OMG.....where has the time gone.  We have been very lax keeping our blog up to date.....so we're going to try and bring you up to speed.

Our summer at home was very busy and enjoyable.  Let me recap for you:

-we arrived back home the 24th of May and spent the Memorial Day weekend with our old camping club friends.
-on May 29th, my Mom, Maggie, and I took my youngest grandson, Jordan, to Washington DC for a week to visit my brother and his wife and to see the DC sights.  Two years ago Jim and I took our oldest, Jamie, so it was now Jordan's turn.  We had a wonderful time and Jordan can't wait to go back!!!!!
-the month of June was spemt bouncing between Indiana and Illinois spending time with family and friends.
-my favorite time of being home is our family vacation with Jeff, Lorie, Jamie and Jordan and this year was no exception. We left the 23rd of June for a 2 week vacation.  Our whole family loves amusement parks and we spent a few days at our favorite, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.  From there we headed to Niagara Falls for a few days and finally ended up at Greenfield Village in Detroit, Michigan.  What a wonderful time!!!!!
-the months of July and Augut were again spent between Indiana and Illinois and some "camping" weekends.
-the end of August found us on our way back to my brother's in Washington DC for a family reunion which included celebrating my Mom's 85th birthday and Christmas. Allthough my family is not large, it is difficult to get us all together at one time.  This was the year and my brother and his wife put together a fabulous weekend.  We all stayed at their house and played games, had wonderful meals and just spent some real quality "family" time.  Most eveyone left for home on Monday but my Mom, my brother Kelly and his family, Jim and I stayed the week and spent time seeing the DC sights.  We can't thank my brother Danny and his wife, DeeDee enough for all the thought and time that went imto planning that weekend.  We all left with a lot of wonderful memories.
-again it was back and forth between Indiana and Illinois until we left on October 12th starting our way south for the winter.  We stopped in Rockville, Indiana for the Covered Bridge Festival but were very disappointed.  We had attended this festival a number of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed all the local arts and crafts vendors.  This time is was more like a "flea" market.  From there we continued to Talequah, Oklahoma and spent a couple of days with our dear friends BJ and Bob who we had not seen in a couple of years.  After that it was on to Lake Texhoma where we met up with Jim and Bobbie Chapman for a week before continuing on to Whitsett, Texas to start our winter jobs as Gate  Guards.
And as usual our luck in Texas results in repair work. Our water heater sprung a leak and it will be replaced tomorrow.

So, that brings us up to date.....we are now sitting out in the middle of nowhere....about 40 miles from the nearest town......making plans for next summer!!!!!

Love to all of you

Linda and Jim