Such a busy week left me little time to blog as you probably noticed.

It was a wonderful visit.    We had not seen Sara and Nora for at least 12 years and they have grown into beautiful accomplished young women.  

Everybody arrived on Sunday.   So Monday we went to Mother's in the morning for the five generation picture that I posted yesterday.   When we got home, Richard and Brenda were here to join us in a family dinner.   We had the Kunert Spinach Egg and Noodle casserole which pleased everybody.

Such a lovely day.   The next day, they spent most of the morning "touring" Sheboygan.  The girls wanted to go past all the places that they lived when they were here and the schools they attended and the lake front and all.   The girls then had lunch with their father.   Then they came back here.   So Dick and I got to visit with Bill and Leslie a bit more.   That afternoon, the whole gang went to Bobbie's house to see her home  and to see the garden.   Sara and Nora said the garden seemed just as they remembered it.   Nice when the present is as good as the memories.

Nora, Ernie and Marcus left early Wednesday morning.   The girls father picked them up and took them to the airport.   We had said our goodbys the night before but as it turned out, Dick knocked over a glass of water just about the time they were  leaving, so I got to kiss that sweet Marcus face one more time before they left.     He is a darling baby.   Alert, healthy and happy.  And cute as a bugs ear.


Dick and I had the day and it was nice to just catch up here.  I went grocery shopping early and had breakfast with Leslie, Bill, Nora and Vince before they left for the day to see things.   Like JMKAC and I am not sure what else but they had a good day.  They had lunch at the Charcoal Inn and a German Dinner at Al and Als.   The dinner was a birthday dinner for Bill.   So he did allright this year.

Our biggest excitement that day was this:.   At around 11AM,  Dick needed to go to bed for a treatment.    He just got laid down comfortably when the foot of the bed started  to go up  all by itself.   There was no reason.   We were no where near the controls.    But I grabbed the controls and when I pushed the down button, it went right down where it belonged.   As soon as I took my finger off the control, up it came right back up again.   Finally, I just unplugged it and called the VNA to get help.    I described it and told them that I thought it might be the Little People.   The lady who took the call found that amusing and so did Josh who came and fixed it for us.    Some water HAD gotten into the controller.   He dried it all out and it is working just fine.    If it starts again, they will replace it.

On Thursday, Bobbie came over with dinner and fed us all.    She and I bottled the last of my wine from downstairs with them watching.  We thought they would find wine making kind of interesting.   They did seem to enjoy it and we both sent some of our wines home with them.

Vince and Sara had to leave at about 4PM to catch their plane.   We will miss them.  They are a good couple together.   Sara is in school and getting As and tutoring for the college.    Wow. 

Leslie and Bill left early this morning.   They had a 17 hour drive ahead of hem and hopefully are either home or close.   If Bill got too tired, they were going to just stop for the night.  They will call tomorrow to check in. so we know they are safe.

We are sure tired.   We are not used to all that excitement every day.   And it was nice having a baby in the house for a while.

Sara and Nora have chosen wonderful men for their husbands (Or perhaps Vince and Ernie just chose wonderful women for their wives.)   We are so happy for them and so proud of them.

So early to bed tonight and perhaps we will be caught up by morning.

Dia Dhuit

Vince, Sara, Nora Ernie with Grandma Deeley and Marcus



Mary