Kristy & Brian's Trip to Wisconsin

Kristy & Brian made it to Wisconsin for their weekend visit to Maranatha. They had quite a time on Thursday night because of bad weather in the Cincinnati area. Their departure from Chattanooga was delayed and that caused them to miss their connecting flight in Cincinnati for Milwaukee that night. When they finally got to Cincinnati they had a difficult time getting a place to sleep, and, of course, their baggage was not available to them for the night. So, when they arrived in Watertown on Friday morning they were glad to go to the Jackson's house for a quick change before going to campus.

The rest of their day on Friday was a whirlwind of meetings, greetings and eatings. It's sounds like it was a very profitable time. They will appreciate your prayers for them in the days to come. There are decisions to be made by both the College and Brian.

On Saturday they were able to spend the whole afternoon with Kirk, Chad and Jen. Through the wonder of the internet they were able to send some pictures for all of us to enjoy below.

While the kids were playing and partying (well, eating), Connie and I were working. Connie has decided to strip the wallpaper in our Master bathroom in preparation for a new paint job. Then she also intends on redoing our bedroom -- in time, but I think that will be sooner than later. During all of this activity, I had the joyous privilege assembling our annual tax information for Corey Pfaffe, our faithful and favorite tax preparer.


Five for lunch -- Mediterranean we're told

The guys hanging out at Chad & Jen's place

Look at Brian -- no coat! A real northerner

Jen & Kristy enjoying the time together

Connie is at work tearing things up!

Gerry trying to keep us afloat -- kind of...

New Truck and Trailer

Today we bought a new (to us) 2003 Ford 3/4 ton truck and ordered a brand new 2008 5th wheel trailer. We went to the Raleigh RV Show on Feb. 9th to learn more about the kind of trailer we wanted to acquire. This shopping excursion had been planned since our extended RV trip last fall when we realized we needed a bigger rig.

To our pleasant surprise we found a new 5th wheel trailer that exceeded our expectations. Bill Plemmons RV World had an unbelievable offer for the "show only" and that sealed the deal for us. So, today we ordered a Keystone Laredo 265RL, just as was displayed at the show. Then when we got to the dealership to sign the papers we found that they had this beautiful Ford diesel 250 Super Duty truck that will be more than adequate to pull the 5th wheel. The truck has only 18,000 miles on it and is completely set up to pull the trailer.

Here are some pictures of the truck and trailer.