Our Adventures Continue...

We have pretty much been here in Las Cruces New Mexico for the last 6 months, the last 2 sheltering in place with COVID 19.  We came here to build houses for Habitat for Humanity in November.  5 houses to build and usually takes 7 months to complete.  Other than the Pandemic it is a wonderful life.  We will stay here until it is safe to go back home to Michigan and family. 10 feet apart.  Happy Hour at 4:30 daily brings 8 of us together 10 feet apart except for spouses.  We get our drinks and snacks and sit for a couple of hours sharing our days adventures, which could be anything from repairing the toilet to what the UPS driver delivered today. We are so enjoying this time of quiet and ability to get lots of stuff on Tony's todo list DONE. Tony's Birthday celebration April 20.  He got his Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting that he always wants for his birthdays.  Andrea let us borrow her 25 year old 'Happy Birthday' Sign for...

We had a great time at Mike & Sophia's for Christmas 2019:  what fantastic hosts they are.  We ate till we dropped and went to the mall and had these great accommodations at ALoft by the airport and got to spend some time with the Panos clan, it was wonderful, did i mention that Mike & Sophia are terrific hosts. What a great time we had, we drove to El Paso Airport and parked our car and got a shuttle to the airport where we boarded a small plane, maybe 150 passengers direct to Chicago's O'Hare. We arrived at O'Hare at around 5pm and Mike, bless his heart, picked us up and took us to our accommodations at ALoft Hotel by the airport.  Great place, BIG bed and not much else but a bathroom and shower.  All we needed. He wisked us away to their house and dinner.  Monday night Tuesday, Christmas Eve we went to Jeanne's for dinner and family gathering, usually held by Athena.  All were there and enjoying a great meal, the new kids (Boy) and Ch...

Meningitis is nothing to sneeze at.  Your young and a fighter..but alas his days were numbered. Loved and cherished, Little Jaxon had to leave us for a better life in heaven.