Just checking in...

Good morning and happy Father's Day! Gene is in Overland Park, he and Andy always go fishing for Father's Day, and they come home with a ton of fish! They go to a private pond on Andy's friends acreage, and it doesn't get fished often, so there are lots of fish in it. The dogs and I are here braving the severe weather alone. This week, we've had over 5" of rain, along with 70 mph winds. Ahhhh, June in Kansas.

Thursday afternoon, I went into our little barn for horse feed, and got stung on the bridge of my nose by an unknown flying assailant. It felt like I'd been shot in the face, immediately my entire face began to hurt. Of course, I continued with the horse feed, all the while repeating "ow ow ow". And I'm thinking, "I wonder if I'm allergic to stings? I've not been stung before..." Got home and Gene gave me 3 Benedryl right away and put ice on my nose. It didn't take long for my nose and eyes to swell up. Even my eyebrows hurt! Gene enjoyed calling me "Big Nose Kate" for a day. Looking and feeling better today, just a little residual swelling in my left eye.

Friday evening, our band played at Meadowlark Retirement Community for their Summer Fest. We played there last year. (sunglasses hid my swollen eyes) It's a multi-generational party and we were a hit! Very hot and sweaty though, I told the boys that while we were performing, I could actually smell us! Not good. This year, they had a 20 x 20 foot tent for us...yippee! So we weren't in the blazing sun.

Off to church and the grocery store. I think the weather will hold for a few hours, right now the storms are north of us, so I'll make a break for it.

Much love to all, from all of us.
Joan

Paige's Prom

Well, I haven't blogged for a very long time because I haven't really had much to blog about. But I thought you all might like to see some of Paige's prom pictures. The one where she is wearing the short dress is Huntington's prom and the long dress is Edison's. Her dates are just friends of hers. For Huntington's prom, the kids got a "party bus", kinda like a limo, but in a charter bus size. It was very cool!! Wish they had those when I was in high school. We had 40 kids plus parents here for dinner and pictures before. It was so fun to see them all dressed up. They all had a great time! Paige is in major countdown mode till graduation. Can't believe we will have another one out...only one more to go:)

Hope all is well with everyone and we love you all!

Janelle

Away in a manger...

I know this is a bad picture, but I just wanted you to see where we played over the weekend...it was a backyard shed, that Dale thought looked like a manger! The party was called "Bobstock" and it rained, and it thundered along with some lightening. The things we do! In the end, it was fun and no one was electrocuted. This coming Friday night, we're playing at a bar & grill in Manhattan. The fun continues!

Joan