We have had an extremely busy week and been on the road across Kansas..... We left Tuesday morning and drove to Great Bend to have some warranty work done on front end cap. Last fall when Bill was waxing the front end he noticed an air pocket in the cap so we had it approved to have it fixed this spring. We also had a 2nd AC unit installed... we didn't have one put in when we ordered it not thinking it would make a difference in the AC in the main area and bedroom...well it did and since we are going to be in "HOT Kansas" in the summer we will need it. It works great!
We met our friends in Great Bend and enjoyed 2 full, fun days of visiting and playing Joker with them.The women won both nights and we loved it! What sore losers the guys were! haha!!! We always have a great time with Mike/Jeannie/ Larry/Earlene.
We also had dinner Tuesday evening with our friends, Kim and David. Kim and I taught together in Stockton our first year of teaching..we had a wonderful meal of grilled steak and enjoyed the time catching up with them and their remodeling of a huge, old house in Great Bend. It is beautiful and will be wonderful when it is all completed. We left Great Bend yesterday morning in the south wind to come to Wichita getting here around noon.
We will spend the next 5 1/2 months here in USI RV park in Wichita. We will be working approx. 4 days per week. I will work in the office and Bill will be doing maintenance around the park. It is a very small park compared to Elk Meadow and Pueblo El Mirage. This park has about 60 spaces and very laid back..... we are anxious to get started. We will work tomorrow and follow the other workkampers around for a couple of days to get their routine. It looks like they have quite a few that stay permamently so it should be too difficult.
It is cloudy today and supposed to
rain.....at least we have a storm shelter we can go to!
I have baked some banana bread this morning.... Bill said the bananas I used were about as bad as they could get so it will be good bread! :) haha
Well, that about catches us up for this time.....we are settled for a week anyway as we are leaving next Monday morning to go to Hutchinson for a Region 3 Newmar camping rally.
Until next time!
BJ
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Busy weekend
Guess what! I am writing again sooner than before! :)
Saturday after the baseball tourneyment was cancelled I decided to go to the mall and spend some time looking for a few things....having found 1 thing I came home and relaxed a little bit. We decided to go out to eat Mexican for dinner and stop and get some groceries after.
Sunday morning we worked around here some and then had a late breakfast as we were going to eat a mid afternoon lunch/dinner. We left to go to our nephew's son..... great nephew's 1st Communion at 1 not realizing we WOULD NOT find a seat! Megan came over earlier in the morning and she had a stop to make at the mall so she left early and was to meet us at church. We found Patty/Cecil and Darrin and stood with them throughout the service. We left after Caleb made his 1st Communion to go to their house as Erin's family came and Bryson was asleep on my lap and my arm was now numb from holding him. So we went to Dennis/Stephanie's house and had a nice visit and dinner with all of them...and of course forgot the camera...no one took pictures of the kids ---big or little!
We came home and watched TV the rest of the evening.
Today we are meeting kids for lunch and dinner.... Megan and Jeff at lunch and Erin's for dinner.... quite a mix of food we will have ...Mexican for lunch and Mongolian for dinner!
I have started doing laundry and want to get it all done as we are leaving tomorrow sometime for Great Bend. I also have a small quilt I want to cut out today and we are also taking Darrin to the airport in KC sometime this afternoon so I had better keep moving so I can get it all accomplished!
Have a good Monday!
Until next time!
BJ
Saturday after the baseball tourneyment was cancelled I decided to go to the mall and spend some time looking for a few things....having found 1 thing I came home and relaxed a little bit. We decided to go out to eat Mexican for dinner and stop and get some groceries after.
Sunday morning we worked around here some and then had a late breakfast as we were going to eat a mid afternoon lunch/dinner. We left to go to our nephew's son..... great nephew's 1st Communion at 1 not realizing we WOULD NOT find a seat! Megan came over earlier in the morning and she had a stop to make at the mall so she left early and was to meet us at church. We found Patty/Cecil and Darrin and stood with them throughout the service. We left after Caleb made his 1st Communion to go to their house as Erin's family came and Bryson was asleep on my lap and my arm was now numb from holding him. So we went to Dennis/Stephanie's house and had a nice visit and dinner with all of them...and of course forgot the camera...no one took pictures of the kids ---big or little!
We came home and watched TV the rest of the evening.
Today we are meeting kids for lunch and dinner.... Megan and Jeff at lunch and Erin's for dinner.... quite a mix of food we will have ...Mexican for lunch and Mongolian for dinner!
