Since I am not sure of this blog as we drive I broke this down into sections. I told about the Kentucky trip pretty much I think. It was so fun.
On the way home to MN we stopped in LeClaire Iowa and went to the American Pickers shop Antique Archeology. That was so cool and I had lots of time to talk with the girls in the shops and get lots of questions I had answered.
Then we went to MN. We drove to my sisters in Racine. We were able to pull right up beside her house and hook up to electric. We were right by the garage side door so I could jump out and run in the side door and have coffee. We mainly had plans to just hang out and we did. I washed clothes and dog beds, did very little for my sister as she wouldn't let me, we had meals together in and out, I got to see 5 of her surviving 8 kids. and spend some time with them each one on one which was fun. The ones I saw are 5-9 years younger than I am only. We watched TV and just hung out and it was just so nice and relaxing. Leroy did some chores for her. I washed dogs. We went to the cemetery I walked Iris around my old town (the only town I knew growing up as I lived in the country). I went to a three room school house there with 6 grades in it. It is now an apartment complex. We went along to my first church on Sun, we went to brunch with them on mothers day. We visited my other sister and we had her down for lunch one day. It was really a fun visit.
I did see my other sister twice. She just moved into a town home so we got to see her home. I wanted to see her three children but didn't happen.
We then went to MPLS/ST PAUL area and stayed at the casino campground close to Leroy's sisters house. They now live in a town home. We had three or 4 days there and it to was relaxing. She and I got to go the quilt store. I went with them to a bible study that was way over my head. We saw some of the other kids, we went out to eat and ate in (she is a tremendous cook). We got to take a drive thru my beloved MN Arboretum and drive around in general in our first area we lived together. She had an open house for all the rest of the kids so they could come and see us if they wanted or not. Most came and others had pretty good excuses. We got to see the next generation of nieces and nephews, and see the second generation more grown into adults. One we talked with was Matt who is a world champion unicyclist. He turned into a wonderful outgoing christian boy. We saw two of three of the first generation and the other one is a minister and had those kind of duties to take care of first. It was just fun and I loved it. Leroy got to go see Jeff's grandmother who recently went in a nursing home and that was special for him to. She is a nice lady and has loved Leroy and Jeff a lot.
We have wonderful families and they are the salt of the earth. None of us are fancy or rich or important but we are good, kind, thoughtful, decent, salt of the earth people and I myself am happy to think I am one of them. If I can aspire to half of what they all have done in life I have done well.
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