Tree Monkeys!!

The picture was taken at St. Kate's pond on Thursday. We had a great time for 2 hours on Thursday feeding the ducks, chasing the ducks and climbing trees.
It has been a fun few days. Leo was the perfect boy while he was here, Grdma/Grdpa day on Thursday with 4 all day and 5 for a while was great. Aaron/Amy returned from their vacation and stayed here Thursday night until today. Today we celebrated Faustina's bd as Cynthia/Mike had a great party. I think that at the age of 62 I do not have as many friends as Faustina. Her bd is actually Wed the 20th.
Gail's update. For some reason she came down suddenly with a bad cold so she will have to lay low a bit and take care of herself for a couple of days. Also, she has not felt great the last few days. We hope and pray that it will pass quickly. Continue to pray for healing and also pray that we can stay positive and upbeat ALWAYS.
Today the weather was cool, a high of less than 60 but a warm up is on the way.
Have a great Sunday and give all the glory to God and thank him for being so good to us all.

Regaring Mother's Day Quiz

The $100 means nothing!!! What happened was the lady wanted our table so she sat down, tore off Travis' name and claimed the table as hers!!! My comment about the home school was I hope she is not teaching her kids at home as that moment when she tore off Travis' name certainly said a lot to her kids!!!

Leo is HERE!!!!!!!!

Leo arrived about 4:30 today. He will be here until Aaron/Amy arrive Thursday night and then all will stay until Saturday. I think he already has Grdma/Grdpa wrapped around his little finger and they are loving it.
Today was windy, cold and a few light rain drops. Maybe we will see the sun tomorrow but we will not complain as the trees are almost at full greenery and lawns are lush but a bit dry.
Gail continues to do fine. We actually had a bit of a down time yesterday afternoon for no real reason it seemed. It just happens that sometimes more than others the extreme seriousness of Gail's health hangs a bit heavy. I really think we experience times like that to strengthen our faith in God and to realize again that he is in control and he surrounds us with his protection and love. We do believe Gail is being healed and we again ask you to believe with us. May God's goodness and glory shine through Gail in all of this.
We hope to get some tests done next week. We are hoping and we expect to hear good news. Pray that the results are encouraging.

$100!!!!!!

I'll give you $100 if you can guess why the picture! As we arrived on the boat for Mother's Day brunch Travis, mother and I found our assigned table which read Travis Lee Group 9-0-4. We then went up on the 3rd deck to watch and wave as others arrived. 20 minutes later when everyone had arrived we went to our table to find that another Lee party had torn Travis off our sign and claimed our table!!!! They were assigned a table on the first deck and they decided it would be better in our second deck place. They would not move until we called a deck hand and when he saw the sign and found out they had 15 people he said they had to move to their own table. I just hope the mother is not home schooling!
AFTER we were seated the rest of the time was wonderful. Everyone had a grand time. The food was good and the company was better.
We are gearing up for Leo to come Tuesday afternoon and stay until Saturday. He remembers that Grdma/Grdpa have a toy train and a basket of toys. Aaron/Amy will arrive back Thursday and stay through Faustina's bd party Sat.
We did get out 175 postcards for camp today before postage went up.
One thing we have noticed is the smell of spring is so so in the air, it smells heavenly.
Gail had a great nights sleep last night which was super. She is also showing a return of her appetite which is positive. We also think she is on the last jar of garlic which will be nice so all in all we are excited and pleased with how she is doing.
Have a great week and many many many thanks for continuing to pray and believing that Gail will be totally healed.

It's so fun to be young!!

Here's the picture I promised yesterday, I think it is great
Have a wonderful weekend

Retro!!!

Here is the little red bike that we purchased in 1975 when John was ready to ride. Henry is now 5 and rides it like a champ. In the picture you see Liam debating what he can take apart on it!! Of course grandma had to find and grandpa had to put the cross bar on so that it was NOT a girls bike.
After 3 weeks of no gdma/gdpa Thursday we were back at it yesterday and of course the kids loved it. Perhaps tomorrow I can post a super picture of Liam trying to catch the ducks at St. Kates College.
As always please pray daily for Gail. She is doing fine but has experienced pain on her upper right side for the last 10 days or so. It makes getting a good night sleep a challenge so pray that she sleeps well and BELIEVE that she is being healed. On Tuesday we had several people over to pray and then we enjoyed burgers, quesadillas (with walnuts), salad and Susan's made from scratch chocolate cake. All the food was great but that cake was certainly "to die for". Even though Gail and I eat very little sugar or white flour now we both had to have a piece. I thought the afternoon was a good example of living our christian life more in common with others. It certainly was a exercise in getting out of ourselves and living with and for others.
Have a great weekend and a wonderful Mother's Day.

Monday night

It was a good but busy weekend. Both of us worked 9-1 at the fairgrounds Sat and Sun. The weather was warm and sunny and it was great to be outside.
Had a People of Praise meeting Sunday afternoon with a gathering after to eat together which was enjoyable.
It appears that Gail is finished with the census for now and perhaps until next spring. She did work 3 full weeks which was fun for her. It is now back to normal if we can find that ground.
Travis confirmed Mother's Day brunch on the river boat Sunday so that should be fun.
We are looking ahead to Aaron/Amy and Leo coming. Leo will be here Tuesday afternoon with A/A coming in Thursday from their vacation. That we can hardly wait for.
I almost forgot, on Wednesday several people will gather here from 4-5 to pray for Gail and then I will put burgers on at 5. We are so blessed to have a 24 hour prayer watch for Gail every week from Tu 5 PM to Wed 5 PM. We are sure that is a big part of her healing that we believe in.
Gail has experienced pain in her right upper body the last week. It is in the area that she had a port in when she was getting treatment for so long. We hope and pray that it is a sign of healing and we ask that you pray in the same way. I will repeat again and perhaps many many times in the future. We have seen no sign of healing but she continues to feel well so we hope, pray and expect healing is happening.