Never a dull moment

It's been several eventful days in a row for me. Saturday we attended the Eagle Court of Honor of one of the scouts from our Troop. I had a speaking part talking about some of my memories of his time in scouting. Real nice spread of food after which included BBQ-ed pork ribs and drumsticks. Great for the diet. Earlier in the day Carol and I made a trip to the mall, at Borders I bought the paperback of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". I'd like to read the book before seeing the movie. I really enjoyed the "Goblet of Fire" and Ian made a comment about this one that indicated this should be good as well.

Sunday we went to cousin Donny's family gathering for the second year in a row. My cousin Ike and his wife Judy were there. I haven't seen them for about 4 years, since my mother's 75th Birthday party at my sister Kathy's place. Great to see uncles, aunts and cousins again. Kathy was there and brother Dave with his family. A rain shower blew through but there were plenty of places under cover to talk and eat which by the way everyone brought a food item so more eating was involved as were a few of my favorite brews.

Persons of interest: back row L-R, Carol, Mom and Kathy.
Group of four in front: Dave and family, wife Carolyn,
daughter Melissa and son Danny.

Monday, back to the dentist for the final work on the latest root canal and the dentist began the work on a new crown for that tooth - joy, joy. I'm glad to get to this point and away from the difficultly I was having as that tooth deteriorated over the last few years.

Now, as I type this Carol is on a plane headed for Manchester, England as she, Lois, and their mother begin their British and Sweden journey. In Manchester they'll meet up with Bev, their brother's wife, take the train to Grimsby and meet up with their niece and Bev's daughter, Lena, to attend her Missionary college graduation. After that all five of them will take a train to London and fly out to Copenhagen, pick up a rental car and drive to Lenhoven, Sweden to meet and visit with some relatives there and do some sightseeing. They'll be returning here a week from Friday and I hope to report on their travels regularly while they're gone so check back every couple of Days.

Ian and my first night of being on our own without "Mom"
around to feed us hungry guys. Ian whipped up a
Shepard's pie so we survived our first night without
starving. A close call indeed!