It's been a hectic time for us this past month or so. We've been taking turns helping the take care of Dad and help Mom.

On Wednesday, July 29th, Dad passed away. We are very sad, but relieved that he is not suffering any longer. He fought it every step of the way. Mom, my sister in law and my son were all with him at the time.

The service is on August 7th so we can prepare everything.

We've been going through pictures for a slide show that my niece is going to put together. It's been quite interesting trying to figure out who some of those people are in them.

This weekend is my high school reunion and I've been busy helping with that also. It will be wonderful to see all my friends and then my family next week.

Dad's Been in the Hospital

Well, it's been a tough week for us here. Dad went into the hospital on a Thursday morning and was just released yesterday, 10 days later. He has terminal emphyzema. The doc's wanted to put him in a Skilled Nursing Facility. This would have been a special section of a nursing home. The day they were ready to move him, his stats all dropped and they couldn't take him. This was when we started talking about hospice help. On Friday we met with someone from there and by that afternoon, a bed and equipment were moved into Dad's family room and ready for him to come home. He stayed one more night at the hospital and his numbers were better and he was much more chatty with us and ready for home.

It's going to take some work and adjusting our schedules to be there to help Mom with moving him around, but we're determined to make him comfortable. He's not in any pain at all, which makes it easier for him right now.

My sister is leaving on Friday for Rio in Brazil on a business trip. She'll be gone 9 days.

Andy starts Football Camp on Monday. That means 2 practices a day all week. One at the stadium and the other in the evening several miles away at another school. Tyke will have to get him to the morning one and I plan to get him to the other.

That's where we're at for now.

Bikin' for Boobs Today at Jackson's

I've never been to this event before. A local bar/restaurant called Jackson's is have a poker run to earn money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation today. The poker run is this morning and then they have a BBQ, auction and a live band called Nasty Jack is playing. We're going for the BBQ, auction and band later today.

We went there the other night and I donated 2 of my crocheted boobie pillows for the auction and several of the beer cozies also with boobies on them for them to raffle off. I can't wait to see how well the pillows go over at this event. I've donated them to other auctions like our archery clubs and they've become an annual item. I did one with a pink back and border and the other is pink camouflage.

Soon to Come.....

More hot air balloon pictures! Andy, Nina and I are planning on going to Walla Walla's Balloon Stampede on Saturday. We have to get up about 4:00am to drive up there and be there by 6:00am. It's an hour's drive as the sun comes up. There's a large craft show and then at noon we get to watch our dear friend JoAnne singing in her band, Kool Katz on the stage.

I really look forward to this every year. It's so much fun for us.

Next weekend, we'll be camping at the Hermiston Traditional Shoot with some friends. Mike has to work on Saturday, but it's close enough for him to drive back and forth that day.

I can't wait for the fun to begin!

More Pictures of the Moses Lake Shoot

Andy and Nina getting the arrows from the fox.

Doug shooting off the cliff with Andy watching.

Mike's cooking up something for lunch or dinner.

My lucky husband with 2 of the 3 bows he won as raffle prizes!

Our dear friend Myron is sitting there with the beard during the awards and raffles.

Andy and Nina shooting off the cliff. Doug is looking on.

This was a nasty shot against the rock wall. There is a standing bear and a deer. If we missed, the arrows were broken for sure.

Andy looks like he's biting the polar bear.

Peek-a-boo Doug!

This is looking up at the cliff that we were shooting from.