June 2014

June is a month of our grandkids!  We have had a great month
spending time with all of our grandkids. 
They lead such busy lives….we are happy to spend time with them.

When we arrived in the Portland area, we put our motorhome
in storage and spent a week with Marc and Maria. 
Colby is busy with baseball season and finishing
up 5^th grade.  He will move to middle school in the fall!

Camryn (in the center with the black dress on) is graduating
from Middle School and will enter High school in the fall. 
Camryn and some of her friends rented a stretch limo
(behind the kids) and celebrated with a night on the town.

We had a fun time at our brother-in-laws retirement party.
Time to enjoy yourself Uncle John!

Next we spent a week with Brandon and Karen. 
Anna celebrated her 9^th birthday.  Anna is very busy with her gymnastics…….year round!

Ben just finished 5^th grade and will be going to middle
school in the fall. Wow! These kids are growing up so fast.

The middle of the month, we headed up to our mountain retreat.  

The deer were waiting for us. 

The boys (Mike, Marc, Colby, Brandon and Ben) spent a weekend
camping and fishing up by Mount Hood…….  Everyone caught fish!

Sounds like a good time was had by all.

Brandon and Karen came over to Sunriver for the 4^th
of July week.  Brandon and Ben took the kayaks
out for a spin and Ben fell in love with kayaking!

Great month with the kids and grandkids!!!!!

May 2014

We start the month of May in Moab Utah.  We are in Moab for the 2014 FMCA 4-Wheelers Jeep Rally which we are hosting with John and Sharon O’Connor.  We have done our homework and are waiting for the start of the rally………  Hope all goes well!

We didn’t do too much off roading during the rally as we needed to be readily available for last minute updates to the schedule…but….Mike fell in love with this Jeep.  It belongs to a company that makes Jeep parts for off-roading and they brought it to our rally for advertising.  The highlight of the rally for Mike was when he was invited to ride in this monster
on the most difficult trail in Moab!

The flowers in the desert were blooming – They were beautiful. 
We had a wonderful Mother's Day with a brunch at a ranch on the Colorado River.

Our rally was a definite success.  We had over 240 people attend and I’m hoping
everyone had as much fun as we did.

With the rally over…..we headed south to St. George Utah to spend time with friends.  After 3 beautiful weeks in Moab……. We ran into snow!  Nothing on the highways but lots of snow near the roads.  It was gorgeous!

We spent 3 days in St. George with Denny and Kay Struss and as we have in the
past…. We had a great time.  Denny and Kay are loving their home
and their town as well.  Fun times!

This is a picture of the red rocks all over the Moab and St. George areas.  

While in St. George, Mike got new tires on the Jeep.  It may not be
the monster Jeep he rode in while we were in Moab……
but he is very proud and happy with all it can do.

3 Days in Las Vegas then back to Indio.  It’s hot in Indio…. 108.

The resort is very empty……..  We had a “Green Box” party in the Owners Lounge.  (a Green Box Party is when folks who moor their boats at a marina….. all get together for an impromptu party near the green box located on the dock)  The fella who organized the party is definitely a boater.  Only about 18 people showed up at the party…….. not many people – but we had fun!

After a doctor's appointment (with very good news) we took off to head north. It’s getting pretty hot in Palm Springs!  When we reached Canyonville Oregon, it was cool, green and we had a very nice surprise.  Our friends from ORI, John and Bonnie, were staying at the same park.  We had a nice evening with them…..then headed north the next morning.

We arrived at Marc and Maria’s Friday May 29^th and put our motorhome in storage.  We will stay with the kids for the next two weeks.  It’s great seeing Marc, Maria, Camryn, Colby as well as Brandon, Karen, Ben and Anna.  I have missed them!