Late February - June 2013

After Dad's birthday we did some sewing and planned projects to take with us to Virginia. Bob made these tops for the home to finish and then take to a muscular dystrophy camp in June

The back-up quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, Chandler Harnish, came and spoke one morning at the home.

We had a tailgate party!!

   We had a big snow on February 22 and spent some time playing outside.

 

We left Warren March 15 and spent 10 days in Nashville with Debby before we drove to Rockville, Virginia to volunteer at ILC from March 25 – June 8.  While in Nashville we were able to see the Sammons', help Deb get a new grill and do some sewing with her.  I did some repairs for her and made her a new pair of slacks that since then has proceeded to become the constantly shrinking slacks.  We have now made them into capris.

This was the first time that we have volunteered during this time of year.  The weather was very cool for a good share of the time.  We were very busy in the quilt quad with projects ranging from quilts to hobo bags and bow ties.  We were able to take some side trips.  We went to Petersburg and toured the  Centre Hill Museum which had lots of history of Petersburg. 

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 We saw this purple truck and thought Debby might like it.

 We went and stayed 2 nights at a timeshare in Gordonsville, VA.  We stayed in a yurt which was a fun and interesting experience.  It rained most of the time so we just relaxed.  Here are some pictures of the yurt.

  We went for one day to Washington DC and visited 2 national parks.  We went to Theordore Roosevelt Island.

Then we went to the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House.  We had a personalized tour and learned so much. 

We got to spend Memorial Day week-end at Sandy and Frank Coddaire's in New Jersey.  We did some quilt store shopping and lots of visiting and resting.

We were visited by Mavis & DeVon.  We took them on a tour of the ILC Campus, explored the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond and toured the capital building.

June 1 was our 45th anniversary.  Our lovely daughter sent us a surprise night out.  We had dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant and then went to see a play at the theater in Richmond.  We saw Red which was excellent.  Thank you again Debby for the evening.

What we got in our card!

 We drove home from Virginia on June 8.

Late January - March

When we arrived home from Florida we worked on the plans and prepared for my dad’s 90^th birthday.  It was fun but busy.  We had cake and ice cream at the Cove on Friday afternoon, February 1.  There were over 100 people that came through the line.

The family celebration was on Saturday, February 2, his birthday.  We had the Fults Rec room from 9 am – 9 pm.  It was a great time. We had soups, dessert and of course Chocolate Angel Food cake. Everyone in the immediate family was able to come except for Sean Myers who had basketball games.  Dad read a story and played his harmonica.  Games were played and lots of visiting took place.

Clarence, Eric & Martha Myers, Coleen & Bob Midwood, Mavis & DeVon Franklin, Lloyd & Heidi Myers

Bob, Debby,Coleen,Phil, Susan, James and Grandpa

Eric & Martha, Kevin & Malia and Clarence

The Franklin's with Clarence

Nick, Alec, Heidi, Chris, Taylor, Lloyd, Shelley with Clarence

Cousin's from the Myers side.

Cousin's from the Jackson side.