Getting Ready for Another "BAD" Trip

Meet "Smalls" our newest addition to the family.

The summer is going by so quickly, as it often does for teachers. I am using the New Jersey shore as my home base. Our youngest daughter Caitlin is working at a pre-school day camp. She has her hands full with three and four year old boys every day. We are enjoying the carefree summer days together.

Fourth of July weekend found my husband John and I in Rhode island for a wonderful wedding by the sea. My cousin Jeanne's son Mathew married his long-time girlfriend Nancy. It was fun to visit with my cousins Billy, Jeanne and Betsy, my only relatives from my father's side of the family. We left Rhode Island on Saturday, spent Sunday at the shore with John's sister Diane, her husband Charles and daughter Moira. From there it was off to Maryland to the wedding of Christina and Chuck. We have watched them both grow up. Their wedding was beautiful. We wish all the newlyweds much happiness.

After returning to the Shore for a brief stay I was off to Louisiana. Our daughter Lauren is moving to Shreveport to begin her first job teaching grades 6-8 in a small Chrisitian Seventh-Day Adventist school. There are three teachers on the staff; she will have about eight students. The church community has welcomed her with open arms. We arrived with our suitcases and they have provided furniture and lots of extras for her new apartment. We spent a week together setting up her apartment, working in her classroom and getting to know the city. It is hard to leave her, as she will be very far away, but I know that her new church family will be taking good care of her. God is leading in her young life.

I returned from the heat of the south to the heat of the north! I'm loving it. Unlike the majority of the population, I long for those swelting heat waves. It is my favorite time of year. I am busy packing for Korea. I hope you will enjoy following the adventures of another "BAD" trip.

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