Fun Weekend

Saturday started out with a beautiful sunrise, and some sunshine before the rains started. Friends Pat & Ray came to visit from Washington, since they missed the Jamboree, and we hadn't seen them in 14 months. They have a new addition to the family...."Baby", who they rescued from the side of the freeway. She had a blast with the kids, and wore JayDee out! She has a sweet attitude, and is very different from any Welsh Corgi we've met before.

For those of you who don't know our background with Pat & Ray, we met them 10 years ago at the Jamboree, when I was very pregnant with Kristin. It was about 100 degrees, and they had water in spray bottles. They kept me cool, and we had a fun weekend together. Since that Jamboree, we've kept in touch, and enjoyed each other since.

We had a great brunch with Pat & Ray with fresh eggs from their chickens, bacon, sausage, french toast and fruit. We had a great visit, and sat around just "yacking" until about 1:30. We then headed out to check out the local camp grounds and RV Parks so that they can make reservations for Jamboree. We had a nice drive and then afterward headed to A&W for a rootbeer float and shared a fry, an onion ring and those yummy cheese curds.

We all headed home to have a rest, and Kristin needed to lay down, as we believe she may have had her first migraine. She had been up some of the night with a headache, and it was low grade headache most of the day. She was pretty drained, and we just pray she's not going to have Daddy's migraines. We had a nice nap, she had a bath, and then we headed to The Point for a really nice dinner. They've done some remodeling, and it was very nice!

We headed back to the house to have dessert and enjoy some more visiting. We had a lot to catch up on! The kids played with Baby, and we had a great day being together.

Sunday we went to church, and then met Pat & Ray for lunch at El Charro's for a quick bite before they headed back to Washington. We were blessed with a beautiful day, when it was supposed to be raining. Had a great meal, and then said our good-byes and headed home.

The kids forced us to endure a two hour Sunday afternoon nap. We spent the evening catching up on e-mail, getting things ready for school & work tomorrow, and just plain "hanging out". As you can tell, Ashley is pretty much back to her normal activities. Had had some bladder issues today, but we're praying it will clear itself up, and get back to normal.

All in all, It has been a great weekend of visiting with great friends,enjoying family time and relaxing.

In closing, please keep friends Sean & Tracey in your prayers, that they get their girls passports tomorrow, and are able to complete things in Kyiv and then get on that plane the 29th. They are getting pretty tired of being in Ukraine, and being separated from their family here. It's been a long haul, and we are praying that God makes these last few days eventful, in getting things processed to come home!

Thanks for your prayers...