Graduations, Parties, and Promotions…

Not sure just where to begin…

We left Garnett on Thursday, May 13th on our way to Plains, Ks for our granddaughter, Britny’s Graduation. We didn’t get started as early as we wanted so we stopped in Kingman for the night. Had dinner and visited with our daughter Teri and her family for awhile.

Friday morning we were on the road again..this time destination Plains…now the place that we stay in Plains does NOT have the usual “It” factor, but for us it is close to Dana and her family…just a few blocks. We got all set up and Dana and the little girls came over…great granddaughters, Jaelynn & Brylee. We visited for awhile and then had to get ready for Crysta'l’s boyfriend, Tyrel’s Graduation Party. The food was great and there were lots of people we didn’t know…lol. We didn’t stay too long as Jaelynn decided that she wanted to play in the mud and water…oops..and no clean or dry clothes with us. So we headed back to Plains for an early night.

On Saturday, Mac’s sister, Linda and her family arrived at the RV Park for Sunday’s Graduation. We visited a lot to catch up on what everyone had been up to.

Sunday,May 16th…Britny’s Graduation Day… the ceremony was very nice. Not only was Britny graduating, but her boyfriend, Cody, and Crystal’s boyfriend, Tyrel were also graduating. So…that made for a lot of photos to be taken..lol. We are very proud of Britny, Cody & Tyrel!! I will post more when we get back to Garnett where we have free wi-fi.

Britny & Grandma Nette

Britny

Cody & Britny

and Tyrel

Tyrel, Crystal, and Brylee

After graduation, we headed for Britny & Cody’s Graduation Party. The food was great and Britny got lots of gifts and cards with money.

Britny wanted some photos of the grandkids that were there and a photo of us with them..so off we went outside to take more photos..lol. Boy there are a lot of kids here…and still more that weren’t there..lol

Monday we just kicked back and relaxed after the weekend’s activities.

Tuesday, Mac & I, and Dana & Britny went to Liberal, KS for some shopping and lunch. We stopped by the Verizon Store to check out the phones and service plans. We have talked about switching over because they have a better coverage according to their maps for places we are going to be.

Wednesday, we went over to Ulysses to place some flowers on our parents, my brother’s, our son Trey’s, and our grandson, Ray’s graves. We also went in to town and visited with Mac’s sister and husband Phil. We went to El Ranchito for our mexican food fix.

We headed back to Plains early to attend Britny’s Softball Awards Dinner. Britny got several awards…one for Most Hustle, voted on by her teammates. She also received an awesome poster of her pitching, and 8 softballs for her home runs for her senior season. The team had 14 home runs for the season and Brit made 8 of those!!! I forgot to take my camera to the dinner, so I don’t have any photos. oops…

Thursday, we packed up and headed east back to Kingman for Kyle’s Graduation & Party, and Ryan’s Promotion. Britny came with us. She headed over to Teri’s a little after we got here to stay with them for the weekend.

Friday we were able to just sit and visit, knowing that Saturday & Sunday were going to be very hectic. Dana & her family, Teri’s Mom, Kami, Nate & Kailynn all arrived.

We got to see our newest great granddaughter, Kailynn for the first time…she is adorable! Here are photos of 3 of our 4 great grandchildren…

Kailynn

Brylee

Jaelynn

Saturday, we went to “Livingston” the building that would house the graduation party later in the day. We helped get things set up and I was the project photographer..lol. I took so many photos that it will take me days to sort through them to pick out the best ones. After things were set up we all left to get cleaned up and back for the party. The party turned out great! There were a lot of people that came and Kyle received gifts and a lot of cards with money…

Lynnie, Kyle & Teri

Sunday, May 23rd…Graduation Day for Kyle…we just hung out at the RV until time to go to Graduation. It was a very nice ceremony and Kyle looked great. We are so very proud of him!

Kyle

After graduation we went to Teri’s house to visit with all of the family that was still there.

