JULY
– We spent from June 30 – July 5th at Beavercreek
at a great spot in Shambo. We hiked a bit, went to the lake to fish,
drove around and just relaxed. Tammy B came from Chinook and
overnighted with us on Sat. A very relaxing time was had by all.
On that Friday, Doug, Mike & I went to Havre and took Dad to his
VA appt. to go over the results of his CT. She felt that he would
benefit from having his gallbladder removed and advised us to see a
surgeon. We made an appt with Dr. Sparks for the 5th.
Doug & I took him to that appt in the motorhome. The Dr. felt
that since he wasn't having any pain that we should not do the
surgery at this time. We all agreed.
On
the 7th Steve came over and installed our new Water
Softener. Of course it ended up taking more time and parts than
expected. But it works! We bought lunch at the 241 Grill for Steve
& Shay.
On
the 12th we drove to Great Falls with a stop at Dad's. We
did some shopping and overnighted at Doug/Frans. Dinner was at the
Pit Stop. At 7a on the 13th we got on a flight to DEN
then IAH and finally AEX. We managed to get on all the scheduled
flights. We arrived in AEX around 645p. Brandon picked us up and we
drove to Leesville where we met Kat and Nic for dinner at Chili's.
We walked in the hot/humid morning on Thur & Fr. (dripping wet).
We had lunch at the PX on Thur. On Fri we hung out! Sat. the 16th
we drove to Natchitoches, LA (the oldest town in LA). We went on two
plantation tours (Melrose & Cane River Oakland). We had a cajun
lunch at Merci Beaucoup! We walked along the river and toured the
Louisiana Sports Museum. We had a great day and ended it with a
great steak dinner at home. On Sunday the 17th Mike,
Brandon & Nic went to the shooting range on post. Later some of
Kat's family came from Houston and we all enjoyed at Spaghetti
Dinner.
The
18th was Brandon's Change of Command Ceremony. It was a
wonderful experience where Brandon and Kat were thanked for their
service and Brandon turned over his command of the “Wild Boars”
Battalion to another Lt. Col. It's always moving to see our military
at work! Afterwards we all went to lunch at Lindo's Mexican
restaurant. From there we went back to Brandon's where they packed
for their week long trip to Jamaica. We left for Houston around 3p.
We had dinner at Rudy's BBQ and then overnighted with Mike &
Hope.
The
19th was travel day. We started our trip out of IAH on
the 787 Dreamliner (our first trip in one) leaving at 9am. The
flight in DEN was full so we didn't make it on that on. We hung
around in the club for a couple of hours and left on the 310p flight
ti GTF. We arrived their around 515p. We decided to stay over since
we had a few things to do in Great Falls. We dined at the Montana
Club and then watched some of the Republican Convention.
On
the 20th we departed GTF at 8am. We stopped at Dad's and
picked him up some groceries. We arrived home around 130p. It's
great to go but it's always nice to get home! Dad called that
evening upset wanting us to come pick him up. Apparently he was
quite upset with the staff as they were trying to help him take a
shower. I encouraged the staff to let it go for today. I tried
calling back but he didn't answer the phone.
The
21st Doug/Fran came for dinner. They are heading out on a
Motorcycle trip on the 22nd. We will water plants and
watch Cali.
The
24th we attended church in Hogeland.
On
the 25th we received a call from Dad and Timbercreek. He
wanted to come out here and was quite agitated. Denita and I drove
up to pick him up. The next day I called the VA nurse as I had
determined that Timbercreek had run out of his anti-depressent and
hadn't been giving it to him. We decided to leave him off of it and
monitor. He seems to be doing better without it and his appetite has
improved since going off the Diabetic and Cholesterol medication. We
went back to Havre for an appt with Dr. Boes on Friday. We took Dad
back to his place afterwards.
On
the 31st we drove to Billings to get on a plane to
Hartford, CT. While in Billings we did some quick shopping and
purchased a new rollerboard bag. We overnighted there after arriving
at 1130pm.
