. We had a great visit. I think we all wish we lived closer together. Nebraska is pretty far away!! Thanks for a great afternoon guys! We really enjoyed the day!

Once back at Grandma's we threw all the kids in a shower or bath, they stunk and were very dirty, then put them to bed. They were also tired and cranky!!! Doug and I stayed up to watch the gymnasts take gold and silver. It was late, but it isn't every year you get to see history being made! Tomorrow is another fun day. Stay tuned for more adventures!! I may even add pictures!!