Well, we've had quite a bit going on in the ole' Grady house in the past week. I had a great Mother's Day; was able to spend time not only with my own mother, but Danny's mother came in for a visit as well.

Monday evening we had a nice dinner with the graduating college seniors (another 'gift' the BSU provides for the graduates every year). Tuesday morning Billy flew to Chicago to get VISAs for an upcoming trip overseas which was a blessing in itself because he was able to use his accumulated miles and it only cost us $80!! He was to return that evening arriving here around 9:30. He was able to meet up with a good friend from China and she helped get him around the city and to the Consulate. He obtained the VISAs and headed back to the airport with about 4 hours to spare. Got to his gate, looked at the flight info screen and everything was on time. ...well at least he THOUGHT so.

He just happened to look back at the flight info screen about 2 hours before his flight was to leave and noticed THIS time it said "CANCELLED". HUH?? He went to the flight counter to verify this and sure enough, it was cancelled....and apparently HAD been for most of the afternoon!! The lady asked to look at his e-ticket and she noticed that the flight time said '8:00 a.m.' which was was that morning's flight time was! She looked again and they had already booked him on the NEXT MORNING'S flight!! Well....not sure why the flight info screen wasn't updated when he got there, but it wasn't. They gave him a discount voucher for a hotel room, but considering he would just have to be back at the airport by 6:30 AM....he decided to stick it out in the airport all night. All he had brought with him was the VISA information, and his camera. He didn't need anything else because he was coming back the same day! Luckily though he did have his 'ZUNE' player with him and watched some movies he had downloaded as well as talk to some other individuals in the same situation including a lady from Canada who was very nice, so he wasn't totally bored. His flight left on time Wednesday morning and he was back home by 9:30 a.m.

Thursday night was the banquet for the High School Band; we enjoyed good food and some good music. Chris was able to be in the jazz band this year, so they played a few tunes. And our niece that is graduating sang a song with them as well.














We actually had a relatively quiet weekend, which gave Billy some time to prepare for his next trip back to Central Asia; his team left this morning from St. Louis at 9:55 (which meant he had to leave here at 5AM to drive up there). Please pray for a safe flight and a great experience for all while they are over there.