The best possible news! Most of you saw Paul’s post with the picture of Josh in his new T-shirt saying “Big Brother 2020.” Their baby is due in March, and we hope and pray that everything will go well. This will be grandchild #36 for us. We couldn’t be happier!
And the fun and work and excitement of the reunion is over with, and we’re trying to get back to normal. It’s odd how getting back to normal takes so much longer than the reunion itself lasted. But it was great. Thanks to Vanessa for planning it, and for the meals everybody prepared, and for your excitement and enthusiasm. We don’t have any deadbeats in our family! It amazes me how everybody comes through. We missed Kim and the rest of Tom’s kids who didn’t come, but we’re grateful for the birth of little Tyler. I’ve had a cold, and we haven’t been to see him since he was born, so I’ll have to get an update today on how he’s doing.
We wondered if our kitties would be OK while we were gone, but naturally they did fine. I had rigged things so they could go from the outside into the garage and into our house, so they had the complete run of things. All three of them were in the house when we got home, and they yawned and stretched and seemed pleased that we were back, able to wait on them again. They still had plenty of food in their two bowls (inside bowl and garage bowl) but one of them had deposited a really fat mouse into the garage bowl, on top of the dry cat food. I guess it was supposed to serve as a snack when somebody was in the mood for a mouse.
I had a great birthday on Thursday. My present from Dad (which I ordered myself) was a single-burner griddle to use on our Camp Chef stoves. So if you’re making french toast or pancakes, you can have the big griddle totally covering one stove, and the smaller griddle covering half of the other, and still have one burner to heat things. Camp Chef reads your mind! One of their catalogs was packed in with the griddle, and some of their more enticing products include giant outdoor movie screens and beer can chicken holders, for “moist flavor infusion.” Would that be against the Word of Wisdom?
I guess our next big family event will be Tyler’s baby blessing, maybe the first Sunday in September? When I find out the details, I’ll include them here.
Love to all, Mom
