Outer Banks

We have spent the last 10 days at my mom's beach house in the outer banks. Our son, his wife, Mary Ann's mom and my mom were all here. After being here for a fews days, Donna Wagner and her girls arrived as they were renting the downstairs for a week. It hads been a fun and relaxing week and help us get in a good mood to start our Yellowstone trek next week. Our son and his wife leave tomorrow and are going to Niagra Falls before returning to Las Cruces on Monday afternoon. My mother-in-law flies back to Nashville tomorrow. Donna and her girls leave this afternoon and fly back to Phoenix. We are going to the condo today in Chesapeake and have a cookout tonight. We have had wonderful walks on the beach and had a nice drive to Hatteras. We have had great weather and it only rained one day but it poured. Donna's girls were excited by the rain and were doing cartwheels in the street in the pouring rain. People from Phoenix act really funny around rain. I leave for Phoenix on Wednesday and Mary Ann will probably leave on Thursday. My mom is having cataract surgery on Wednesday and Mary Ann wants to be there. We start housesittting for Diane Hansen again on Wednesday.