Final day with the Beelis

I arose at 7:30 and had decided to just change the tire with my own jack. Pieder and the boys are busy and didn’t get their pressure jack out, and I had never changed a tire on this car. I thought I should do that in a leisurely setting, so I did. It was a bit muddy, and I had to kneel several times but I got the flat tire off and the spare tire on. I drove to Xenia where I had the tire fixed at the Goodyear store. I had only a half hour to kill so I walked to the Taco Bell next door to get a sausage/egg wrap, they call it. The manager just gave me the $.99 item because we talked about my working at the Taco Bell in Waynesville. I drove back home and had oat flakes for breakfast with the family. Stephen opened his birthday presents and loved the remote control helicopter we had bought for him. We were impressed by how well it worked. Then Noah and I hooked up the trailer for a fast getaway tomorrow. We had a problem getting the hitch to drop down onto the ball but corrected that later. The family went to Young’s Ice Cream parlor while Noah and I went back to the college so he could practice his steel drum again. We returned home, ate our ice cream brought by the family and dressed to go to square dance. Emily had made some fantastic chili for the potluck dinner and took Stephen’s birthday cake. We ate the supper and then someone began to eat Stephen’s cake, making him very sad to tears. He wanted it all to himself, I guess. He got over it and joined in the square dance sets. The entire Beeli family is quite good and loved by all the other dancers, most of whom are in our age range. We joined them for the final dance as a family at the insistence of the other dancers. Andrew was the only one missing because he wanted to play basketball when there were players enough at the Y. We returned home, folded laundry and went to the motor home for the trip home tomorrow. We have had a fantastic time visiting here and are sad that they will probably be moving to Utah, making it nearly impossible to see them for a few years. We will say goodbye again in the morning. I still have to post several pictures but will wait until another day.