A Fun Family Weekend

It was a great weekend. Kait and Nick got here about 7:30 Friday night. The Pork Chops and Asparagus were great. Kait and I enjoyed the White Zin, too! This photo was taken in Kentucky overlooking the Ohio River with downtown Cincinnati in the background. We were trying to find a restaurant on the river to eat, but they all had a two hour wait. So many Cub fans were milling around. GO CUBS! They had just beat the Reds to clinch the division.
Kaitlyn and Nick enjoying Tim's football game on Saturday afternoon. Tim's team lost...again, but it was a beautiful day. It was our turn to pick up trash in the stadium after the game, and K&N were a big help.

Here Tim is getting ready to go to his game. His friend, Chet, is with him. Chet is in Tim's class and lives on the street behind us. He is a nice kid. His family goes to the same church as ours, so that is cool.

And, here is another family photo from Saturday night. We ended up going to Smokey Bones to eat....but it was a nice drive around downtown Cinci. On Sunday we all went to church and out to eat at Panera. Yum. I guess my "hint" worked.

Kaitlyn and I are getting excited about our trip to Haiti. We leave on Friday, Oct. 12. We will spend that night in Miami and catch a 7am flight to Port Au Prince on Saturday morning. It will be nice to spend a week with Kait and seeing her passion for Haiti firsthand. I can't wait to meet Jonathan, the little boy she fell in love with while she was down there in August. We are so excited that Jonathon will be adopted by a wonderful family in Rochelle, IL. He will have his forever family in a community that has embraced Haitian children. Kait is excited that she can see and hear about him as he grows up.

It was so great to be a "whole" family for the weekend, and sad when they left. I don't know when I will see Nick again. There is a chance we will go to East Lansing for the Nov. 3 MSU vs UM football game. I know we will all be together in Florida for Thanksgiving. YAY!

Please say a prayer for Connie, my dad's wife, and her family. Connie's older brother, Dean, died on Saturday. Dean's life had many challenges, but he was loved by his mom, dad, two sisters, and younger brother. I never got to meet Dean, but know how much Connie loved him. Connie, I'm praying for you and your entire family during this difficult time.

Well, I'm off to change the laundry over and then take Mike's car to get cleaned...inside and out. I was returning a large coffee container yesterday after our concession stand fundraiser, and it spilled all over the backseat. Tim asked me if Dad was mad at me about this, and I said "No. He needed his car cleaned so he was happy."

Love,

Karen