More months pass.

So, my Mother has returned to Florida as of 02-18-10, too damn cold up here in the north.

Spring brought rain to a drought stricken Eastern Shore after a winter of more snow than we had seen in years. Unfortunately the summer has once again dried up the area and once again we are in need of rain.

Everyone's health is well and for that we are thankful.

Rachael graduated from High School in May and will be attending Salisbury University in the fall. Tommy moves on to middle school this fall as he goes into the sixth grade. Sarah still sells food at the beach for US Foods and is doing well as a single parent.

Samantha got home for a brief visit during the summer, you can check her out @ thelongeblueline.blogspot.com Abby will be ninth grader in HS this year. She played softball all summer and will be in band this fall, marching on the football field. Kathy still doing Cardiology research nursing and Air Force Majoring as a Reserve. Jeff is busy flitting around the world for the State Department. AS of this writing he's in route to Karachi, Pakistan.

Matt and family in CT are all fine. The kids grow from Kindergarten to a HS Sophomore. Most recently David, Kevin and Jill were in the play Music Man in Tolland. Matt and Beth are well and make a great tag team as parents.

Mary Agnes made the trip to CT for the play. I remained at home to take Tommy to the north of the bay for a week at Camp Rodney for Boy Scout camp.

In May we got a new batch of 26 baby chickens, all hens. We've given a few away, one went to Chicken Heaven and 19 are left. We should start getting eggs around the first of October. Mary Agnes is still with The State part time and I'm a house husband. Maggie, our standard Poodle, 2 yrs. old this past June is just a delight.

So now everything is pretty much up to date. I do want to mention that Andal Linz, our longtime friend from Germany is here for a month. We call him Andie from Bavaria. At the end of the month Andie, Uncle Bob and are taking a road trip out west. Samantha has purchased a car through Uncle Pete (God Bless him). The three of us shall be driving it out to USAFA with a bucket list of stops on the way. We'll be looking for Diners-Drive Ins and Dives along the way. Going to try and use Rt. 50 most of the way.

I shall hope to post to the Blog each day and give everyone an update on the trip. Should be fun, Stay Tuned. See you all shortly.