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Day 3: Return of Hostages
Well, we knew this day would come. We would be required to return the hostages to their parents. It has been a fun couple of days though.We started out with breakfast. We fixed cinnamon rolls. Cael and Sophia had cereal besides. Then with the dishes done, the troops headed out to the river for one […]
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Day 2: Hostage Negotiations Continued
Rick has been really wonderful helping out with the kids. I really appreciated that. I had planned to some of the heavy lifting on the trips, but work was going stronger than ever. Rick stepped up and went along to help herd kids. Thanks, Rick, for all your hard work. Dad couldn’t have done it […]
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Day 1: Hostage Negotiations Begin
When Rich first suggested to me that he ask Vanessa to keep her kids for a week, I had some thoughts about what that meant. Three kids under the age of 7 for several days. I hadn’t been had to work with small kids on a voluntary basis in a while. It was always easier […]
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Day 9 We’re not in Kansas anymore?
We made it home. We were in no hurry again this morning. It’s vacation, right? Our last day of lazy mornings and no need to be anywhere soon. I started out in the passenger seat. I wanted one good day to brown my right arm. Since I do a lot of the driving, my left […]
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Day 8 : Little house on the prairie
Tuesday morning. It’s time to drive from just north of Oklahoma City to Des Moines, IA. Rich wants to pronounce it, Des Moines and not Da Moin. Boys, what can you do with them. We grab breakfast and head on down the road.I totally forgot to mention that we drove through Moore, OK. This is […]
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Day 7 Hasta Luego, San Antonio!
Well, that day has come. It’s time to head back on up north again. This means my vacation is almost over. How can that be? Didn’t I just leave? As is my usual habit now, I got up early, grabbed my Nook, and headed down to the pool to read until others began to stir […]
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Day 6 Butts Up!
Addendum: I don’t know how, but I forgot to thank Rose for sacrificing her waterproof camera to get the shots in this blogs. Thanks for showing all the fun. It was worth the camera getting waterlogged! Sunday was another slow day. Rich and I went out to get breakfast burritos from Bill Miller’s BBQ. Rose […]
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Day 5 Reunion
Today was another slow day. I started out by trying to get caught up on my blogs. I took my computer and everything out to the pool area. So you can image my view now from the last post. Rich got up and came out to bother me. Then JP and Stephanie came out to […]
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Day 4 Slow Day by the Pool
We woke up a little later than this morning. That’s probably because we didn’t go to bed until so late. At least it was late for us last night. Everyone was getting a slow start. Only Stephanie was up and truly moving. She was down in the kitchen washing dishes. I joined in to help. […]
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Day 3: Hello, San Antonio!
I’m writing this on Day 4 actually. I never got around it to yesterday. Needless to say, we arrived in San Antonio with only one incident on record. We followed our usual on the road routine. We got up, got ready, had breakfast, and made a quick exit out of town. The weather was really […]