The last 2 weeks have been a whirlwind for us. My sister, Rena , came in on the 17th. We had a cookout for her birthday at,another sister, Vickie's house. I came home that afternoon and my brother-in-law and sister-in law had arrived from Houston. (10 hour drive)
Monday morning I spent visiting with Val and Tony(Houston troop). Adam showed up about 11:00 with the last member of the golf group(Rick's brother,Chris). We all converged at the plant nursery to harass Rick and Alan while they worked. Mike had taken Nancy to her hyperbaric treatment and he arrived after Chris did. By 1:00 everyone had convinced Mike that they needed to get in a golf game that day. After the game, everyone converged on Brian's house and He ordered pizza's for all. Everyone ate heartily and had a good time teasing each other.
Tuesday was a day for 2 rounds of golf. Nancy had graciously made lasagna and salad,plus baked a loaf of bread so we would have garlic bread for dinner. She is a dynamite cook. Everyone came in complaining that their game was terrible, but I did not hear anyone say I give up playing golf.
Wednesday was a day for Tony to visit classmates. Since he had the car I snagged Val and we went to visit Vickie for the afternoon. Vickie had planned a dinner get together at her house for Val and Tony that evening. She made spaghetti and had ravioli (made by OLS church) for dinner.
Vickie is holding 2 dozen ravioli in her freezer for me so that we can enjoy it with our rv friends next month.
I spent the night with Vickie so that I would not have to leave so early in the morning to pick up Heather in Little Rock. We left at 5:30 and only stopped for breakfast at sonic just before we made it to the airport. Heather was waiting patiently. She piled in and said she was exhausted. There were screaming kids all around her. Her sleep button kicked in about a half hour on the road. I was so happy to see her. It was her birthday. I had planned dinner at Brian's house for her. I had originally told her Uncle Tony was fixing spaghetti for her birthday and she kind of hinted that she would prefer ribs. I got the hint and Val and I shopped for ribs on Wednesday, before going to Vickies house. When Heather got to Brians house she had accepted that she was having spaghetti and was surprised to see that Tony was cooking ribs instead. She cried for joy.
Friday was the day before Bev's son's wedding.We had a group of 7 ladies getting manicures and pedicures. We all chose french manicures and pedicures. We were all done by 2:30. We met at Brians house and D.D. and Heather went to the store for chicken wings. We had leftovers with it. I sent Rick home because he was tired and I stayed behind and got a game of mexican train dominoes going. By 10:30 we had to quit because everyone was tired.
On Saturday morning Chris went back to Houston. I had fallen back to sleep that morning so I did not get a chance to say goodbye to him. I hope he enjoyed his stay. Maybe this will turn into a yearly thing.
We spent Saturday cleaning and resting up for the wedding. The wedding was at 7:00 p.m. Quite a few people attended. The bride was beautiful and the groom was handsome. Bev could not have looked any happier. After the wedding the photographer took a group picture of my family with spouses and children included. I am surprised he had a lens big enough for the picture.
The reception was held at the Germantown Country Club. The place was packed with adults attending. No children were there. Everywhere you turned there were drinks and food available. They also had a dj there. It was a wonderful weeding. A good time was had by all.
We started our usual Sunday morning by attending 7:30 Mass at Nativity Church and followed it with breakfast at Bob Evans restaurant. Our breakfast club had 18 members that morning. 3 long tables full. After breakfast we went home for a while and relaxed till around 2pm ,our next get together. Marcus graduated from High School last week so his Mom, Ann(Alan's wife) wanted to celebrate. Heather had been staying there, so she helped Ann and Alan with the preparations.
We had hamburgers and hot dogs. They have a pool but it was too cool to go in. By 8:oo everyone was ready to leave.
Rick and Alan worked on Monday and I went to Alans house to spend time with Heather. Ann, D.D., Vickie, Heather and I played mexican dominoes all afternoon. We started about 1:30 and after several smoke breaks and dinner break we finished around 7.
Tuesday was another work day for Rick and Alan. I dropped my car off at Bev's and we picked up Heather and Ann before Rena was picked up. We all headed to the casino with high hopes of coming back winners. WRONG!! The only winners were Ann and Rena. Oh well, I will try my luck later at some other casino.
Bev wanted Debbie and Dennis to see Heather one more time so she invited everyone to her house for taco salad. She was busy running around getting everything together and got a call from a friend of hers that she was on the schedule to work that night. We still had the get together but neither Richard or Bev were there. Thank goodness we didn't party too hearty there. By the way, that was what we did on Wednesday.
Thursday was a trip to Little Rock to take Heather to the airport. She packed 2 butts in a drink box with 6 bottles of corky's barbcue sauce, taped up the lid. Security did open the drink box and test the bottles to make sure no explosives were there.(they swabbed the outside of the bottles)
We said goodbye to Heather and moved on down the road. By the time Heather called me to tell me she was in Houston we were back home.
Friday was another work day for Rick. We were having problems regulating the water pressure on the hose and I ended up getting a new water hose for the motorhome. I left about 12:30 to shop for the hose and also go to Bev's house for a shower. Today we have a Doctor in the family.
Its official: DR. ERIC M. WEIRICH received his diploma today. Dennis, Donna and his wife Lindsey, are having an open house to celebrate his accomplishments.We wish him well on his journey to becoming an anesthesiologist. We are so proud of you.
Dennis's back yard was full of friends and relatives wishing Eric well.i hated to leave early but the water issue was beckoning me. When I arrived Rick met me at the driveway so he could do the repairs and be able to take a shower. The rest of the night was quiet and peaceful.
Thanks to everyone that helped make these 2 weeks a whirlwind of fun and fellowship. We are counting down the days till we move on down the road. 10 to go,but who is counting
tata for now
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