On Sunday morning we got ourselves out the door by 8:30 so we could have just a bit of time with Lisa, George, and Sophie before they would need to head to the Baltimore airport. Sam and Jenn and the kids were already there, and when we walked in the door Sophie, Sammy, Bianca, and Austin were all gathered around Hunter's jumping chair. It was SO cute, but I didn't have a camera ready. I took this of just Hunter shortly afterward. He was loving all that cousin love!
Bianca was in an unusually huggy mood that morning!
Lisa was happy that she scored a hug from her before she left!
All too soon they had to leave and we all hugged, and Sophie was in tears as she always is. Just breaks my heart every time. Our times together are always so sweet and too short.
Jeremy and Mike were having breakfast with a bunch of their friends at a nearby restaurant, so they left too at that point. I started on breakfast for the rest of us. Obviously, this was going to be a Sunday without going to church. Judy, the former Fillmore pianist was subbing for me there. And at Houserville we are beginning to have Wednesday evening church instead of Sunday morning due to an increase in the amount of churches the pastor is now serving.
Sam and the kids had some of my breakfast while Jenn went back to the hotel to pack up.
Miki, Destiny, and Martha had some too.
After everyone was fed, I left to take Destiny to the restaurant where Jeremy and friends were, because Daryl was going to be giving her a ride home. Wow, there were so many people there to talk to and say goodbye to! I finally got away and went back to Anthony and Lori's, but discovered that Destiny's school laptop was still in my van! Oh no!! I called her right away and found out they were at a nearby Sheetz getting gas, so I hurried there to give it to her. Whew!!
We all worked together to take the tents down. That is so much easier than putting them up. And the weather!! Overnight, even though we had no storm to bring it about, we got MUCH cooler air. We actually were shivering on Sunday morning! All the tables and chairs were loaded into Dick's pickup, and Ray went with Dick to take them back.
Later on I had a chance to sit on the porch and relax for a while. Austin was pleased that the dogs decided to sit with him for a nice, long time.
They do love snuggling together in their blanket. And the weather on Sunday was perfect for that.
Eventually, everyone left. Miki had gone back to my house earlier. Sam and Jenn left for home, Ray and Thyda left for home, Jeremy, Mike, Amber, and Martha went out to dinner with Linda and her family. I said my goodbyes to Martha, because she would be flying back to California with Linda and family the next morning. Somewhere in there Dick took Megan to the State College airport. Anthony, Lori, and the boys went to a housewarming for some friends. And I suddenly was there all by myself!! It felt terrible!! Dick came back and we loaded up some things we needed to take home.
When we got home our house was empty!! I had no idea where Miki and her friends were. I started working on music plans for the upcoming church services. After a while they came back and suggested we go to the famous Berkey Creamery on campus. What a great idea!! We never go there except when we have visitors. They really do have the BEST ice cream!
We had a wonderful time together. I love them SO much!! They were so easy to have as house guests and so very much fun.
On Monday morning I went for some groceries and then to Anthony and Lori's for my regular day of babysitting. Jeremy, Mike, and Amber came to do the last packing of their cars. Believe me, they were PACKED!!
Later, Miki, Maria, and Christel stopped by to say goodbye, and they headed back to Lancaster County for a couple more days. On Thursday they drove to Dulles Airport in DC and flew back home to Sweden. I know they'll be back. And now I'm FB friends with both Maria and Christel, so I can keep in touch with Miki better, haha! She's not much of a Facebooker! (By the way, in my next post I will introduce Miki's second children's book.)
My day with Hunter on Monday felt really quiet. Too quiet. We were feeling like, "Where did all the fun people go?" But really, I had so much catching up to do in so many things, it has taken me all week, in addition to a regular full workweek, to finally feel like I can breathe.
Here are some cute pics I took of Hunter this week. He is getting so chubby and moving around more and more.
Starting to stand on his feet when in his jumper.
Just too bad we don't feed this boy, right? He has only recently been trying some things like rice cereal, bananas, etc. For the most part he has had nothing but breastmilk!! Go, Lori!
He WAS on the mat, but he's starting to move backward and sideways.
On Wednesday I had to start getting myself ready for church before Lori got home. I was in the powder room off the kitchen, and put him up on the laundry sink. He loves looking out the window, but he likes to be able to see me too. So this worked!
Wednesday was Destiny's 16th birthday! I have loved her since the moment she was born. I was her mom's birth coach! We'll be heading to Reading tomorrow after church to spend some time with her.
And now, I'm all caught up here - for at least a day!
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Whew!! I sure enjoyed theses posts and felt ALMOST like I was there observing! You are all so blessed!!
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