Good Friends and Family

As we have told our other friends and family about Barstow, they have been very excited and helpful. My friend Kerry has been ready with all sorts of enthusiasm, advice, and reading materials – she sent me a really great book that is a tremendous resource. My Myra-loo sent me my very first Mother’s day flowers to work on the Friday before Mother’s day and incidentally again on Monday since the floral shop made a mistake

=) Gretchen brought me a beautiful hydrangea plant that has since regrettably taken a turn for the worse before I could get it into the ground…I hope I can save it :( I appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm; it makes me even more excited!

Mommy's Day

My Brother Bruce, Nephew Wil and myself headed to Cedar Rapids for Mother’s day on that Sunday. Everyone was able to make it except for Cathy and the fam. We missed them. It was a nice day and we were able to spend most of it outside which is always more fun when the kids have room to run. I enjoyed having the chance to make a big deal out of my Mommy, celebrating Zoey, Samantha, Alex and Jenna's birthdays...but mostly just hanging out with the fam.

And so the busy spring begins....

On May 8th we went to our friend Heather’s college graduation party at Ledges State Park, which is my favorite park around here. It is beautiful for many reasons, but especially because it is very lush and hilly which is a little hard to come by around here. We had a great time catching up with some old friends. We were greeted at home by our friend Gretchen who was crashing with us for the night after taking a Grad class in town and her and Steve got to enjoy many beers in front of me. They seem to enjoy tormenting me together ;)

Bye Deb :(

Steve’s sister Deb has recently decided to make a move to Arkansas to see what a change of scenery might have to offer her. On Saturday the 9th we got together with her and Tim (Steve’s Brother) and Nicolle and Colin to spend a little time with her before she left us the following weekend. We had fun hanging out and playing old-style lawn darts and Wii.