Re-locating, both on earth and to heaven....and bar-be-qued cookies!!
As I look at my blog, I realize that I haven't posted all summer!! All I can say in defense is that it's been one of the busiest summers I've had in a really long time!! We decided for my husband to retire from the Air Force after 30 years of dedicated service and bought a small, 5-acre farm in central Missouri. In the midst of all of that, my youngest daughter, Carlie, delivered a healthy baby boy, Henry Spock Johnson, and I spent 3 weeks in Idaho with her family while trying to close on the farm. Then, I spent the entire month of August closing things out with the Air Force, having a ton of farewells to attend, packing up and moving to Missouri. Just 2 weeks after I arrived here, and while I was still unpacking and getting settled, my father, Dean Douglas Holliday, passed away unexpectedly and I spent the next 10 days trying to get a funeral accomplished and handling his affairs. I know he missed my mother terribly and I'm so glad that they'