I have started doing laundry and want to get it all done as we are leaving tomorrow sometime for Great Bend. I also have a small quilt I want to cut out today and we are also taking Darrin to the airport in KC sometime this afternoon so I had better keep moving so I can get it all accomplished!
Have a good Monday!
Until next time!
BJ
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Finally getting caught up
We have had an extremely busy 2 weeks or week and half! Since I last wrote we both have had doctors appts. and watched Erin's little ones -made a quick dr. trip to Salina,had Easter, and spent each day this past week at Erin's watching Lauren. Her babysitter was on vacation this week so we got up extra early and were at their house by 7 or before each day. They make me tired seeing their schedule and trying to keep up with them not to mention the weather hasn't been nice and Brayden hasn't started his weekly baseball schedule!
We had a great week watching our little granddaughter and enjoyed spending time with her and the rest of the kids-big ones included! She is pretty spoiled now and will definitely have an "adjustment" waiting for her at the babysitter! We got lots and lots of "grandma lap time" this week! :) She was or is getting over a cold and was kind of fussy and runny nose along with it. We thought maybe she was cutting teeth but didn't see any yet. Such a cutie and she looks so much like her mom did! Erin told me it was like seeing herself 30 years earlier! :) haha!!!
So far all the dr. appt's have checked out ok for us....hopefully that stays that way!
Our time here in Topeka will end in a couple of days and then we head to Great Bend to have some warranty work done before going to Wichita next Saturday for our job stint. Looking forward to seeing our friends in Great Bend and Wichita and catching up with them. ---oh yes...working too! haha!!!
Our good friends, Bob and Jackie, left on Thursday to fly to San Fransisco (sp??) for 2 weeks to watch grandkids so we will not be here when they get back.We have had such a great time with them and will miss them terribly not being close by.....
Well, that about catches us up for this time and hopefully things will slow down so I can write again...... sooner... (I've said that before haven't I???)
Until next time!
BJ
We had a great week watching our little granddaughter and enjoyed spending time with her and the rest of the kids-big ones included! She is pretty spoiled now and will definitely have an "adjustment" waiting for her at the babysitter! We got lots and lots of "grandma lap time" this week! :) She was or is getting over a cold and was kind of fussy and runny nose along with it. We thought maybe she was cutting teeth but didn't see any yet. Such a cutie and she looks so much like her mom did! Erin told me it was like seeing herself 30 years earlier! :) haha!!!
So far all the dr. appt's have checked out ok for us....hopefully that stays that way!
Our time here in Topeka will end in a couple of days and then we head to Great Bend to have some warranty work done before going to Wichita next Saturday for our job stint. Looking forward to seeing our friends in Great Bend and Wichita and catching up with them. ---oh yes...working too! haha!!!
Our good friends, Bob and Jackie, left on Thursday to fly to San Fransisco (sp??) for 2 weeks to watch grandkids so we will not be here when they get back.We have had such a great time with them and will miss them terribly not being close by.....
Well, that about catches us up for this time and hopefully things will slow down so I can write again...... sooner... (I've said that before haven't I???)
Until next time!
BJ
Monday, April 6, 2009
A cold Monday afternoon
We survived the chilly weekend and the cold weather is still here!
We got set up and went to Brayden's baseball game Friday night which they lost. This was a double elimination tourney so they got to play now until they lost. He played at 10:30 Sat. AM and then at 1:30 and 6.... they lost the 6PM game and were just exhausted little guys! If they would have won they would have played at 7:30 also for the championship..... alot of games in one day says Grandma and Pappa! ;) I watched Lauren for the 6 PM game and Erin came to get here after the game was over...It became cloudy and cool and it rained around 6:30 or before so the game before was delayed some... it just got colder as the day went on.
Sunday morning we went to church and stopped at the store then went later in the morning to Erin's for lunch..... and some catching up with them..... They were all tired from the day before so we didn't stay too long.
Our small room heater went out that morning so we decided around 5 to go see if we could find one at Bed,Bath and Beyond. We did and it really helped last evening.... the furnace with the propane doesn't run as much.
This morning Bill got up and around early and went over to Erin's to stay with Brayden until he left for school at 8. They have to leave around 7 or so to get to their jobs so usually Ryan's dad comes to stay for an hour... I didn't even hear him until he shut the door to leave at 6:45.
When he came home, we ate some breakfast and then got around. I went to the mall to see if anyone had any winter leftover coats on sale.... well, they didn't EVEN have any winter coats! So I stopped at Walmart and got groceries and came home. This afternoon we have just goofed around here.... we moved the chairs and couch around and we are still deciding if we like it or not. It does seem to make the room look larger but only one recliner fits in the small slideout space. So we will see.....
