I just came in from driving Alice to school with a monsoon rain in progress. I had to sweep a number of nightcrawlers out of the garage so they wouldn’t get squished and stink. A damp smell is in the air—it is almost 60 degrees and feels like summer. That is supposed to change tomorrow with an “arctic blast” arriving to change the rain to snow. We are grateful the cold didn’t arrive earlier, or we would have had a foot of snow or more!
The Christmas decorating is in process—the tree is up, the outdoor lights are up, and the other room decorations are on the docket. Our street is lined with 6-ft white lighted trees, one for each yard. A couple of neighbors did all the work of purchasing and handing them out, (and collecting the money), and the street looks so nice. Most houses have clear lights on their houses or landscaping, with just a few colored lights to accent things. It looks really nice!
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Catherine and Aaron’s home. We drove up Wednesday morning and the kids were excited to see us. Brenna has changed so much since Labor Day. (It makes me sad for how much we are missing with Emma as she grows!) Brenna is no longer a baby but now a toddler, and speaks quite well, with some letters missing still (which is so endearing at that age). “Mommy” is “Bobby”, which I couldn’t figure out, until we were spent a lot of time looking for the mouse on each page of the book “Goodnight, Moon”, and she called it a “bouse”. (We went through that book many, many times!) She was a little leery of Kevin until he gave her airplane rides and she kept wanting another one, “please, gan-ka!” She could say “grandma” very well though. (Even with an “m” in it?!)
The Thanksgiving meal was delicious—my rolls were perfect, for once, and all the food was so tasty. Catherine’s turkey was scrumptious. It was good the weather was nice so we took a lot of walks, or took the kids to the nearby park (the playground is at the school, about a block away). With the hilly landscape, you always end up walking up a major hill no matter which direction you go in (and then you get to walk down again). That kept us from gaining any weight even though we’d feasted.
Wow, sounds like lots of fun. In that picture, Catherine looks like she's wearing that hat. And just think, when we have kids, you'll only be 26 hours away by car to see us! Then it would be over 6 rivers, and through 18 woods to Grandmother's house we'll go.
ReplyDeleteBut maybe Justin, when you have kids (or at least when they are older) we'll be living in Idaho, so it will only be 13 hours/3 rivers/6 woods for you to go! We can only hope!
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