I cannot believe it's the middle of June already! We celebrated Maddy's birthday last week - she's a BIG 8 years old. Mom Peters, Kelly & the girls, & Carol & I had ice cream and cake - mmmm. All of the girls are growing way too fast.

After work on Monday, I took Carol & Payton to Canon Beach to watch the sunset. It was kinda overcast and windy - 53 degrees. Will post more soon.

I attended Cerec Training in Charlotte, NC last week. The class was great , but the weather was just like Oregon's - WET. After our last day of training I visited the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Very nice facility! Lots of history and hands on demonstrations. The movie introduces you to what you're about to experience - the screen is 60 feet wide. It's like I-Max. The displays are well thought out and usually in chronological order.

When I got home on Saturday, Carol and I mowed the grass and did yard work in between rain drops at Mom's old place. Everything is out of the house and the place is really clean inside. Carol & Mom spent alot of time cleaning before I left for Charlotte. Closing on the house should be tomorrow or Thursday.

Mom's apartment is really lookin' cute. She bought a love seat (or small sofa) and Carol & I picked it up for her last Monday. Pictures are up, and I still need to hang a few things, but it's coming along great! I will try to get some pictures soon.

Continuing on the "house" project, we ordered a medium sized dumpster and had it delivered to Mom Peters' place. All of the wood stuff, garden stuff, and garage stuff that wasn't hazardous waste went into the dumpster - Carol & I filled it up in one evening! Guess I should have gotten a bigger one :) That was Thursday...on Saturday we worked on hazardous waste - made a trip to Portland. Then we made a trip to the dump (stuff that wouldn't fit into the dumpster). We delivered a dresser and mirror to some friends in Beaverton. That old Ford van sure came in handy! We returned to the house in the late afternoon and Carol did some cleaning inside and I mowed the front and back yard. Sunday (Mother's Day), I washed the van and cleaned the inside - then we picked up Mom and drove to Canon Beach and had lunch at Mo's! It was cooler there, but windy and clear.

Mom Peters' address is 19295 NW Cornell Road Apt #116, Hillsboro, OR 97124.

Same phone number as before. I'll write more soon...going to Canyonville, OR this weekend to hook up with our friends Jim & Vonnie :)

Remember when I told everyone that Mom's house went on the market 15 April? Well, it sold on 23 April - Thanks to Sheila Done and friends! Closing is around May 27th. Nancy Dyer flew in from Denver on April 28th and we put her to work packing up glassware, books, etc. On May 1st we met Kelly & Etienne at Mom's place and we started dismantling everything! Between Etienne's truck and my van we made one BIG load and started setting things up for Mom at her new place. We started in the bedroom and living room - we just placed things where we thought they might go. Then the girls discussed where everything should go :) Cable TV and telephone lines were connected and activated. Carol and Nancy cleaned the new place prior to moving furniture in. Sunday we started organizing and putting things away - we had lunch at Mom's new place (it was good - cherry cobbler!). Then, I went back to the house and did some yard work.

A BIG - THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this move easy for Mom! Nancy, Kelly, Etienne, & Carol (the coordinator) you all did a great job in a very short amount of time. Thanks to Orv for letting us borrow Nancy for the week! Mom's phone number stayed the same. I'll make sure her address is available to everyone ASAP. More news soon.

Another very busy week...lots of news. First, Happy Birthday to Grace Douglas (3 years old)!

We had a great time at Kelly & Etienne's house last Sunday! (Gracie's birthday is actually on Monday the 19th). We picked up Mom Peters and had cake and ice cream! Grace opened her presents and Payton helped her. Second, Mom's house sold today! There was an offer and a counter - offer. So now, we start the packing and moving. Mom has a really nice place at Rock Creek. I'll post a web site as soon as possible so a visual tour is available. Mom will be moving around the 29th or 30th of this month.

We've been really busy the past week or so. Mom Peters has decided to get into a smaller place with less mainenance. Carol toured the area with Mom and came up with Rock Creek Retirement Community. Her house was listed on the market April 15th with Century 21 - thanks to Shiela Done! Nobody can be in the house when it's being shown - so Carol picks up Mom after work and comes over to our house on the weekend. I've been working on the yard along with Etienne. Tomorrow we're back at it - grass and box up stuff in the garage / shed. I'll post more pictures soon.

Next weekend we start moving non-essentials to the appartment.

Bringing Mom Home

Today was good news for Mom Peters, she got to go home! We picked her up from the hospital tonight around 8:30 pm. We took her home and got her settled into her own bed. She's walking great, but has to be careful of the incision site. They gave her a support belt to wear when she is getting up or moving around. Carol is staying at Mom's for a night or two just to see if she can move around okay. We don't want her to fall after all of this! Kelly & Carol cleaned the house for Mom today (washed the linen, etc. too). Thanks to everyone for the e-mails and phone calls - what an encouragement. Progress report soon!