A Cousin Gathering

On Friday Dad's cousins from Milaca and Bloomington arrived and Uncle Rich & Aunt Henrietta came in the afternoon. There were originally 8 cousins on Grandma Scheer Haan's side. These are the only cousins left. Nella & Teunis are children of Aunt Jennie who lives in Milaca. Uncle Rich is the oldest and Dad is the youngest.We had a wonderful time with them and feel really badly that they left early because they thought I needed more rest and they were "in the way".

This is not a very flattering picture of Gloria - she actually is quite an attractive lady when she smiles. She's a very interesting lady.

This is Chase's Star-Fighter that he made this evening with the Legos. He wanted me to put it on my blog so everyone could see it. Isn't it neat?

Chase and his silly bands - he says he has LOTS of them. His favorite one right now is the hockey stick shown below. Chase's dad's friend, Gina, bought it for him. He is such a lucky boy!!!

Below is my new bestest friend - my brace. It holds my knee straight so I can't bend it. Today went quite well - I even got several things done around the house but it's starting to throb a little now so I think Chase and I will go watch a little Animal Planet together or maybe we'll just read our books. Anyone have a suggestion as to what I should name this new friend of mine?

Chase and his mom had conferences today and his grades were, according to Chase, "awesome. He had several A's and just one B. His AR Goal was 18 points and he has 23.

Dad found this tree somewhere on his little road trip he took with Teunis and Nella on Saturday. Isn't it gorgeous? I haven't been out to see the changing colors yet - maybe dad and I will take a little ride before I have surgery. I'd like to get down to Rock Valley to see Uncle Elmer and Uncle Marv and Doug & Von. They got back from their Europe trip on Saturday night and I'm anxious to hear all about it.

Happy Fall!!!!!