Sadly, Summer is Really Over!

We have had a wonderful summer. I wish that everyone could have been with us. We've seen Donner's Pass, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, drove across the Golden Gate bridge, rode a boat under the Golden Gate bridge crossing by Alcatraz,watched the homeless, fed the seagulls, rode the open top tour trolley. Smelled fresh fish, listened to the honking of seals as they basked in the hot California sun. We watched a long hot pink limo pick up 'someone' important in front of Macy's at the Business Square. (That Macy's is the largest in the country.) It must have been someone important because of the body guards,guys with their walkie talkie's and the police escort. Humm, still wish I could have seen in those dark windows. Ha, ha!. We loved seeing Sacramento, joining a small town for a country fair in celebration of the local apples. It wasn't too small. It was really fun. We loved seeing Yosemite, the beauties of the granite rock that seemed to reach the sky. We were lucky again to see this through another opened ride. That is the best way to go. We saw Muir Woods, Large redwoods, Fast drivers, fun campgrounds with wonderful swimming pools. Hot times driving through Sahara Desert and Los Vegas,hitting Vegas at rush hour of 5 p.m. (Never again) We were stuck at a crawl for over one hour. We should have found a spot to stop and rest but it was hard to even get off the freeway. We went to a campground outside Zion's National Park and decided to stay there for two days. We loved the free tour bus through the Park. We took time to stop at the Large Zion's Lodge. We ate lunch sitting on the lush green grass under the shade of a large oak tree along with many other families enjoying the ah's too. We drove home on Sunday evening getting home in time for school to start the next day. We were gone three weeks. It was a marvelous time for all and quite the education for the boys too. The dogs love going as well. We loved the new Motor home as it was SO comfortable for all of us. I'll try to post some pictures. We would have loved going for another month if we could have stretched our the summer. It is truly a blessing that we are able to do this traveling at this time in our life. It is an activity that is easier for Gus to do than other activities that other family get to do. Enjoy these few pictures.

Oh my gosh!

I finally got some pictures to download. It must only work at midnight!! Ha. ha. Enjoy!

Home From Colorado and South Dakota

We have had a wonderful time visiting grandchildren in Colorado and seeing the beautiful land of South Dakota. We loved staying in Custer and participating in their 4th of July Old Fashion County Celebration. Their fireworks were unbelievable. I've never seen a small town or a large one for that matter, put on such a large and wonderful show. No wonder the clerk at the grocery store told me to go TWO hours early. We did and we were so glad. They held them on a hill and the parking was adjacent to that hill. They parked cars for the whole two hours. It was amazing.
Mt. Rushmore was touching to see. As you approach the monument you walk through a corridor holding all 50 state flags. It truly made you feel part of this place.
Crazy Horse Monument was of equal fascination. The story was amazing. It is worth a google search if you have time. The Custer State Park has to be some of the most beautiful lands we have ever seen. It ranks right up there with Oregon and Yellowstone Park. In fact, we often said it was even more beautiful. It was rolling hills, green, opened, and quiet. The wildlife was exciting and the weather was perfect. The days high hit around 72 every day. I could really handle that.
It was great.
Now, if I can be a computer person, I will try to post a few pictures. So far, I haven't had much luck with the other tries. Here it goes!!!

Computer Dunce

I have having problems posting a few pictures from Fla. Maybe I'll try again later. Ooops.

Back From Florida

We had a nice visit with Mom/Grandma in Fla. Bob came down and surprised us with a visit. I'll post a couple of pictures. I know I've been bad at the blog site since I hooked up with facebook.
Is anyone reading this blog? Let me know. I miss family so I really enjoyed being with fam. in Fla. The boys loved it. They often feel the effects of living so far away from family members.
We are recovering since the basement flood. We don't have the floor boards finished or the furniture back in but the carpet is fixed and my long arm is back on its frame. Now I need to down load the quilting program to my computer and I will be off and running. More like standing and quilting!!!
Enjoy the pictures:
(if I can get them to download!)

Mother's Day Surprise

Adam woke me up this morning at 6:30 a.m. and brought me breakfast in bed. He was so thoughtful. It consisted of a small bowl of Frosted Flakes and a cup of lemonade. He had made a card at school so that garnished the side of the bowl. He was SO excited to have done this gesture of love. It was touching to my heart....even if it was 6:30 a.m. on my day to sleep in.LOL
I have just returned from four days after spending it in Sandy Utah at a quilting conference. It was wonderful and I learned so much. I hope I can find time now to turn all that knowedge into experience.
I'm taking the boys out of school two weeks early so this is their last week of school. Next week we are flying to Florida. We have a three day commentment to Hilton then we will spend the rest of the two weeks with Grandma. I look forward to the break. I can hardly believe it is almost summer already. I love summer and love having the boys home. I can hardly wait!!!!