Summer Sun and Family Fun

Yikes!  How did it get to be July 17??  We have been very busy!  LOTS of family visitors, which is so, so fun.  We have discovered that lots of activity makes Les very tired!

My side of the family had a mini-reunion the past week.  The first brother-in-law showed up on July 1 and the last sister left on July 14.  Whew!!!  The few days we were ALL together, the number of peeps was 53.  That includes mom and dad, us five siblings and spouses, 16 grandchildren - some with spouses, and 16 great grandkids.  We were missing one granddaughter and her family of 3.   A shout out to our nieces and nephews who flew in from Minnesota, Iowa, Montana, Wyoming and California.  THANK YOU!!  It means alot to mom and dad and ALL of us.  Becky at Simply Enjoy Photography took family pictures - I will share some when they are ready.   LOVE this preview:

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My Iowa sister and her family of 19 rented a beach house in Birch Bay.  Our sweet friend Joanne generously let Les & I and my California sister stay at her beach house.  My brothers didn't stay as long so missed out on some the beach fun.  The weather could not have been better.

Birthday lunch!

 

 

 

3 sisters with 3 daughters

Les' brother Howard also popped out for a couple of days.  He just wanted to hang with Les, and that's what they did.  We will see some of these people again in September for the wedding; it is so much easier to say good bye when you can say "see you in a few weeks".

Les has another 3 month check next Wednesday and he hopes to switch out his feeding tube that same day.  It will be a tube closer to his body, a "mickey" tube.  He has been quite fatigued but otherwise hanging in there.  The Botox didn't help as much as we hoped it would - he still has quite a bit of saliva.  We have mostly good days but still some down days as we continue on this journey.