What a wonderful weekend!
Friday evening: My youngest grand daughter arrived around 9:00 (just in time to be put to bed). It wasn't long until she was back downstairs, just a tear away from crying...she was missing her family. Normally when she stays, there are two siblings and two cousins here, but that queen size bed must have felt awfully lonely without anyone else in it. I went back upstairs and laid down with her...she was out like a light.
Saturday morning, I was notified it was time to get up by a very gentle knocking at my bedroom door. I told her I'd be right there, then I heard the piano, so knew she had found a way to entertain herself.
It wasn't long before we left for the Wakarusa annual Ham and Bean Feed. The weather was perfect. We ate outside at the picnic tables, and aside from the spiders and the bees, it was a very pleasant time. We had met up with some of our friends, so we took up the whole table.
In the afternoon, we made and decorated sugar cookies, then it was on to making beads.
My grand daughter loves to design beads, but is too young to make them, but very good at telling me exactly what to do.
We ordered Chinese delivered, and shortly after dinner her parents arrived to take her home.
Sunday morning was church, then around noon-thirty the whole crew began to arrive, and to make tacos. I didn't have to do anything, just enjoy the company and the buzz of having six simultaneous conversations.
It was a great day. We were missing three of my grand children and their spouses, but where as this started out as just four of us going out for Sunday dinner, and ending up tacos for 23, I can't complain. What a wonderful day!
Monday the cleaning lady came...that's always a good day. We had left over tacos for lunch, and I got to make beads all afternoon. Just before 6:00 JoAn and Jim Brown picked us up, and took us over to Arliss and John's for a spagetti dinner. Shortly after we arrived, Pastor and Jolene arrived, followed by Sandy and Walt, with a birthday cake in hand.
It was a totally enjoyable evening. I received many birthday greetings from friends on Facebook, and cards in the mail. It reminded me of how many wonderful friends and relatives I have, and I appreciate each and every one of them.
Today I need to run errands...they get stacked up awfully fast...My list is getting longer, so I'm off...but we knew that!
