The excitement is building!

I can't believe we leave for Texas on Saturday! It will take us 2 days to drive down so we will arrive in Dallas on Sunday. Our hosts, Christy and Jerry Stephens, are very excited to have us come and stay with them. Monday we will head to Houston Space Center in Houston, TX for a day trip. We have always wanted to see it so we are going. Tuesday we head down to see Aunt Dorothy, my dad's older sister who is 86 years old. She is the person that did all the preliminary work on the family history before there was the Internet. Dorothy has provided me with the stepping stones to go forward in the research of the family stories and history. I am so glad she had the determination to put it all down on paper. We will stay overnight at a motel on Tuesday and then head back to Dallas. Thursday is the Dallas Library research day. We will also be going to Oakland Cemetery for the headstones of Augusta Budzien, John Budzien (her son), and her one daughter Amanda Van Detten. I guess there is a plot of 8 people there. We will also be going to where JFK was shot. Friday is Texas Motor Speedway to watch them qualify for the NASCAR race that is on Sunday. Saturday Roger will try his hand at cart racing. Then we head back home on Sunday. We will be back in town on Monday in time to go to the Twins last home opener at the dome. Well, back to organizing for the trip. That is all for now. Karen