Brandon taking his oath at his Lt. Colonel premotion

Brandon making his 'speech'....Congrats!

 Brandon giving Father's Day gifts to Mike & Mike...Flags that were flown in Afganistan in their honor!

 Nicholas showing off his 3rd place medal after the 10 mile run!  Congrats!

Bailey after Graduation with his parent and us!  Congrats!

June 2013

June...Another busy month of Dad's doctoring, traveling and packing up the condo! On the 3^rd we attempted to fly to Fayetteville, NC to attended our grandson, Bailey's High School graduation and Brandon's promotion ceremony. Well we made it as far as Washington, DC that night. We got messed up out of Great Falls...only one seat so Dixie took it. Mike arrived in Denver on the afternoon flight – hence we could only get as far as DC. We did make it to Ft Bragg and the Teague household on Tue. morning. We had a great week with the family and extended family. Bailey's graduation on the 5^th was very nice and we had a wonderful dinner at the Japanese place afterwords. The next day Brandon and grandson, Nicholas ran in the Army 10 mile Run. They both did great and Nicholas beat his Dad. He also got 3^rd in his age group which was excellent as it was 13-19 yrs olds and he is 14. Then on Friday Brandon was promoted to Lt. Colonel. That was an awesome site and we had a wonderful party celebrating his accomplishment. We headed back home on Saturday which turned out to be another overnighter...this time in Denver. We made it back home on Sunday! Time for more packing before the next trip! We rented a storage facility and started moving stuff there, to the motorhome and some stuff to Doug & Fran's condo.Dixie has kept busy going to doctor appointments with Dad & packing. He had surgery on the 18^th to clear the left carotid artery which the doctors felt caused the stroke. He will need the right side done in July. He came through the surgery well (it was pretty risky so we were thanking the good Lord alot). We were scheduled to go to our FMCA RV Rally in Billings on the 15^th. We did end up going on the 16^th and stayed there until we knew Dad made it through the surgery ok. We then left on the 18^th for the International RV Rally in Gillette, WY. We were there until the 23^rd. We had a good time there attending classes, shopping the vendors and visiting! It rained and hailed while we were there and over 2000 motorhomes were parked on grassy ground. Needless to say it was a challenge getting out of there on Sunday due to the mud!!! Many RV's got stuck so we waited around until about noon and finally made it out. It was quite a site to see. There were wreckers and trucks all over pulling RV's out of the mud. Since we got such a late start we overnighted in Harlowtown and got back home early Monday morning. This was the last week to pack so we were busy little beavers. We sold our living room furniture and the TV stand on Craigs list and the people that are leasing bought the washer/dryer and dining room table and chairs. Luckily Doug & Fran came up twice this month with the pickup and helped move some of the bigger stuff. The rest Mike & I moved with the Tracker and Dad's SUV. Oh and there were more doctor appointments!We finished cleaning the condo on the 29^th and we turned over the keys on the 30^th. Boy are we glad that is over with! We are staying at Doug & Fran's condo in Great Falls for the rest of the summer. They are building on/remodeling their house at the farm so they are spending most of their time out there. We really appreciate being able to stay there. We will be making a few other motorhome trips this summer as well. We were glad to see this month come to an end!

 Nephews...Levi and Shay (with Dad's dog Nico) at Gramdpa's hospital room.

 Nephew Tyler running the hurdles

Mom's gravesite the day before Memorial Day

May 2013

May... The motorhome is stored...at least until June 15^th. Dixie is back working at Frans a day or two a week. We went to the Crusin the Drag car show on the 4^th. We have been busy getting the outside patio but together and planting tomatoes and a few flowers. We jumped in and put the house for Sale or Lease on Craigs List on the 6^th. Also we made some flyers and bought a yard sign. Now we will see what happens!

Dad & Elaine arrived home on the 6^th so we went over there that afternoon and helped then unload everything from their motorhome...we like unpacking so much that we had to do it again. Dad just purchased the motorhome in Lake Havasu before they left. It is a 2004 28ft Itasca Sunova that they will use to pull the boat. After unpacking they took us to the OP for dinner.

Everything changed on Friday, May 10^th as Dad had a stroke (just 4 days after arriving home). Thank God that Elaine was there with him and recognized the symptoms – the ambulance came and he was at the hospital within 30 minutes. He received the TPA injection which is called a 'clot buster'. At first he was not able to speak and the right side was not working. He spent 4 days in the hospital and then 2 weeks in the rehab portion of the hospital. He ended the month with in home therapy. The speech is better and the right leg is working ok – it's mainly the right arm/hand that he has limited movement of.

Also in May we attended Tyler's divisional track meet that was held here. Bill & Gloria came for a visit. Before we actually got the 'For Sale/Lease' sign in the ground we had a couple that called and was interesting in leasing. We also had about 3 people look at it to buy. When the couple came that wanted to lease, they really liked it and gave us a check....so that is what we will do! We will be out by July 1...yiks!!!! Mike & I went to the farm for a couple of days over Memorial Day weekend. We made a stop at the bank in Havre to set us a new account for the condo lease and then the

Blaine County Court House to get the Ford licensed there. It was a very busy month...starting our packing and going back and forth to the hospital.