Heading to Oxford, Ohio, For A Night

With Dad

Crazy Girl

Nick's Intense

Getting To The Ball

Kite Weekend

It's 5:30 here in KC but actually 6:30 in Chautauqua, so I got up, ready for our 9 hour ride this morning, before stopping in Oxford  It's nice not to worry about snow on the roads (I think).  We hope to be off before 7:00 or earlier and Evie's now up, so it should be no problem.  We have had a great vacation, an understatement, both family and adventures, so what more could we ask for. We are both finally starting to think of Chautauqua, which we haven't much over the past two weeks...unusual for us.  Seeing my neighbors pictures of their purple martin houses up already in the lake, got me to thinking about spring time at the lake.

Yesterday was a lazy day, not a lot going out, just hanging out with Tom, Mary and the family.  We did go to Nick's soccer game at 11:00, another windy day out on the pitch.  His team played the league leaders but lost 1-0 on a penalty kick.  They played well, however, and could have easily had a victory with a bit of luck.

We came home around 1:00, had  lunch, watched some  basketball, and worked on a puzzle with Marlena, who seems to enjoy it. Tom and Nick went off to a local golf course to play nine holes.  It was such a nice day that they could not pass it up.  Later afternoon, Evie and I started the arduous task of packing up our things, trying to figure out what we would need for the next two days, and put the rest away.  We are going to spend tomorrow night with college friends,  Joe and Mary Lou Barry, who live in Oxford, Ohio.  It's about a nine hour drive but will take ten hours because of the time change.  We have not been down to Miami in thirty or forty years so it should be fun.

We all watched another silly teen movie, about 4:30, about a girl tennis player who finds a boy friend and finally wins the championship.  Sound familiar? All a girl needs is a guy to make her happy, end of story! For dinner, Tom cooked out again, this time strip steaks, with mushrooms, asparagus, and mac and cheese from Costco, Nick's favorite, absolutely sinful.   We then watched some of the Miami Heat game, did the dishes, and the kids went to bed early because they have school tomorrow and we hope to be off to Ohio by 6:30 or 7:00.  We will have to wait and see if we get off on time.  We have had a great weekend with Tom and Mary and  their kids, a great, happy family.