MAY

5/10 Had a Mothers Day Brunch at Oak Brook with Steve and Katy.

5/12 Had the roof repaired by Don's Roofing (ridge caps and some metal work to eliminate the possibility for further damming water leaks from heavy snow in the winter).

5/17 Rhonda and Ray were in town for a convention and everyone got together for brunch downtown. Steve, Katy, Eric and Kris (they all rode their bikes to the restaurant).

5/23 Went to a surprise Anniversary Party for Jennifer and Hal Merck. All the Kuhlmanns were there and Rebecca had arranged a concert featuring David Wilcox. All our family was there except for Brian and Amy.

THE KITCHEN WAS COMPLETED - IT LOOKS GREAT!

5/25 Went to a Birthday party for Ted Kuhlmann at Jennifer and Hal Merck's. (70 yrs)

5/31 A Birthday party for John Weber at Hillary's.

APRIL

MA went on another trip, this time to Washington D.C. to spend 5 days with Nancy Power.She travelled with Sharon Bachmann. Helen Weber joined them from Arkansas. They all did a lot of sight seeing and eating out etc.

The boys are working on the kitchen and making good progress. They are very well organized and are doing a good job. It will take about two months to get it completed.

Weather is still unsettled but spring will arrive eventually.

I am getting some good biking miles whenever I can.

March

This is what happened in March.

MA travelled to San Diego for a week with college friends (Ann Nissen, Edie Enright,and Elsie Land). They really had  good time.

 The big event was that Steve and his friend Scott Shafer began to remodel the kitchen. On the 31st they ripped out the the entire room. (see Steves Flickr site for a few pictures). We have the contents of the room all over the house. A bit of an inconvenience but it will be nice when it is completed. 

The weather has been up and down temp. wise with quite a bit of rain.