Never come between a girl and her cats

Evidence of a mouse in the house for the first time today.  The cats are coming back in!  I'm a little concerned for the leather furniture, but I'm even more opposed to the mice.  Yikes!

Labor Day Camping Pics

Just a few fun pictures from our camping trip in September.  It's been a tradition for years, and we love it, even when it rains or is unbearably hot or whatever...

We had worship on Sunday in a small amphitheatre and a few people even stopped by to listen.

 Worship in style...

 Relaxing by the campfire...

Piano Recital

Katie played this song for her recital which honored her piano teacher for 30 years of teaching piano student and playing piano in church.  The group are current and former students who came to play in the recital.

More fun stuff--Father/Son Canoe Trip

 At ages 80 and 42 this father-son combo couldn't be held back.  They embarked on a two-day canoe trip along the mighty Illinois River on a beautiful fall day.

 

Picking them up was a little more traumatic (at least for me!) as I had some trouble finding the place where they ended up down river.  Also, the truck battery died before I found them and there was no one around to help me jump the truck!  Thank God for a good Samaritan who pulled in when I waved him down!  He not only jumped my truck but when I told him why I was there and what part of the park I was looking for, he said he'd seen my hubby and his dad!  He told me to follow him and took me right to where they were!