Rob, Shelli, T.J. and Jayda Came to Visit

Rob, Shelli, T.J. and Jayda came from Des Moines to visit us. That involved some fishing at our house - and yes, we caught a turtle!

And a few large mouth bass...


We spent Friday at the Children's Museum.


And had Italian at Mama Carolla's at 54th on the Monon.

T.J. and Jayda enjoyed hanging out with Gram at Phil and Betsy's.

Saturday we stopped to check out the new Lucas Oil Stadium on our way to the Zoo. (Gram passed on the Zoo exertion.)

T.J. and Jayda and Rob and Shelli all enjoyed petting sharks at the Zoo.

Gram rejoined us to watch her great-grandchildren enjoy a swim at Springhill Suites.

And for a cookout at Phil and Betsy's.

Phil, having returned from a business trip to Syracuse, got to enjoy the tail end of the fishing fun. We caught another turtle and named this one Sue.

One of Mom's Favorites

We stopped to get this photo of Mom with one of her favorite rehab therapists, Patrice, who had on a special costume for the Health Care Olympics on August 8th. We were on our way out to meet up with Rob and his family who were visiting that weekend.

Summer Night Concert

There is nothing better than a great summer night concert in the park. We went to see the Lapel Community Band Children's Concert at Dillon Park in Noblesville yesterday. We were sure it would rain, but the weather cleared and it turned out to be a gorgeous evening.

Here Mom studies the program. Mom loves reading, studying, gathering, and assimilating information of any kind. On the way home I asked her if she had studied the chapters in Romans we will cover in the Summer Trace Bible Study on Tuesday. She said she was still working on the newspapers. I said, "You know you can throw them away without reading them." She quickly said, "Nooo!" Then, as she turned and saw my teasing smile, she laughed.

The Lapel Community Band is a band we have heard before and are quite fond of.

Here's a little sampling of their music:

I love to study Mom's face. Features I remember from childhood... touched by the hands of time... reflecting years of a long and interesting life... the external adornment of a precious soul. Mom does not like the physical ravages of time. (Who does?!) I brought her a full length mirror awhile back and she said, in effect, "Get THAT out of here!"

In this photo you see Mom's watchband. We have a system. We each have the same watch. When her watch battery dies, I take off my watch and put it on her wrist so she won't be without a watch while I go to get a new battery put in hers!

Drop Mom a newsy note when you have a minute. She loves to hear from friends and family and your photographs make her day!

Mary Annis
12999 N. Pennsylvania St. #C411
Carmel, IN 46032

God is good! - Betsy

Sparky

When Mom and I played cards the other night,
we got a quick visit from one of Mom's favorite
resident dogs at Summer Trace, Sparky...

...who made Mom's day by giving her a little kiss.