Family in Minnesota

Hi All, sorry that I have not kept you posted on our whereabouts but it was a busy month in Minnesota with all of our family!!!! We arrived in Minnesota on June 1st to cloudy rainy weather! In fact I think that it was one of the wettest June's on record! Oh well, we had a good time anyway! On June 9th my mother turned 86, so to celebrate, my two sisters, Kathleen and Claudia took Mother out to lunch. It did not rain during lunch so we were able to sit outside. Mother was happy to be with some of her children. While there I wanted to get all my brothers (3) and sisters(2) together with Mom. It had been a long time since we had all been together, seems like someone is always missing. Busy lives we all seem to have...... On Saturday, June 19th we did manage to all be together. Mom was in heaven to have all her children together. Left to right... Chip, Claudia, Mike, Mom, Kathleen, Candy and Chris. The weather did cooperate and we managed to have a partly sunny afternoon.

Great grandson Michael (5 1/2) found a toad out in the yard and was showing it to his sister, Abby (4). They were having a good time with all the Aunts and
Uncles they do not see very often. I don't think that the toad was having as much fun as Michael and Abby. Every time that Michael and Abby touched the toad and came in the house, their mother, my daughter Angela, made them wash their hands.... well Michael got very tired of this and thought that instead of him washing his hands with the sanitizer that he would put the sanitizer on the toad.... makes perfect sense to a 5 year old! Anyway, the poor toad did not survive....
Although Mother has 15 Grand children and 4 Great grandchildren not all of them were able to be there. Those that were able to make it had a good time laughing and telling stories of old.
That is all for this report, more to follow later, until then, have a great summer!


Candy and Johnny