Heather moved into an apartment on Grove Street, so for the past couple weeks we've been cleaning, painting, moving, etc. to get her all set up. It's a very cute, 2-story apartment in the back of a house. Four other units are in the front of the house. She has a brick patio, which is totally shaded by huge trees. Just this weekend, we furnished the living room. Here's a pic:
Kelsie is working at State Farm this summer, so most days we ride together. She's working on a special project in the HR department, where they are transferring a ton of paper files to electronic files. I went to Corporate South to have lunch with her last week, and we caused quite a scene when a huge spider showed up. I took off my shoe and smacked it, and a glob of guts flew across the table onto her arm. We both screamed, and nearly cried too. Needless to say, we went inside to finish eating our salad, but neither of us felt too good about it, always wondering if it was Ceasar dressing or spider guts that we were eating.
Heater is home for the summer and terribly bored. She will be a Senior this fall, and is ready to just get it going. She's a great help around the house, and especially with Nathan. Those two can play video games and do sidewalk chalk for hours. She will probably spend some time with her mom's family this summer, although we have not scheduled it yet.
Nathan's going to Summer Camp at his daycare center, so he's in with the "big kids." They have been busy with field trips, water gun fights, taking care of a dog at the humane society, holding a bake sale, etc. He will be in Kindergarten this fall -- in Hudson. Here are the Sunflowers we planted that will let us know when it's time to start school by blooming:
Jerry's driving every day to Springfield to work for the State of Illinois. I'm still at State Farm, but am selling 31 in my "free time." We just celebrated our 10th anniversary with a nice weekend in Rock Island where we attended the Gumbo Ya Ya, a Cajun music festival.
All in all, life's good on our boat! We hope to see some of you at the second annual K5K!
3 comments:
Thank you, Ang, for the nice overview of activities with photos. Makes me think: "been there, done that!" Well, make the most and the best of it because sooner than you realize, you will be empty nesters!!! Lord bless you all.
Thanks for the newsy update, Angela! It's nice to hear what every one is doing. Sunday, our extended family plans to take a 3 night vacation to Rend Lake which is about a 4 hour drive south of Gridley. Unfortunately we (Liz, Charity, Joan, Maria and I)will miss the shower for Bonnie Tuesday night. I hope you have a good turnout and an enjoyable evening.
Andrew just moved into an apartment also. He didn't want my help though - he wanted to do it all himself! He and his roommate have a typical bachelor pad and seem quite happy with it.
Sidewalk chalk kept our kids happy for many an hour also.
Thanks for the update - I really enjoyed it!
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