Nice surprise

Had a nice surprise when Terry's load from Edmonton, Canada took him through Prineville on his way to Santa Clara CA. I had to work Monday but he spent the day at home and mowed the lawn, finished weeding the front flower bed I had worked on all weekend, knocked down the weeds growing in the back yard and fixed dinner! He had to leave that night about 9:00 but we had a nice evening and it was so good to have some help with the chores. The dogs enjoyed having home too and got to do some extra "hunting" while Terry was doing the outside chores.

Ed

This past weekend we got together with Ed Rountree's family and friends for a Memorial golf tournament and dinner. Ed was one of our golfing buddies and a very, very special friend that became part of our family. We had a fun time at the tournament and the team I was on tied for first place (we had Terry and his brother Tim on the team). It was a "scramble" so I was able to contribute by making a few nice chips and a couple of long putts. Several of Ed's family flew in from back east and put on the dinner. It was a nice time to remember Ed who was always cheerful and had a wonderful laugh. He never met a stranger and was truly interested in everyone and everything. He will be GREATLY missed and we are thankful to the Lord for letting him be in our lives and hearts. He was 84 (I think).

40 years

This weekend we had our 40th class reunion for Redmond H.S. This time I got more involved and was part of the planning committee. I put all our information into a little database and created the lists, flyers, and name tags that we needed. It made it so much more fun to be involved and I made new friends with classmates I didn't know that well in school. One of my "jobs" was to hand out the name tags and so that way I got to talk to everyone at least once. I also "flitted" around taking pictures and talking to people. We had a Friday no-host get-together. We also had a float in the Deschutes County Fair parade and then Saturday we had a Saturday dinner and auction with items donated by classmates. Also had a raffle and I won 2 prizes - a lava lamp that I think is really cool (it does not take much to entertain me!) and a picnic cooler full of goodies. Here a few of the pictures -