Monday, Mac, Teri, & I went to Pratt to make a WalMart run. I needed to pick up something for Kailynn. Wasn’t sure what to get so had to ask what Kami still needed for her. We ended up buying a Baby Monitor, Large Diaper Disposal Pail, and a very soft pink bunny that plays music…

Tuesday…Ryan’s Promotion Day…We just hung out at the RV for the day. Teri had to go in to work for a little while so we didn’t go over until about 5:30 so we could head out to Ryan’s Promotion.

Ryan

 

Jaden had been selected to be an escort for the service. She looked very nice in her black & pink dress.

The ceremony was nice and pretty short…lol. The 7th grade parents served punch & cookies afterwards. Ryan’s dad came to his promotion all the way from Manter, KS!! That’s a long drive…After the promotion we just went back over to Teri & Lynnie’s to visit for awhile.

Wednesday, we are starting to get the RV ready for travel. We will be heading back to Garnett on Thursday to continue getting the house ready for the auction and sale. We only have about 5 weeks to get everything else done.

We are pulling out on July 6th to go to our dealer to have a few warranty things fixed that we reported before the warranty ran out. From there we will be heading to Mountain Grove, MO to visit with some family for a couple of days, then to Sikeston for a night with a trip to “Lambert’s”…and then on to Nashville for the Heartland Rally. After Nashville we are planning a trip to New Jersey to see Troy & his family for a few weeks. We have gotten some planning done and times set for our fall travels.

Well I need to finish this post…I have to make Green Chili for tonight’s dinner…yummy. Wish I had some Tamales from the Mexican Bakery in Mission to go with them….

I will post more photos of all our days in Plains & Kingman when we get home!!

We made it back to Garnett about 3:30pm today. Went over to the house to get my car and ran to the Post Office to pick up all of our mail…

We will be doing laundry tomorrow and pack some things to head to Missouri for my cousins funeral on Saturday. Not sure I am ready to go to another funeral yet but this is family…

Hugs to all !!!

 

We’re Still Here….

Just wanted to let  you all know that we are still in Garnett. We have been working on the house relentlessly trying to get everything done so that we can get the Auction scheduled. Hopefully we can get it scheduled sometime in June….Whew we are really tired but will be soooo glad when it is over.

It has been so long since I have posted that I cannot even remember what has been going on except all the work at the house.

Mac went to the Cath Lab at Saint Luke’s South Hospital to have a Electric Cardio-Version and when they checked him out, his heart was back in normal rhythm again…so he didn’t have to have the procedure…YEAH!  The doctor changed some of his medicines and he will have a checkup on May 26th to make sure things are going ok.

I had my first appointment this week..it was to have my eye examination and my eyes have changed enough that I need new glasses. I have an appointment with my primary doctor on Monday to begin all my other tests that have to be done before we take off. I need an Ultrasound on my Thyroid to see if the growths are getting bigger, a CT Scan to check a spot they thought they saw on my right lung, and of course my favorite test…the dreaded Colonoscopy….as bad as I hate it, I always love hearing the news that everything is still cancer-free. I also have to have surgery on my right toe on Tuesday to take off some of my toenail that is growing back…

The biggest news we have is that we traded our truck off for a new-to-us 2008 Ford F-450. It is a great truck so far…it only had 6480 miles on it and it still smells like new…here are a few photos.

 

We will be heading to western Kansas next Thursday for our granddaughter, Britny’s high school graduation,

and will spend a few days with them. The next week we will head to Kingman, KS for our grandson, Kyle’s high school graduation and spend some time with them

…our other grandson, Ryan will be promoting from 8th grade on the 25th also…Congratulations kids…We Love You!!

Ryan with our new great granddaughter, Kailynn

After that we will head back to Garnett to finish up everything at the house and then we will be off on a new adventure.

This will be a really hard weekend for me as it is the first Mother’s Day since my mom passed away…it just will not ever be the same. Love you Mom!

Have a Great Mother’s Day to all my family and friends…

Hugs!!

