Look busy?????



our 1999 car yesterday!!




Agatha Gail is baptised May 26th




family and priest




Faustina is such a cutie, I would say the best picture I have taken of her




Jude, I have never seen such a conversationalist at the age of 3




the same picture with only the wonderful family of 6!

 So much is going on it is hard to write about all of it.  Some things:

• Terry, Travis, John Krause and I have been working hard in the garage.  Travis and I are usually out there a bit before 8:00 AM, Terry makes all the meals for us guys and John Krause has spent many hours working on the electrical.  At this time most of the walls are up, some of the lights are up and it is starting to look up
• We took in Agatha's baptism Sunday with a very nice goodies time after at their home.  Those kids are so much fun.  Jude was so tired that he fell asleep on the way home and a couple of hours later as Terry and I left he was still sleeping in his car seat!
• Aaron and Ruby will be here this afternoon.  After a bit to eat Aaron will leave for his gol outing with college friends and we get to keep Ruby to ourselves until Aaron comes back on Saturday.  They will stay over night and then head to Madison.
• Also on Sunday we will head to 11:00 AM church and then brunch with Terry's former legislative assistant and her husband.  We got together twice with them last year.  I am thinking Norma's husband Wayne, who is a deer hunter, may even allow Norma to grace the table with some venison sausage!  They are about ten years older than us but fun to spend time with them.
• Last evening we had to go for a ride in our 1999 car as it was oh so close to 100,000 miles.  As the picture shows we hit the mark and enjoyed it so much.  I guess some things never change.
• Terry's sister-in-law is very sick with cancer and it appears that she has now exhausted all of her treatment options.  She first had cancer 20+ years ago and then it came back in the last 4-5 years.  I think she has defied the odds by living this long but oh my such a difficult time for all involved.  Terry's brother is a year older than Terry and his wife is about our age.  Any and all prayers are appreciated.
• On another cancer note a friend, Don, who has been battling cancer for many years has lost much weight and his health is not good.  More prayers!

On the home front with Terry and I, Terry has pretty much beaten her cold of two weeks and I am suffering from my more mature age with all this garage work!  Each morning when I get out of bed I can feel that yesterday I was lifting, cutting, pushing, pulling and more!  I am waiting for the shop rehab to be complete so I can think about wood projects. 
Terry celebrated her birthday Monday.  She claims that there is a "birthday month" and has quietly gotten me into that mentality!  So by the time May 27th came around I had no more ideas, no more gifts for her.  We did spend the day with good food, a wonderful walk and a quiet time.  I was so happy to see the day come as she is now the same age as me.  She remains someone I look forward to being with each day and someone who enrichs my life with ideas, smiles, charm, energy and love.
I am back to my old ways.  Travis went to care for Cynthia's children as Cynthia had an appt so I am here writing and drinking FP coffee as usual instead of being in the garage.  No need to worry the garage is calling and I will be out there soon.  For now, no more FP coffee as it was delicious to the last drop.