Our oldest son Jeff married the love of his life, Sarah, on November 9. Although our families live less than two miles apart it took a whilefor them to get together. Carla and Sarah’s mother, Nancy, attended a wedding shower for Cynthia, a high school friend of Andrew. Cynthia’s mom, Clara, knew that neither Jeff… Continue reading Jeff and Sarah’s Wedding!
Category: Family
September visit to Chicago
As many of you doubtless know we were blessed with our first grandson, Jurgen, last June. We took a road trip out out to North Riverside (Chicago suburb) to meet him. We then brought our co-mother-in-law Jeanette (who lives in South Africa) back to Portland with us via the Grand Canyon. You can read through my… Continue reading September visit to Chicago
Road Trip 2014: Family in Cottonwood
July1/2, 2014 After a few nights on the road it was nice to pull into my uncle and aunt’s home in Cottonwood, Arizona where we would spend a couple of nights to get rested for our Grand Canyon trip and the road home. As I mentioned in an earlier post we hit some stormy weather leaving… Continue reading Road Trip 2014: Family in Cottonwood
Road Trip 2014 – North Riverside IL to Tucumcari New Mexico
June 28/29, 2014 We would take two days to travel the 1,161 miles from Andrew and Henriët’s home to the Safari Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Within a mile or two of their house we crossed Ogden Ave which is the home stretch of Route 66 into Chicago. We paralleled Route 66 for most of… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – North Riverside IL to Tucumcari New Mexico
Road Trip 2014 – Leaving Riverside, IL
One last post on our stay in North Riverside. On our walks from Andrew and Henriët’s home to downtown Riverside we passed a house with a few mushrooms growing. As we spent the week, the mushrooms transformed into different shapes. Here are a few shots of their transformation. Mushrooms in Riverside, IL These last two… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Leaving Riverside, IL