We have made chili for dinner and then watching the NCAA game tonite.....
so we have settled in around here for now just waiting for it to warm up now!
Until next time!
BJ
We got set up and went to Brayden's baseball game Friday night which they lost. This was a double elimination tourney so they got to play now until they lost. He played at 10:30 Sat. AM and then at 1:30 and 6.... they lost the 6PM game and were just exhausted little guys! If they would have won they would have played at 7:30 also for the championship..... alot of games in one day says Grandma and Pappa! ;) I watched Lauren for the 6 PM game and Erin came to get here after the game was over...It became cloudy and cool and it rained around 6:30 or before so the game before was delayed some... it just got colder as the day went on.
Sunday morning we went to church and stopped at the store then went later in the morning to Erin's for lunch..... and some catching up with them..... They were all tired from the day before so we didn't stay too long.
Our small room heater went out that morning so we decided around 5 to go see if we could find one at Bed,Bath and Beyond. We did and it really helped last evening.... the furnace with the propane doesn't run as much.
This morning Bill got up and around early and went over to Erin's to stay with Brayden until he left for school at 8. They have to leave around 7 or so to get to their jobs so usually Ryan's dad comes to stay for an hour... I didn't even hear him until he shut the door to leave at 6:45.
When he came home, we ate some breakfast and then got around. I went to the mall to see if anyone had any winter leftover coats on sale.... well, they didn't EVEN have any winter coats! So I stopped at Walmart and got groceries and came home. This afternoon we have just goofed around here.... we moved the chairs and couch around and we are still deciding if we like it or not. It does seem to make the room look larger but only one recliner fits in the small slideout space. So we will see.....
We have made chili for dinner and then watching the NCAA game tonite.....
so we have settled in around here for now just waiting for it to warm up now!
Until next time!
BJ
Saturday, April 4, 2009
It's still windy in KS!
We have had a busy week and the internet service in Texoma was sporadic so I wasn't able to write as often as I wanted to!
We made it to Texoma around 2 Monday afternoon...we stayed over in Albuerqueque an extra day due to the weather farther east. Bill was able to fish although the wind was a factor each day.We had a great time with my sister/brother-in-law and our friends there. We left early Friday morning and stopped in Wichita to visit with the owner of the RV park where we will be working and also our friends there. We arrived in Topeka at Deer Creek RV Park around 5ish..... just in time to have some dinner and then onto to Brayden's baseball game. It was cold and windy during the game..... but they lost so they played again this am.
Saturday morning we were at the game around 10:30 and they have been able to win the last 2 games today they have played. So as I write this I am watching Lauren here at the coach and he is playing another game. If they win this game they will play for the championship tonite. He told me it would be for the "national championship"..... he was so excited and has been such a busy guy today......
It is cold and it has rained and the wind is really blowing. Lauren is sleeping and is out for the night I'm sure. She is kind of weezy so being out in the wind is not a good thing probably. Anyway.... she and Grandma have had some "laptime' today. :)
It is good to be back in Topeka with the kids and Megan/Jeff came over this morning to watch the game and we had lunch together.
Well, Lauren is stirring so I better finish this up in case she decides to get fussy....
Until next time!
BJ
We made it to Texoma around 2 Monday afternoon...we stayed over in Albuerqueque an extra day due to the weather farther east. Bill was able to fish although the wind was a factor each day.We had a great time with my sister/brother-in-law and our friends there. We left early Friday morning and stopped in Wichita to visit with the owner of the RV park where we will be working and also our friends there. We arrived in Topeka at Deer Creek RV Park around 5ish..... just in time to have some dinner and then onto to Brayden's baseball game. It was cold and windy during the game..... but they lost so they played again this am.
Saturday morning we were at the game around 10:30 and they have been able to win the last 2 games today they have played. So as I write this I am watching Lauren here at the coach and he is playing another game. If they win this game they will play for the championship tonite. He told me it would be for the "national championship"..... he was so excited and has been such a busy guy today......
It is cold and it has rained and the wind is really blowing. Lauren is sleeping and is out for the night I'm sure. She is kind of weezy so being out in the wind is not a good thing probably. Anyway.... she and Grandma have had some "laptime' today. :)
It is good to be back in Topeka with the kids and Megan/Jeff came over this morning to watch the game and we had lunch together.
Well, Lauren is stirring so I better finish this up in case she decides to get fussy....
Until next time!
BJ
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