Last Night in Indiana

We leave early tomorrow morning for Colorado.  We have enjoyed our month here with family and friends.  We had a family gathering at the Cedar Lake Ice Cream Shop and watched the day come to an end and said our good-byes.

Todd, Kristen, Ty and Kara

Todd, Kara and Kristen

Kristen, Todd, Kara, Jeff, Ty, Rachel and Craig

Kristen

Kara and her dad, Jeff, looking at some Carp

Kristen, Kara and Ty getting a workout with the Hula Hoops.

It's always hard to drive away from family.  At least we will be going toward family, too.

We will miss you all, Love you,

Mom/Grandma

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Oh My!

We had a family gathering at Todd's apartment yesterday.

We spent a little time at the pool even though it was a bit overcast.  Todd made some wonderful Chicken Stuffed Shells and I was able to gather enough rhubarb from Denise's garden to make two Strawberry Rhubarb Pies.  It's always a challenge baking in my "easy bake" RV oven.  I had to make them one at a time, but they turned out and we devoured them.

Todd and Craig

There was a nice sunset to top off the day.

Monday morning we started out by having a time and breakfast with Jim and Marie and then we helped Jeff to finish getting the final touches on the Cedar Lake Church.  We moved in and set up 388 chairs.

The foyer will serve as a gathering place with lots of light from the full length windows.

We came home and rested up a bit before getting to go out for a little more fishing.  The sun was shining and the fish were biting.

Craig, Todd, Jeff and Kathy on the pontoon boat.

Our time with our Indiana family is drawing to a close.  We have accepted work camping jobs at Cherry Creek State Park in Aurora, CO.  We will stay there at least through the end of Oct.  Our Motorhome (The Whale) can make it through freezing weather, but not long periods of time below freezing.  We aren't sure, yet, what our jobs will be.  We should only have to work 20 hours a week each and that will gain us a place to park in the "volunteer" area for the length of time we are willing to work.

We are hopeful that we can help our daughter's family get moved into their new home before heading back to AZ for the winter.

Blessings,

Kathy

Reunions, Work and Family Time

 We are still in Indiana.  We seem to keep busy. We attended Craig's class reunion, but I didn't take one picture.  I keep waiting for someone to post pictures on FB so I can pick up a couple, but so far, nothing.  If you read this and you have pictures from the Class of 1965 could you add them to the comments here, please?

We have helped our son, Jeff with some of his work projects.  Here was one of them.

Another day we helped to set up sprinklers for the new grass that was planted at the Cedar Lake Campus.

We also set up this tent for a Volunteer Apprecation Day Event for Jeff and Rachel's Church.

Jeff helped Craig to reseal the seams on the Whale's roof, too.  I don't go up on the roof because I don't know if I could get back down again.  So, I was really glad for the extra hands and encouragement on this project.

And then, there was the Hoffman Family Reunion last Sunday.

Aunt Pearl (94), Aunt Rosie (88) and Mom (90).  My Aunt Pat photo bombed this one.

Mom, Craig and Aunt Rosie

Cousin Joyce (from Florida), Craig, Mom, Cousin Kim and Uncle Fran with Aunt Rosie and Cousin Karen in the back.  Mom has another living brother, Uncle Don, who lives in Utah.  We certainly missed him at the reunion along with many cousins.  I have 49 first cousins on my Mom's side of the family.

We had a nice family night with Mom and Jeff's family.

Craig's face, Kristen, Kara, Ty (grand kids), Rachel and Jeff, and Mom.

Kara, Mom, Kathy and Kristen

Kara, Mom, Kathy, Ty and Kristen

And then there is fishing.......

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Craig and our first born, Todd. And below, our middle child, Jeff.  Last year we were fishing with our daughter's family in Minnesota.  We missed seeing them this year, but we hope to get back to Colorado soon.  Tana will be turning 40 this month.

And sunsets...............

Tomorrow, Saturday, we take Mom to the airport for her return flight to Las Vegas.  Indiana will miss her, but I'm sure she is ready to get back to her own routine and friends.  We will be seeing her again in the fall.

We are waiting to see if we are going to be work camping in Colorado.  If not, we will be staying in Indiana for awhile longer.

Hope your summer is coming to a great conclusion!

Blessings,

Kathy

What Happened to May, June and July?

We have had some busy days with friends and family while here in Indiana, but we have gotten out a couple of times in the evenings for some fishing.  The Blue Moon started showing off even a couple of nights before it was full.  It's always hard to get a picture of the moon on a cell phone, on a moving boat at dusk.  But, I tried.

Jeff's oldest, Kristen, has joined us a couple of nights.

We were thankful for this construction port-a-potty.  I won't say who had to use it, but we were thankful!

Dad and son and a sunset.

Last night we were invited to Bob and Denise's home in Kouts and they had invited Wayne and Linda. Denise surprised Craig with his favorite pizza from Bronko's in Hebron (the CP one is closed).  It was great to break bread (pizza) and fellowship and hear how the Lord has been moving through Revive Indiana.

Craig, Bob, Denise, Wayne and Linda.

I did my best to get into this shot.  What a fun gang! I should have grabbed the screen with my hands! Ha.

Happy Birthday, Denise and safe and fun travels on your vacation!

Tomorrow is Mom's family reunion, so today is a day of prep for that and we are also helping Jeff and Rachel with a church tent setup and then moving.  They need to be out of their home on Monday.  They are having a home built and they will be in a two bedroom apartment for several months until it's finished.

It's so hard to believe that today is the 1st of August!  Time flies when you're having fun.... even when you're not.

Blessings,

Kathy