Our November Music Tour

During November Norene and Mike traveled in the 'Gumdrop' through nine states, over 3200 miles to attend two music festivals and visit with two of our kids and grandkids.

Our first stop was Eureka Springs, AR for their folk festival. The weather when we left was unusually warm and plesant. It wasn't long before the weather turned cool to cold to down right really nasty snow. Even with all the weather problems we had a fun time.

Eureka Springs is a fun special town as you will see in the following SmileBox.

Next stop was Townsend, TN where we attended another dulcimer festival. This time we took lessons. The people were friendly and the instructors were great. We learned many new things to play on our dulcimers. As time passes I am sure Mike will forget most of what he learned. The evenings were filled with concerts.

Townsend is at the edge of the Great Smokey Mountain park with beautiful fall scenes as you can see in the following Smilebox.

Hailey's Game Day

One fine football Saturday grandpa Mike was called upon to watch Hailey as Angie and Joe went to tailgate at the ND game. Hailey came in her ND cheerleader outfit. Grandpa being an IU man was not that impressed with the ND outfit, but he is always impressed with Hailey. We never know if grandpa is teaching Hailey new tricks or Hailey is teaching grandpa. Enjoy the pictures of our day together.

Hailey Moving On 12/5/08

In December grandpa Mike had the pleasure of spending time with Hailey. She was ready to move and kept grandpa on his toes the entire time. You can see Mike loved every moment.