Preparations

We have been gone from home for three weeks now. We stayed in Plymouth, New Hampshire, with Steve's Dad who is 94 for a week. Then we came to southern NH and attended Lily Rose's dance recital. Lily is my niece. Then we took Lily and her brother, Teddy, camping to Emerald Lake State Park in Dorset Vermont. We had a wonderful time hiking, fishing, having a campfire and just being together. The children love to play SORRY!

On Sunday June 29th a microburst came to Kate's and took our canopy and turned it over on top of our camper. We spent the next few days calling the insurance company and a camper place to get it fixed. Thanks to State Farm's fast work we got a brand new canopy and air vent on Thursday.

We then returned to Kate's and over the fourth of July six of the children came to visit. Our oldest son, Steve, got engaged on July 4th to Nicole. We are very happy. Nicole is a wonderful girl and she will make Steve a great wife. Welcome to the family, Nicole.

We also celebrated our second granddaughter, Gabriel's, first birthday. She is adorable and her sister, Elise, is also adorable. It was great to spend time with them.

We will miss everyone while we are gone, but you will all be in our thoughts as we travel around the country.