Oh...Hey there Stuart!

And who ever else may be reading this.... I just wanted to let everyone know that Drew Smith is coming to the states in October for a visit. Ben Frederick III has invited all of us to a party at his house on Saturday October 13th at 6:00PM. (701 West University Pkwy 21210 - at the corner of Keswick and University). If you are interested, please RSVP to Ben 410-435-5040 or Ben@BenFrederick.com Love to all - Levelle

Going on a walkabout....

So that Stuart has something to read.... Melanie & I are heading out to our little walk on 28 August. The current plan has us arriving in Paris early on the 29th, taking the train down to Bayonne near Bordeaux. The next day we'll take another train to St Jean de Pied de Port in the Pyrenees - the starting point for the walk. We'll finish getting over jetlag there – hopefully - and start the walk on 1 September. From then on, it will be about an average 25km (15 miles) every day until 1 October until we get to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northwest Spain. We’ll stay in hostels every night so I don’t expect to sleep much. If all goes to plan, we'll celebrate Mom & Dad's anniversary at the pilgrim's mass in the Cathedral within spitting distance of St. James’ bones. That should be good for some time off for good behavior in purgatory. A couple of days later, we'll fly back to Singapore and plan to be here by 5 October. If there is the ability and internet access, I'll post some updates on Facebook as to where we are. If you haven't heard of The Camino, watch the movie “The Way” by Emilio Estevez & Martin Sheen. It’s a pretty good movie by itself but it also tells a fair amount about the Camino. Wikipedia will give the facts about the 775km walk but it doesn’t give the essence. Actually, I could not do it justice either but I hope to soon. Love to all and congratulations to the swimming Blanchards who appear to have kicked major butt in the Trophy Meet. Neil’s first place finish was stunning but just led the pack that caused Jaime & Levelle to have to rent a trailer just to get all the silverware home.

More Birthday Wishes

What the heck. Maybe someday you'll see this. Fond birthday wishes to Danny and Leland, the best oldest brother and sister anyone could have. Hope you have great years!

HB to Levelle

Happy birthday Levelle. Maybe you'll see this next year. We hope you and Jamie have had a nice birthday/anniversary weekend.

For those 2 or 3 of you who read this...

... do you have any plans to be in Baltimore later this summer or fall?  We had the idea of Smith-mas, instead of Christmas or Thanksgiving get together.  But that all depends on when Michael can get here.

Just thinking ahead...

Lel

CNN Article Link: Alzheimer's Plan

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/15/u-s-to-escalate-war-on-alzheimers/?hpt=hp_t3

Within this article is a link to another page where you can see how to sign up for clinical trials.  I guess we are all a few years off from this, but sometimes I wonder...

Happy Mother's Day