GOOD FUN WEEKEND

Gotta tell you, spent time with in-laws this weekend and had a great time. Weather was perfect, being in the low to mid 80". No rain and no clouds to hide the sun. The in-laws I am referring to are my brother-in-law Bob and sister-in-law Dottie. They live in Hoffman Estates, Illinois so I don't get to see them very often. We do talk on the phone but that is not like seeing them in person. They arrived Friday afternoon and we left for my camper around 5:00. By the time we arrived it was dark because where the camper is, is one hour ahead of our time. They had not been there since 2004 or 5 and they wanted to see what changes had taken place in that period of time. We ate out that night, came back to the camper and watched a stupid Steven Segal movie. I do mean stupid. I do swear that his acting gets worse and worse to the point that he should just give up.

Saturday we got up and had a light breakfast of coffee and banana nut bread that Dottie made and we decided to go to Amish Acres in Nappannee Indiana.

They had Amish Acres decorated for fall and Halloween. Here is a picture of Bob looking to see what was cooking in the pot. It turned out to be apple butter. We wandered around looking in the craft gift shop and checking out the displays outdoors where Dottie found some treasures such as a small crafted pumpkin and a gourd she plans on cutting the top off and putting flowers in it. Couldn't leave Amish Acres without taking a picture of Bob and Dottie in front of one of the beautiful decorations on hand. From there we

headed for Borkholder's Dutch Village to look at crafts and antiques. When our legs gave out we headed back to the camper for lunch and a golf cart ride. Dinner was ham steak on the grill, sweet potato, carrots and tomatos. When night came we joined Don and Lorie around their campfire and had good conversation and laughs. A real treat was the cheese cake that Lorie offered us. Great stuff. Around 12:00 we called it a night. Sunday morning brought a breakfast of ham steak and eggs and toast. Toast made and buttered by Bob. Another golf cart ride was required to the dump and then around 12:00 we headed home, but not before we stopped at Culver's for lunch. Arrived home around 2. Bob and Dottie left and I settled down to watch the last of the Bear's game. What an exciting ending. To bad it was not in the Bear's favor. As I said, it was a great weekend.