We arrived back in St. Louis yesterday, after several days camping near Hannibal, MO. We had a wonderful time there and met some great people. After chatting with, and getting to know our neighbors, Dave and Lois, we found out that Lois and I share birthday's! So, happy birthday to you today, Lois! They wanted our blog, and will be following us until we get home. Today was Spirit Day at St. Joe's Catholic School, where Shea will graduate tomorrow evening. We went early this morning for their gathering and prayer service before all of the activities of the day for the students. The gym was filled with lots of excitement! One kind of neat thing happened to me yesterday, when I decided to do laundry in our campground where we are presently staying. This young gal comes in and she was doing laundry for a touring band. It turns out to be Tantric, a band based in Boston, and they are playing in St. Louis tonight. They have another gig tomorrow and will be going to Madison, WI for Bratfest! I met them all, but one lead singer. The stage manager is from Hudson, WI and has been with the band for two years. One never knows who you will run into. I think they are a hard rock band, and I told them that we do old time dancing, which I am sure made a big impression on them! They were all quite cool, and they seemed pretty grounded.
We have beautiful sunsets in Arizona, but it will be hard to beat this one we had last night in St. Peter's.
Jim's sister, Barb gave me my birthday card in early April before we left Apache Junction. I had strict orders to not open it until my big day, which is today! Isn't this just the coolest card? I had to share it with you. Thanks, Barb!
Today is Spirit Day at St. Joe's and it's all about Shea today! Congrats, Shea on your final day at St. Joe's. Shea had a smile on her face all day! Each grade did a dance routine and this was hers. We are so proud of her!
Shea plays flute in the band, and they performed in the parking lot and then marched down the street in their school parade. They went to Chicago last weekend for a band competition, and took superior in their music and how they conducted themselves throughout the weekend! The latter is a very prestigious award, and it reflects on their school and family life. They have a fantastic band teacher and they have won many awards because of him.
We met Dee and Hal when we got back from Hannibal, and they are parked across the road from us in the campground. Their granddaughter graduates from St. Joe's tomorrow night, also, and is our granddaughter's very good friend! Now, isn't that a small world? They recently sold their house and are going full-timing and they wanted to pick our brain, so we enjoyed Happy Hour with them today.
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