Dogs are clean and their beds, too.l

This is a picture I took last night at the Paniolo Country Inn Restaurant. It was such a wonderful evening! Auntie Mabel was there, again, and she's here dancing a hula dance. She is really a dear lady. Her grandson, Shawny was there, and he danced, as well. The really fun thing was this table of people who were in front of us. See the lady on the left with a gray jacket on her chair? That's a wheel chair. She 'danced' many dances from her chair just using the hand motions. The lady to her right sang many songs along with Braddah and his guys, but the guy to her right sang almost every song. He has a beautiful voice and he sang full throttle. He didn't need a microphone. They just sang right from the table. He's singing in this picture, but you can't tell it unless you blow it up bigger. Braddah didn't seem to mind at all that he had accompaniments. In fact, he seems to love it when people join in with him. He's a great, big hearted guy, and it was so much fun to introduce Bob to him. Bob had never heard him, and he was as impressed as we were. Braddah even mentioned that we would be leaving this week and he dedicated a song to us. Can you believe it? I can't, but I pinched myself, and it was really happening.

I bathed the dogs today and got all their bedding washed and dried. It's been a beautiful day for getting things done. We went to the farmer's market and I bought a bouquet of flowers to put with some others I've gathered to make a big welcome home bouquet for Karen. I've packed all I can. We have to pack church clothes after church tomorrow and then toiletries on Monday morning. Everything is ready. I've even got plans B and C for what to take out of the bags if we are over weight.

Home will be sweet. We look forward to seeing friends and family when we get home. This time next week we'll be in Houston, so the traveling isn't done until we get home from THAT trip. We don't mind the travel to get to see lots of people, though. Thanks for keeping up with us through the blog. God bless.