Lakeside 342❣️

Laura sent this pic of our old cottage as they were finishing up their stay.

The view from one of the buffet windows

One of the same Cincinnati bridges we went under during last year’s Cyclone’s Riverboat cruise.

Julie treated us out to a night of Banana Ball!

We enjoyed watching the spectacle that is the Savannah Bananas baseball game. It was a pretty day for it and a beautiful park.  I still miss Riverfront though ;)

The antics, costumes, and ceremony of the team always kept us laughing.

Even better, we had club seats, so it was ALL YOU CAN EAT for the whole game too! We enjoyed a buffet with ALL the options.  Hot dogs, salads, pulled pork, and lots of other choices.

My minion went head over heels out the Jeep…!

I took a left turn a little fast and noticed something flew out of my rig. In the rear view mirror, all I could see was limbs tumbling through the air.  I quickly u-turned, grabbed him up, checked for injuries, and found a more secure spot than the dash! 🤪

I liked seeing this cool set again

These were some of Janice’s many place settings.  She was always hosting some kind of get together with friends.

Peeps don’t seem to care much about real china sets these days, but I still think they’re beautiful and represent a hand crafting and detail that is often overlooked.

Treasures from John’s basement…

Some original LPs of the New Christy Minstrels.  Julie and I loved listening to these on the way to trips like North Carolina when we were dating or early in our marriage.  It was cool to find them as record albums.  We are looking forward to hearing them in John’s nerd corner!

Speaking of pranks…

…I think we passed the tendency on to our kids… Savannah got John great while they were both at work the a week or two ago… hahahahahaha.  She was quite proud of herself and we all got a good laugh!

Never trust your mother in-law…❣️

As we are going through some of the stuff from their old house, I came across (and saved) this old mug of hers… I remember when she treated me to a nice cup of coffee during a Buckeye’s football game at there house.  She’d made a big deal about waiting on me hand and foot and presenting this “appropriate” mug… Well, imagine my surprise and horror when I got close to the bottom! She always loved a good prank on me!  I deserved it as I was always jump scaring her… 🤪

Johnny gifted me my backpack

We started working on cleaning our combined collections out of their basement a couple weekends ago.  I had given him this backpack for high school after I was done with it.  He’s done with it now, and gave it back to me.  I needed a “new” one for my recovery gear and supplies on the little ATV.  I good third home for it.  It’s already suffered a lot of abuse and survived so we will see how well it holds up in this application.

Cutting, drilling, and setting railroad ties…

The work at Camp Jabez is always interesting and different.  The week before last, we were tasked with getting these ties in place to keep the sand in the arena.  

The nerd corner!

John and Savannah are fixing up their basement so they can enjoy it.  She’s made a craft area and Johnny made this nerd corner for audio, instruments, etc.  He’s enjoying putting together our old systems and pulling out all our old CDs, cassettes, and even some LP’s. We’re discovering and re-discovering all kinds of past music and technology. Those are my speakers from college, Julie’s dual cassette deck from high school, and Steve’s phonograph.  Mixed in is an Amp I used to have, a DVD/VHS deck, and zillions of our old CDs and even some mix tapes🤪

Complete…

With this final hour or so, reading with my mom by the dock, our quick trip to lakeside was complete. We left with full hearts and tears of joy on our faces.  So blessed…! Thank you Lord!

Love this sailing pic I grabbed.

It was a beautiful day for it.  But a little bit of a quick trip to try this time. Too much other Lakeside wonderfulness to make sure we fit in.

Ian, Caroline and Laura took great care of us for meals!

They treated mom and me like a queen and prince! Here we are eating taco salads out back.

Cameo by Heather (Perry) Lutz who enjoyed her first Lakeside visit.  She’s Laura’s dear friend from high school.

I’ve run out of sick days…

…so I’m calling in dead!

This has to be my favorite Lakeside t-shirt.  It’s been around for about twenty years.  It’s faded, thin, and has holes, but I still hold onto it and wore it up there recently.  

Another options is to retire and not have to worry about sick days…! 🤪

I’d change it to I ran out of sick days so I called in retired! hahahahaha.