Oh, my gosh!  I'm so excited!  In just a few days my babies will be coming home for a visit.  Well, two of them are actually babies, the other four think they're grown up and so we let them. Just because they are 24,27,??,?? (that's just for you girls, Lora and Missie) they think they are grown up.  And Shailynn and Matt think they're almost grown at 5 & 7, so I guess it's just a given for the "older" kids.  Missie, Wil, Shailynn & Matt will be here a week before Clif and Lora.  We're going to have all four of grandbabies for 5 days while Chris & Mandy go on vacation.  I love to watch the four grandbabies playing.  It's amazing to me how much they love being together, no more than they've got to be in their short lives.  I hope that all of our grandchildren have the opportunity to be part of a close family, in their immediate families and their extended families.  I believe that a lot of our societal problems are because of the breakdown of the family unit.  Anyway, I'm so happy to have them all here again, even for a little while. 

We went to the Loman family reunion today.  Not as many there as usually are.  But, boy, do we have the kiddos.  And they all get along pretty well, too.  I think kids have a language all their own. 

Well, I'm exhausted, so I'm going to cut this off now and relax for a little while.  Hopefully, I will not take so long to post again.  Thanks to everybody who has stopped by to say hi.  I enjoy your visits and your comments.

Oh, my goodness!  I almost forgot.  Ronnie and I have been married 35 years today.  And they said it wouldn't last.

I can't wait to be home with you guys. Sometime soon I've got to get busy and start packing! I hate that part of a trip!

Hope you and Daddy had a nice anniversary. I forgot to ask Daddy how your anniversary went when I called him earlier to wish him a Happy Father's Day. ooops

I love you!

Ok, don't think about packing. Think about getting laundry done. Then packing is a breeze. Don't think about packing at all for a few days. Then the anxiety won't be there.
Oh, your daddy is such a sweetheart. I told him happy anniversary on Saturday morning before we went to the family reunion. He said just for that he was going to take me out for some barbecue. I thought it a little strange that he was had made up his mind on what we would eat, but thought he must be hungry for barbecue. I asked him where and he said someplace good. Well, about half the way to his family's house it dawned on me that we were having BARBECUE for the family reunion. He is in so much trouble.