Papa Gary

This has been an adventurous summer for Paul's parents.  His dad officially retired from being a pastor in the Reformed Church of America.  They have been at their current church in Sibley, Iowa for 22 years.  Since the retirement, they have moved to Williamsburg, Iowa where Gary has found a part-time job as a chaplain at a senior living center.  Although leaving a church and community where you raised three boys was quite difficult, he is quite excited about the job and we know he will do a great job as it seems to fit him very well!  Ruth will continue to teach for Minnesota West and will have to do some traveling over the next year but will hopefully seek employment a little closer to home for the next school year.  They are now a little farther away but we know we will see them just as much!

We traveled to Iowa City and Williamsburg the weekend they moved.  We stayed with Jon, Stef, and Sydney as Gary and Ruth were busy trying to get settled.  We love their new house and the town of Williamsburg seems to be a very nice community.

The weekend in Iowa City proved to be an interesting one.  Paul and Jon played (or attempted to play) in a flag football tournament.  Paul was able to play all 6 games resulting in a lot of complaining in the night and days to follow as 6 games makes for one sore 30 year old.  :)  Jon, however, only played the first game because he broke his foot.  Stef met Jon at the ER where he received good care :) and a boot.  The broken foot has come at somewhat of an inopportune time as Jon and Stef have "inherited" a dog for the next two years.  Stef's brother and his family moved to Hawaii for two years and decided not to put their dog through 120 days of quarantine.  Lucy is quite a good dog but requires two good legs to give her plenty of walks and potty breaks throughout the day!  

We plan to make another trip to the Iowa City/Williamsburg area soon and will hopefully return with more pictures of Gary and Ruth's new house.