Catching Up

As I write this, Philip is in Midland at September Fest. Our lives have been a whirlwind of activity these last couple of weeks. We spent the middle weeks of August helping our oldest daugther, Carla, and her family move. And it wasn't just a short move. They are now living in West Lafayette, IN. Our son-in-law is now coaching at Perdue University. Dave and Philip survived a truck drive (big truck and trailer) all the way up.

 Carla and I  drove her car with both grandchildren, a dog and two cats!! They are settled in now and getting to know their new surroundings.

Three days after Philip gets home from the Midland show, we will fly off on the longest treip we have ever taken together. We will be starting our journey to go visit these two bells:

 These are Jenny's bells and they are hanging on the porch of her family's house in Morocco. We will be gone for about 18 days. I have been practicing my college French so I may at least be able to communicate at a basic level both in the Paris airport as well as in Morocco. We will take lots of pictures and I will try to post on the blog while we are there if the internet is accessible.

Now, you know how it is in life when you have 2-3 sets of visitors that come to see your family all at the same time or perhaps one right after another. Then you go for the rest of the year with no company?  Well, this is kind of the same thing for us but with us being the people going somewhere. Within days after returning from Morocco we pack up and go on a two week scuba diving trip to Bonaire. We are meeting up with other divers and hope to see the coral spawning. We will be diving with two other couples, one of which takes photos professionally of everything underwater. If you want to see some of their great photos, go to - http://feraldiversmedia.com.

Although there will be someone here on the property while we are gone, he will not be selling any bells or taking any orders. We will get busy filling orders and getting ready for mid fall shows just as soon as we return.

So.... keep checking for photos from afar!!