June 1, 2010

Yesterday Alan, Lynn and I attended the Memorial ceremony at the National Military Cemetery; there was a soft rain part of the time. US Representative Zach Wamp gave a moving message. The road out of the cemetery was clogged so it took a while to get moving. The sun came out in the late afternoon, so I went to Gene's grave to put some flowers by the headstone. Clyde Glatter, Gene's 10 year old cousin and a boy scout had helped place US flags on all the graves. As I approached the area, Joan and Rick Denkinger from Gene's  Gideon Camp were there. Gene liked to wear his army uniform on memorial day and on other special military events. He was proud of his service to our country. We attended the last memorial service together in May 2008. It was sad to be there without him.

Clyde spent part of the day with me today. He will be doing football and wrestling camps for the next two weeks. I had him read from a fourth grade Mcguffy Reader a revised edition first published in 1879. He read, Why The Sea is Salt, a Norwegian fairy tale.

Hershey is growing fast. Her legs are getting long. She spends a good bit of time in the yard and likes to sit in the swing with me. She wants to play with Plato,but he will have none of that!

I got most of the grass out of the garden before the rain. Everything is growing well. I think onions are ready and beans are blooming. The Rudolph-Wright girls have been helping with some of the yard work. They are redoing the river rock borders around the flower beds and doing some puning etc.

Lynn and Alan had a nice cookout on Sunday evening. Liga and Valdis had red chargers under their plates to celebrate the anniversary of their adoption and arrival in Chattanooga. They have grown up to be fine looking young people.

Sarah called me today to tell me that she and Ryan are having a baby boy! She sounded so happy. How wonderful to have great grand children.  I sure want to be a special part of that little one's world! All of Steve's family are vacationing in Hawaii.

Pat's e-mail today said there are some cute photos of Madison Claire on Lauren's blog. Here's just one of them!