 

Rewind…to our last few days in Texas

Now that things have settled a little bit I need post about our last few days in Texas. We arrived in Boerne, TX on April 1st…

Monday, April 5th we all gathered around Bob & Molly’s RV for some visiting and then we played some cards…

Tuesday, April 6th, Mac & I, Bob & Molly, and Chuck & Kathy headed out to Wildseed Farms & Fredericksburg. Our first stop was to see all the flowers at Wildseed Farms. Wow…they are amazing. The bluebonnets are gorgeous and the poppies are very beautiful. We all took lots of photos and browsed the Gift Shop.

By the time it was time to leave, Mac & Chuck were exhausted and Bob had to help them to the truck…lol.

Next we headed on to Fredericksburg for some lunch at Auslanders Biergarten. The food was just ok to me…not as good as last years restaurant.

After lunch we did a little shopping and then headed back to the RV..

Wednesday, April 7th we had a trip planned to the 11th Street Cowboy Bar for dinner. We ran to get a steak to cook. You bring your own steak and pay $5.00 for your baked potato, salad and other fixings…

Also Kathy & I went to WalMart to look at Netbooks...we ended up getting one and for $50.00 off regular price...when we showed them to Molly, her and Bob ran over and got the last one...LOL....Here we are lovin' our new Netbooks....

The 11th Street Cowboy Bar

Me, Chuck & Kathy

Women's Bathroom...

Bob & Molly

Bill & Helen

Mac...lol

Me, Molly, and Kathy

Now this place is a must see. It doesn’t look like much on the outside, but after you enter and pass through, all the fun is in the back…

and the boys checking things out...

We had a great dinner with friends and headed back to the RV.

On our trip back, I received a call about my brother not doing very well…and 45 minutes later he was gone…we miss you Jerry!

I almost forgot...Our friends had a surprise Birthday Party at the Clubhouse for Donna, Rich, and myself on Thursday evening. We had a great cake and ice cream and I received a wonderful "Friends" plaque...Thanks everyone! Love Ya!

Friday, April 8th we started back home…We had some problems with the truck and stopped to check it out. We made it as far as Thackerville, OK and the WinStar Casino RV Park for the night.

Saturday, April 9th we went in to Gainesville to try to buy a part for the truck. Mac put the new Radiator Cap on and was hopeful that that was all that was wrong, but we wanted to drive around a bit to test it. So we stayed at the Casino again on Saturday and it seemed that things were better.

Sunday, April 10th we set off for our last leg of our journey home.The truck seemed to be doing ok until we entered Kansas and started our trek through the Flint Hills…Uh..Ohhh…we could smell that smell again…sure enough, Mac pulled over and the water was bubbling out of the radiator cap again..and it smelled like Diesel…not good.

We finally made it home about 6:30pm and set up at the RV Park for our duration here in Garnett until we get our house ready to sell.

Monday, April 12th I went to the funeral home to finalize the details for my brothers service and in the afternoon we went to Ottawa to clean everything out of his room at the Assisted Living Facility that he was living in.

Now the truck has transmission fluid running out of the bottom….can’t be good.

Tuesday, April 13th Mac took the truck out to Beckman’s, the ford dealership here. They checked everything out and said that it needed extensive work…uh oh. We did find out that the engine was still under warranty so that helps. Our part will still be close to $2000.00 but that is much better than the $6500.00 to fix everything.

Friday April 18th the family gathered together at the Garnett Inn Suites in the Meeting room to visit…I did take a few photos:

I think that catches you all up except for all the details of Jerry’s service. The service in Garnett was very nice. We had several cousins that live in Missouri that traveled for the service. It was nice to see them, but not under these circumstances…

We then traveled out to Ulysses for the Military Service on Monday. It was very touching even though it was 50*, cloudy, misting, and very windy. After the service we started back to Garnett.

I will try to keep everyone updated on things going on here…

Thank you everyone that sent thoughts and prayers to us during this sad time. We are very blessed to have such great family and friends out there. We love you all!

Hugs…