A two wedding trip

Before heading south for Drew’s wedding, we went northwest for Bree and Jesse’s wedding. 

What a fun country setting for the wedding. It was in a large tractor shed that was transformed into a wedding venue. Perfect setting for the couple. 

The wheelbarrow below was “planted” with seed packets as favors. Cute idea 

The guestbook was hearts the you signed with a wish and dropped them into a shadow box. Another cut idea. 


Cousins Brenda, mother of the bride and Patty, aunt of the bride. 


Bill and I practiced our dance moves here so we are ready for the next wedding. Fun, fun music. 

Now we are headed south through West Virginia. We can tell we’re in WV because of the curvy, hilly roads. We decided to stay in Lake Stevens, west of Beckley WV. The campground looked nice on their website but it has narrow sites and narrow, windy roads to get there. They did have a beautiful lake and great hiking trails though. 

April 25-May11 - life will never be the same again

First day home, feeding and changing diapers - we are all learning together. It’s been a long time since any of our grandkids needed their diaper changed but it all came back. 

This is Carl’s mom, Jutta, Avery’s Oma. 

While Avery’s Oma and Nana Peg cuddled with Avery Bill worked on his projects. No rest for the weary!  Carl and Bill added another access to the fenced-in backyard. So much more convenient. Next, they built a wood shed. Carl said it was too nice for wood. Maybe he’ll make it a climbing gym!  

In between those projects, Bill helped Carl add knobs and handles to their kitchen cabinets. Again, much more convenient to open doors and drawers. 

Drew and Erin came to visit. It was great having us together one last time beforehand we left. 

Last project Bill had for the Alsup’s was a wood box for Shan to have easy access to wood when Carl is working nights at the hospital. 



After Oma left, NanaPeg spent more time cuddling Avery, washing clothes, running to grocery store and cooking. 

I did have a little time to set up my sewing machine for some quilting and sewing projects. 

Avery also went on her first hike on the ditch trai, behind their house and to Scott’s Lake just up the road from their house. 

Down the hill to Sacramento for one last evening with Drew and Erin and for Bill to finish a project there. We  had a very special dinner with Drew and Erin’s friends,  Lorena, Boye and their daughter, Fina. They cooked us an authentic Nigerian meal that was delicious. 

Bill and Fina played checkers and then Fina helped us learn Spanish. A fun evening for our last one in California. 

July 23 - Estes Park more hiking and some rain

Very overcast day and rain in the forecast so what do we do. We pack our raincoats and off for another hike. 

Here’s a pic of the fog as we are driving up to Roosevelt National Forest once again. So many trails that dogs can use. Love it here 

Decided to take the hike to Lake Isabelle Glacier today   It was a little challenging for me with the altitude but beautiful in the forest. Met so many interesting people on the trail. That’s what we enjoy - talking to others as we meet them on the trail. 

As we were entering the NF, look what we saw. So excited and these moose could care less about us standing around taking photos. 

See why it was so challenging for me!  Look at all those boulders. But up we went. Lenny had such fun climbing. Reuben was in his backpack taking a snooze 

Here’s what we saw when we got to the top - foggy Lake Isabelle Glacier. But after we ate our cliff bars, the fog life’s for about 5 minutes. It was beautiful and worth the climb!

It started to rain a little on the way down but wasn’t too bad. Hiked about 5 miles today. 

Came back to the RV and did some laundry since it was raining

Tomorrow we pick up Linda. Hope it’s a little better weather so she can see the beauty all around us.