The Moomy family all gathered for the Fourth of July weekend at our house in Hendersonville. It started on the 27th of June with the arrival of Barbara's sister , Patricia and her husband Roy. They were here to attend the Good-Guys car show at LP Field in Nashville. Roy has restored an old car and does upholstery work on cars being restored. The left on the 28th.

On the 30th, my sister Sue and her husband Bill arrived. They attended the Barbershop Harmony convention in Nashville. They went down each day to attend workshops and listen the Barbershop Chorus and Quartet competition singing. They had a great time at the convention. They stayed until the 7th of July. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to get caught up on the latest family news. I took them out on the boat on afternoon and then we ate at Steamboat Bills. Everyone had the delicious catfish dinner.

On 3 July I made 2 trips to the Nashville airport. The first was to pick-up my Dad who flew in from Erie, PA. The second trip was to pick-up our son Andrew and his wife Kim. Everyone stayed until the 8th when again I made 2 trips to the airport so they could catch their return flights.

The 6th was Andrew's birthday ( he is now old enough to run for the Senate). We had a great party and we were joined by Sara, Adam, Emerson, and Carly. They live in Hendersonville. Of course they all stopped in various times during the week to visit and eat.

Just when we thought the house would get back to normal, I got a call from Peggy Totin. Peggy and I lived in the same dorm at Michigan and met again in Virginia Beach (where we lived for 30 years before the move to TN). We were active in the Michigan Alumni club. She was on here way to her daughter, Cathleen, in Clarksville, TN. Cathleen and her husband Tom had just moved to Clarksville area because Tom is being assigned to the 101st Division. Tom deploys in a few weeks and we all wish him good luck and safety on his tour in Afghanistan. They all came by to visit and then we went out for dinner to (you guessed it) Steamboat Bill's and more catfish.