Road Trip

After a "road trip" in the motorhome, from Michigan to San Antonio, with a 6 and a 3 year old, Roger has a whole new attitude about returning to work on Monday!!

Actually, they have been very good travellers! Airline trips from KL to the US "season" you!

We left Judy's early Tuesday morning - stayed near Rent Lake, IL - then on to Arkadelphia, AK on Wednesday. Heather then took our car and drove to Dallas to meet a friend from KL that had a booth at the Dallas Market. We took a break from driving and went camping with the girls at DeGray Lake.
We had so much fun - fishing, swimming in the lake, doing arts and crafts and just enjoying time with them. Such a treat for us!

We stopped in McKinney, TX to look at new window shades for the motorhome - we hate the mini blinds! - then drove to Arlington for the night on Friday. Joel and Rachel met us for dinner and we are now on our way to "Aunt MeMe's and Dylan's" - no mention of poor  Uncle Carlos!

Of course all this is underlined with many wonderful memories of Mom and Dad - how they would have loved these little girls!

Mom

Mom passed away, Thursday, June 7, 2012 - she would have been 89 years old on June 30th. .She had only been sick 3-4 days and Judy and Mel were with her. We will be forever grateful to the staff at her new "home" for giving her such tender, loving care. I am so glad Megan and I saw her around Mother's Day. Heather and the girls arrived in the United States the following Saturday for their annual summer visit so the whole family was in Michigan for her funeral. It was nice to see family and friends we haven't seen in a long time, despite the reason. Samantha and Emily did very well with it all - they are a constant reminder that life goes on and our family circle evolves. Samantha Kate says she is the "only Kate now." With both Mom and Dad gone, I feel "orphaned" and realizing I am the oldest generation is really scary! Is wisdom supposed to come with this new role?