I'm Back................Again

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted to the blog, but it has. Well, we left off with Sarah's shower in Edgerton. On the 17th I went to the girl's softball game and took a good picture of the three generations of Whitman Men as it was Kraig's 12th birthday. I will post it. Then the 21st we went to Lindsay & Damon's wedding and will also post a picture of that. The 22nd we went down to Cincinnati for Sarah's shower there. We didn't get to spend much time there, but I was glad I went and wouldn't have missed it for the world. They have her nursery all ready for her and will post a picture of her "reading nook" with the chair Kurt's got for her. On the way home, we went through Berne, Indiana to pick up six chickens Keith had purchased through an ad in the Defiance paper. We got six pullets and one rooster. They are Americana chickens and will lay blue and green eggs. They should start laying in a month or so. Denny got us a "Fresh Eggs" sign for the chicken coop at a garage sale. Monday morning the 23rd we left on a bus trip to Iowa to see the John Deere combine plant. We had a good time. We stayed in a hotel that was connected to a casino so we went to the casino Monday night (Keith came out ahead, I lost $10). Tuesday we went to the John Deere Pavilion, John Deere Store, The Rock Island Armory (my favorite of the trip very historical and we saw the national cemetery there and a confederate cemetery from the cival war for prisoners of war) and the John Deere combine plant. It was our first and I believe our last bus trip. When we want to stop, we want to stop and you stop when they want you to and eat where they want you to. June 26th I went to Red Hats and they had a birthday party for me....surprise. On the 27th Keith & I went to Casey's ballgame, she made All Stars again this year. I took some pictures of the chickens on the 28th and will post lots of pictures of all these events. We went to JoAnn's to watch the fireworks Saturday night. They were the best they have ever had! Keith went to Cleveland Monday morning and got back early Thursday morning, just after midnight. He is working on getting an auction ready there. I had dominos here while he was gone. The drain on our geothermal heating and cooling system plugged up while he was gone and I had to do some mopping up of water. They came to check it out and we will have to put a new drain in from the house to the pond. There goes the economic stymulas check!!! Thank you George Bush. Here it is the 4th of July. Where is the summer going?? Boy It has been a long time, I can't pull up my pictures to post them. I'll try again later.

Got it!! Some things to be thankful for....I took Mom back to her surgeon for a check up. She is completely healed. Her doctor said she was amazing....he has patients in their 60's who have taken longer to heal. Mom is 94 (and a half!) She is going to continue to use a walker as she feels more comfortable and safer. She can do anything now that she did before she broke her hip and we are very thankful. Something to pray about...........my brother Denny had a stroke on the 19th of June. He was taken by EMS to Hicksville hospital and life flighted to Fort Wayne Parkview Hospital. After a week, he was tranferred to Hicksville hospital for rehab. He was taken back to Fort Wayne (Parkview) Wednesday this week. He had a fever they could not break and they did not know what infection may be causing the fever. He is VERY confused and keeps trying to get out of bed. Please pray for him. I fear it will be a long road back.