Hi Chris,

Mom & I really enjoyed our nice long phone chats with you on Friday! Glad to hear you liked the California Russians. Please feel free to invite your Russion friend(s) to stay with us in Naperville when they come to Chicago.

I really hope your knees are healing well. Must say the photos looked really nasty, but I'm also glad to see you're keeping them really clean & protected. A couple people have told me of similar stories (lye in the cement buring their hands and other...body parts). Guess you're having to avoid kneeling for a while...at least you didn't sit in it! Seriously, please take very good care of these burns and seek mediacl attention if you see any signs of infection...sorry, my parenting gene kicked in again.

Several folks at church today told us they got a very nice thank you note from you recently. Everyone is genuinely interested in how you're doing and wishes you well. The bulletin even refers to you and Ashley as 'our missionaries in Mexico'...

My annual sojourn to Oshkosh was great (again)! I flew in right seat of Buba's King Air there & back. Through some real IFR conditions (ie bad weather) so it was treally demanding but exciting! Cool to pop out of the clouds and see my home base runway right in front of me. It was great wandering around the air show with Grandaddy, Bud, Buba, David, and Jim the King Air pilot. I took the video camera for the first time this year, which was a good thing...walked around all the airplanes Grandaddy flew during WWII, and recorded his comments. We even climbed up into a B-25 cckpit (his favorite) where he showed me around & told some cool stories. It was great! I hope to make it a nice mate to the awsome interview you recorded of Grandmother. While staying at Bud & Cece's house, I tried my skills at riding his recumbant bike. I'm guessing 'recumbant' means something like 'rediculous' in spanish. Here are a couple photos of my 'first flight' for your entertainment. riding isn't too hard...but stopping is.

Other happenings around Neighborville last week: Lauren took Brian to the Country Thunder concert last weekend...they had a great time judging by the pictures. Mom & I went to Lauren's graduation party (Brian was already there) at the Kmeicek's lake house in Morris yesterday. It's a really fun place and we had a nice time. Then went to erin Kelleher's graduation party last nite...we're such party animals.

Hey we just got off the phone with you...during your weekly call in from San Diego. Glad to hear your knees are healing ok and things are still going well.

Guess that's about it for now. As alway, please let us know if there's anything we can do for you.

Love you,
Dad