Looking Back

Yesterday was the 34th Alvarado Reunion at Hawk Island Park with good attendance on a cloudy but pleasant day. Petra Boyer decided to boycott which only was a problem because Gramma and Gloria had to miss being with family.  Simon has spent 5 days with Adrianna at April's the 4th of July week and this weekend which is nice for him to be away from our house. Mike and Sharon Fabiano both lost their dads this week who we will be attending funerals for. The 2 week+ drought ended Friday morning but we still need more precipitation as the temperature has been in the 80's during that time. Rusty passed on July 5th from a blood clot while Jane and I were at the Y. Lukas took him to Miller's Animal Clinic as he went limp on the floor like Orange had and died on his way there. Good news of the 13 trapped in the Tham Luang cave in Thailand all being rescued reassures us there is still hope for our world when we work together. Trump stop dividing, learn to unite to be a real winner!

5 Days with Silas

  I ended the school year in Mrs. Farron's 3rd grade class with the last 2 days being half days and field day. The results from my biopsy came back negative and all are healing quickly. Jane and I have been going to the YMCA for Silver Sneakers and she is really enjoying it. The Malibu needed to have the transmission lines replaced and the front brakes also were bad so that was $600. Jim was over for dinner as Betty went up north with her friends for a shopping trip. That Saturday Steve took us to the Olds Car Show at Auto-Owners and a tour of the old neighborhoods while Jane and Betty were at Cheri's daughter's baby shower that we stopped by at the King Arthur's Clubhouse. On the 23rd we celebrated Jim's 80th birthday at Jimmy's Pub with his children, Lori and Peg. On Sunday Jane and I left for Valpo to spend the week with Silas as Sharon was in Iowa for a teaching presentation. We took Silas to the Kout's library on Tuesday for the Yellow Submarine story hour and helped him pick out new books. On Thursday we took him to the Industrial Revolution for lunch and he was very good eating all his hot dog and reminding us to pray before we ate. The week went fast and we read a lot of books as we stayed busy with Silas' potty training and afternoon naps. We left Friday and got home at 3:00 as the temperature has been in the 90's since then. Jane got her first Social Security check $790 and we have been to 2 concerts and a play. On the last day of school Vivian Wolfe gave me a Book to write poetry in and the principal asked if was returning in the fall. It has been a busy summer and though it has been dry the flowers are doing well and everything is still green.