After all these years.

This past Sunday, we packed up and headed down to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to see our friends, The Karl Family.(Joana, Maya, Juliana, & Dan) Chris, Tracy, and Andrew Hamilton came with us.
We got there about 9 am and had breakfast and "lupper" together. Joana made Ghanian beef kabobs for "lupper" and though they have peanuts and I couldn't have any, I heard they were VERY good!
We went to a park down the road from there house and ALL of us kids played and just sat around and hung out. The weather was beautiful!
We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day-all around.
The kids all played kindly with one another. We were sad to go and all decided that next time, we would stay over night and for longer. Did I mention that Dan (Topel), Chris, and Dan (Karl) all went to school together and Dan Karl was supposed to be our best man in our wedding, but he was too busy courting Joana in Africa!! Dan is Mallory's Godfather.

Thanks for a wonderful time, guys. You are wonderful hosts and your home is a perfect environment for us to all get together! We miss you being close now more than ever!

Hebrews 10:25 (New International Version)
25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Heigh ho heigh ho...it's back to school we go!

The kids started back on school on August 28th. So far, so good. We are embracing the new schedule and I am especially enjoying being able to be home to do homework, make supper, etc. I am so excited, because I think I discovered why I could only load one photo per log in, etc. Updating will be much less painful now.
I do have lots of catching up to do, so stay tuned!
This past labor day weekend:
Saturday the kids and I road tripped up to the Princeton/Kingston area again. Mallory and Christain went to the campground by Tim and Jerzy and I went into Princeton to get my "trial" nails done for the wedding and go for lunch with Lynnell. By the time I got back, the kids had made a ton of crafts, Mallory was dribbling the basketball with some fancy moves, and they made a few new friends. Though it would have been niced to stay over, we headed home on Saturday. It is always a treat to see what new skill the kids acquire at the campground! Thanks, again, Tim & Jerzy!
Sunday, we really just hung out here at home and did some cleaning/laundry, fun stuff like that. My friend Renee had surgery the past Monday, so we made a meal for them and that was our day.
Monday-more cleaning and then to church. I wasn't feeling the best all weekend, so it was good to just catch up on some things around here. Dan kept busy towing and napping inbetween.

Last night, something really weird happened. I couldn't fall asleep for the life of me, and then the phone rang around 12:30. It was a nurse from St. Mary's hospital (which is one of my most feared phone calls with my dad trucking at all hours of the day/night). She said that my Grandma had been brought in for a nose bleed and she was okay now and needed a ride home. I wouldn't have minded anyway, but since I couldn't sleep, it really wasn't a big deal. Might make for a long day today!!