....and, Wednesday and Thursday...

Shopping with Miss Sonja K. after her doctor's appointment. We didn't buy these sun hats, but we should have.

Tomorrow is day #7 of watching little Grant.

Isn't he so cute?


This is Elise and Wulf, two of my grandchildren.

Lydia was here too, still is, she's spending the night! So two of my grandkids are spending the night! Anya was here also...so all five, but oops, no pics of them all together.

Anya is so sweet. She is Elise's big sister. :)

This is what I did today...cookies! Some with no chocolate chips, for Miss Camille, and because I thought they would be ideal for grandkids, but their parents don't seem to be nearly as picky about things like falling chocolate chips onto nice shirts, as their Grandma seems to be. I also made some with Snickers bits, which came in a bag from the dollar store. I did not taste one bit of cookie dough or cookies.

We had our pulled pork nachos for dinner. Tomatoes from the garden, peppers, olives, cheese, sour cream, tortilla chips, and homemade cheese sauce. Margaret and Evelyn put a few trays of tortillas layered in cheese, beans, etc., into the oven, and made some extra yummy nachos.

It was a busy night. Of the sixteen kids, Emily, Abigail, Benjamin, Mirielle, Mali, Samuel, Margaret, Kathryn, Evelyn, Suzanne, Sonja, Jonathan, Charlotte Claire, and Camille were here tonight. 14 of them! Plus Ben's wife Ashley and their two girls, Margaret's husband Adrian and their little Wulf, and Adrian's nephew Taylin, Kathyn's husband Darius (brother of Adrian!), Mali's husband Josh and little Lydia. And Paul and me, and cousin Danielle, too. So 26.

It's busy when everyone comes over, the kids get rowdy, and a game of Apples to Apples at the kitchen table was a bit loud. Toys! Silliness! Solving the worlds' problems. Some teasing, a few differences of opinion, maybe a little quibble here and there, but basically, we all get along quite well.

Having Kathryn (and Darius) visit from the west coast is bittersweet. Seeing my Kappy Sue, having her here on the couch, washing up some dishes, petting the puppies...it's like she never left. But alas she's only here for a visit, and I won't be seeing her again until I go out there when their baby is born in December. It is just too sad. I know, you can't always have all of your kids near you, but jeepers. It's nice as can be that Sam is here from Virginia at the same time too, with Grant.

When the kids were growing up, I used to tell them quite frequently, "Oh, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity..."(Psalm 133)...of course that includes sisters too.

Anyway. "Today is gone, today was fun. Tomorrow is another one." Dr. Seuss.