She is the younger sister of Darius and Adrian, husbands of Kathryn and Margaret. She's been here from Canada, staying with Margaret and Adrian, and...she fell in love with Jonny...and he with her. So, surprise!
Our answered question: I was going to ask my bloggy friends for mattress recommendations, but then Kathryn had a suggestion, so we just ordered one. We've had a Sleep Number for several years, bought it when I was expecting one of the kids, so at least 17 years ago, probably more like 20 or more.
Let's see, we had a simple dinner here tonight. Paul and I, Kathryn and her three little ones, Camille, and the two little boys. I made oven roasted stuffing, with some cajun chicken leftover from yesterday, then some hot dogs, and some hot sausage with peppers and onions. I sliced up a honeycrisp apple too, oh it was good. I picked up my mystery produce box from a local farm/orchard, it was a half bushel of fun and goodness: red and green peppers, sweet corn, honeycrisp apples, acorn squash, a few pumpkins and a butternut squash, and some New York grapes. It was $20, and worth it.
Our pear tree is dying. I read years and years ago that pear trees do better when there is more than one, but we never got a second one. There are just a few pears scattered on the ground, and most of the branches are dead, we need to cut it down. (I took a bite out of one of the ground pears, so good, but there are only a dozen or so, and most have black spots)
I made a spray for the stinkbugs: peppermint oil, Dawn, and water. They don't exactly fall down dead but it slows them down, and there are fewer around the door. I do hate and detest them, I do. In the house I have the vacuum plugged in at all times...ugh.
Tomorrow, we might go to a park or a playground with the boys...then Sunday after church, we'll have the family over and lament the first day of fall ha. I have ribs for the smoker...
Apologies for the scrambled post...the day has been quite busy, and I'm beat. I didn't go to my water aerobics class today, I was going to attempt to bring the boys with me but they were intent on waffles, and I didn't want to rush things and wasn't sure how it would go anyway.
Kathryn watched them outside for a while today, even took them in the road to ride their bikes for a bit. Jamison was so tired, I had rocked him to sleep, so poor me, ha, had to sit here with a sleeping baby in my arms while she chased the kids! (It was wonderful, ha!)
Ah well, have a good night!
8 comments:
Congrats to the newly engaged couple!! You guys are going to be super wedding pros after this year.
I have a weird question for you, with so many kids married and on their way- how do your married kids handle baby names? Do they talk to each other or call dibs on certain important names? I remember when my aunts were both expecting at the same time and got really frustrated because one had chosen Katelyn for a girl and the other had chosen Katherine and both wanted to call the baby Katie.. as it turns it out there was no problem since my cousins are Matthew and Joshua but it was a bone of contention for a few weeks.
There’s so much more variety in names now even from when I grew up so it’s likely not a big deal, but just a large family quirk that crossed my mind.
Congrats!!! I am so happy for you and your family, smiles. Wishing you a beautiful weekend, my friend.
Hi Della!
Yes you’ve been busy! AND congratulations to Jonny and Rosi 🥳🥳Oh my goodness how lovely! So there will be another wedding in the works. I love all the pictures of the little boys and dear little Rhys. Just to add we have a Tempurpedic…maybe wrong spelling and is just the most comfortable mattress. We went and lay in several st the store. Just a word of caution. Don’t get anything over 14” as you have an awful time finding sheets at a reasonable price. At least that was my experience. AND they are SO heavy to change the sheets 😬😬😬All your meals sound so yummy. We do not have stink bugs here thank goodness! They sound just vile 😬 Have fun ticking those babies to sleep. Poor you 🥰
So far, no problems with baby names! That's funny that the aunts both wanted Katie and ended up with Matthew and Joshua! :). I think the girls know what each other likes, so they wouldn't step on each others' toes. And yes, the weddings! Oh my goodness!
Thank you, and I'm wishing you some beach dust, go to the beach! (Even if you pack your lunch and bring water bottles, just go and sit there for a bit!!!)
Marilyn, yes, another wedding! We didn't go into any stores this time, just mentioned it to Kathryn, and she loves hers, so we ordered it on Amazon. I hope we like it too, nothing like trying to return a California King ha! The stink bugs will be there within a few years, I predict. They are NOT native to this area, are an invasive species with no local enemies except for me and my vacuum cleaner, and my homemade peppermint/Dawn mixture....:)
😂😂😂 Whatever works!!
Makes sense on the names (and yes it was funny with my aunts! It all works out sometimes..). I do think names are much more varied than when I grew up so it’s likely easier to differentiate from each other.
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