Thank You all so much

Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful Dads and Granddads.  Wishing you all the best.  I would write about my own wonderful father but I did that last year on his birthday so it would be redundant to do it again so soon.  But I did have a wonderful Dad and I love him and miss him very much.  Our loss is his gain as he will be celebrating Father’s Day today with his daughter, Sharon, my wonderful sister who joined him in heaven  yesterday.


My son, John, is off on a new adventure starting on Friday.  He is going to pick up a glider in Georgia for the museum where he volunteers and trailer it all the way back to Oregon.  You can read his blog here.  He doesn’t write often but he promises to write about this adventure and his trip.

Want to say a big thank you to all who sent condolences and words of comfort to me yesterday.  I think all the siblings kinda thought in the back of our minds that Sharon would be the first to go.  We just didn’t think it would be yesterday.  I am doing much better today than yesterday and I know each day will get a little better.  All of your comments did help so much.

We will be hosting a Celebration of Life here in our backyard next Sunday.  We did the same for my nephew when he passed away several years ago.  All the family thought it was very meaningful and Jim (Sharon’s husband) has requested that we do that again.  Sharon did not like the outdoors much but she did enjoy the beach and my backyard.  My brother, David, from Reno will be coming over to give the memorial.  He is a retired pastor and such a wonderful person.  His wife Linda is about the same age as Sharon and they were great friends. 



My two Portland area grand daughters arrived today.  Bekah will be going to Musical Theater Camp starting tomorrow and Anna will be hanging with Grandma.  Of course the first thing they wanted to know was if the pool was warmed up.  YUP it is!!


We had our first driveway boondockers from Boondockers Welcome here last week.  It was a great experience and a nice place for them to spend a couple of nights.  They left for the coast yesterday but may be leaving their toad in our driveway next week while they take another short journey.  It has worked fine and if you are interested in this program, you can check it out here.

Hope you have all enjoyed your weekend and again, thank you all for your support in the loss of my sister.  It is much appreciated.

The Grandgirls are Here

Greetings to all and a late Happy Father’s Day to all you Dads out there.  Didn’t have internet yesterday so couldn’t post my greeting until today.

A lot of today’s post is for the enjoyment of my family near and far but you are certainly invited to share our day if you are so inclined.  We’re all family in Blogland anyway LOL!!

We had a great Father’s Day in Portland yesterday and picked up a couple of extra passengers on our way home this morning.

Yesterday we had a taco feed at John’s…and what a feed it was.  We had shredded pork and shredded chicken…and for the not so adventurous (ME!) good old hamburger, plus all the fixings, AND beans and rice.  It was yummy.

John, Laurie (John's step-mom), and Kari (Laurie's daughter)

Then John made root beer floats and Bekah served them.  I think they went through a LOT of root beer and ice cream.



We had four Fathers present…and they all liked their root beer floats.

Russ, Bob (SIL), John (Red), and Steve (John's other Dad!)

Afterwards, I asked John to play me some tunes on the piano.  He was a bit embarrassed as he said he hasn’t practiced for awhile but it was still music to my ears!  I’m pretty proud of John for teaching himself not only the piano, but the drums and guitar as well.

When we got tired, we went back to our little temporary home and relaxed to the sights and sounds of the river.  I love Clackamette Park – even if it is little and doesn’t have full hook-ups.



To those of you who read about my “Dilemma” earlier…we missed the dogs and are going to try and find a way to have them with us as much as possible when we travel.

Today Bekah and Anna came home with us for a week.  (If you want to read a touching Father’s Day post go to Red’s page and see what he wrote about Bekah and being a father).

We stopped at Champoeg State Park just for a quick look-see on the way home.  Dave and Carol made us very curious about this park and we have to say, they are right…it’s beautiful.  We went through the visitors center and found some things to amuse ourselves.

Bekah, Anna, and Grandpa outside the visitors center.  The girls had 3D glasses

 that they took the lenses out of and they wore them almost all day.

Bekah found a shadow box first thing.



And Anna found the perfect boyfriend.



Grandpa found a political philosophy that he could relate to.



And this is what happened to him for his rebellion.



Anna liked the reference to her hometown.



And Anna also liked the dress-up display but Bekah was not so happy with her outfit.



Almost before we were unloaded, the girls wanted to get in the pool…what the heck, we can unload later when it’s too cold to swim.



Bekah was just a little wary of the water being too cold so she went in the shallow end first.



But Anna went for the deep end…it’s COLD, she said!!



They both agreed it really wasn’t that cold and soon they were swimming around like little mermaids.



And that’s the way it was for the Krecklows this weekend.  That’s all for now.