Hi, it's Sue here with a quick update. I am in St. Louis, having returned from the Lake on Sunday. Maddog and I have been spending as much time at the lake as we can, having lots of guests. Dave Smith and his two sons, Alex and Brett, with two of their friends came last week for three days. Then on Friday the Cullinanes and Suzanne and children and a friend from Washington, D.C. came for the weekend. The weather has been hotter than blue blazes (if you get my drift) so being on the water has been heavenly.

One of the joys of the lake continues to be my wonderful neighbors. Dave and Judy Meisel have been extremely thoughtful and helpful. Maddog has been working for another neighbor, Jack Maher, and hopes to get more jobs locally.

Scott, Sherry, Chris, and Shelly and various of their friends made their 15th annual float trip wiffle ball trip/tournament this past weekend on the Gasconade River. The tournament winners this year were Mark Goldman and Mike Lynch, Maddog's brother. All were tired and hot and sunburned and happy to get home.

Chris and Shelly are headed to Florida this weekend for their 5th anniversary celebration.

Margaret and Norm have spent a lot of time recently at their lake lot. Catrina, Robbie and children joined them part of the time as did Sally and family.

We hear from Pete and Joe regularly. Joe continues to work on family history, and we'll add his information as he provides it. Janet is canning stuff from the garden, like Swiss chard, whatever that is. If it is anything like Janet's pickles, we want some.

Bernie called on Saturday. Various of his and Maudie's offspring were in and out, gathering for a boating outing that weekend. Bernie is doing well and sounded really good.

This month I will be completely vacating the Oakland house. Chris and Shelly have rented it to Mark Goldman and his roommate, Scott Cantor. Mark has been really good with helping me sort and get things moved. For the final push next week, I have Candace and Maddog lined up.

Beginning July 29, we will have our 20-something annual Kids' Week at the Lake, even those the kids are all grown up now. Leslie Heilman-King is going to come for a few days to keep me company in among all the younger people. Rose and Shirley are looking forward to keeping Jalen and Brayden for a few days while their dad is at the lake.