A few days in Lawrence with family and friends

We arrived in Lawrence, Kansas on schedule and parked the Airstream in the driveway of our friends, Rob and Nancy Marshall.

We plan to stay here for three nights and two days while Bill re-connects with sister Barbara and a few old friends.

Our first night here (Wednesday) we had a nice quiet dinner with Rob and Nancy. Later we watched the first game of the world series.

Thursday morning we accompanied the Marshalls as they ran errands around town and then took a little time to buy a few gifts for the McQueen kids. We don't want to show up in Kentucky empty handed!

Thursday evening Bill's sister Barbara, who lives in Lawrence, came over and the five of us had a nice dinner at a local Lawrence pub.

Friday morning Rob and Nancy's granddaughter Naomi, who is 3, came by to show us her Halloween costume - a very cute pink fairly outfit.

After Naomi and her mom left we took a drive out to Rob and Nancy's farm, which lies about 20 miles southwest of of Lawrence. It was a cold and windy afternoon but that didn't stop us from having a picnic lunch alongside their pond.

Rob and Nancy were kind enough to host a make-it-yourself pizza party for us. They invited Barbara and several of Bill's old friends from high school and college. Here's a picture of Nancy Marshall flipping a pizza up in the air.

We had a wonderful evening, it was great to see several folks that Bill hadn't seen in as much as 25 years, and our gratitude goes out to Rob and Nancy for being such gracious hosts.

Here's a group photo from our evening:

Top row: Bob and Barb McLaughlin, George Paley, Barbara Brackman, Rob Marshall, Mike Brewer, Bev Timmons
Bottom row: Judy Paley, Demi, Bill, Rick Gould
(Nancy Marshall took the picture)

Tomorrow morning (Saturday) we'll leave for Hopkinsville, Kentucky and a reunion with Kai and her family!