July 5, 2009

We had first Sunday morning meeting at Granny's today then headed to Omaha, NE to see Jace, Dana and Alexis and Bree. We got there around 9 p.m. and then were able to stay a few days. On Monday, my good friends from South Dakota and Minnesota came down to the Henry Doorley Zoo and we could be together most of the day. Kyle and Danaka Kracht and their 4 kids, Shannon Graber and her two children, Linda Fisher and her two kiddos, Granny, Shari Connelly, Laverna Schwartz were all there with us. A great day and great weather. We left Dana's on Wednesday morning and headed to Indiana. It rained most of the way. We got to Bill and Amy McCleery's in time for supper and then Wednesday night bible study. We stayed the night with them and had a good time. Grady flew into Indy on Thursday, July 9. The kids had dentist appts, I had a dentist appt then we headed to Moscow, IN to stayed with our friends there. Supper and the evening at Leon and Ruthie Wagler's and then the night at Amos and Rosie Kemp's. It was a super time. Kevin and Libby Ball came in Thursday evening and it was so good to see them! We had a huge cookout at Kemp's on Friday night that included: Kevin and Brittney Crawmer plus kids, Kent and Kathy Crawmer plus kids, Kevin and Libby Ball plus kid, Brian and Lina Drew, Marvin and Miriam Troyer plus kids, Amos and Rosie plus kids, Leon and Ruthie plus kids, Jon Knockenmus, Dan Wisecup, Duane and Iris Schraw (Jon's sis), Andy and Andrea Wright, Shane and Sue Bailey plus kids. Quite a crowd! All the kids slept in the basement and 7 families stayed in that one house for the night. It was FUN!