Here we are at another Friday already. Let's slow time a moment and savor the blessings from the last week with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story.
1. Family outings. My oldest son, Jeremy, was with us through last weekend before going back to RI. Friday night, Jesse, my youngest, had us over for jambalaya. This was the first time Jeremy had gotten to see Jesse's new house.
Then Saturday we went to a Hummingbird Festival at a local nature center. Didn't see any hummingbirds. 🙂 But we did see some owls, turtles, and other nature displays. The guys went on a guided nature hike.
Then we went to the new-to-us Mexican food restaurant I mentioned a couple of weeks ago where I had the scrumptious shrimp, onion, rice, and cheese dish. Yes, I had that again, and Jesse tried and loved it, too.
2. My birthday was after Jeremy was scheduled to leave, so we celebrated it the Sunday before he left. After church, we went to one of my favorite restaurants, then headed home for presents and cake. Mittu usually makes my traditional birthday Texas Sheet Cake, but she was still sick, so Jim and Jeremy made it.
On my actual birthday, Jim brought me flowers and a Chick-Fil-A breakfast biscuit. 🙂
Then Jason, Mittu, and Timothy dropped by after the Kid's Club at church with a card made by Mittu and a couple of Chick-Fil-A goodies (a chocolate chunk cookie and a brownie).
Then in a fun coincidence, the Strands game had a birthday theme on my birthday. At first I thought maybe that was on purpose, though I couldn't remember having entered by birthday on their site. But when I looked it up, I saw that was just the theme that day.
3. Luscious weather. The day of the Hummingbird Festival was pretty fair weather. We still got hot and sweaty, but some delightful breezes blew occasionally. Rain had been predicted but didn't come, except for a few drops. The cloud cover helped a lot.
Then Sunday afternoon, we went into the back yard for family photos and for Jeremy to try out his new drone. Rain was forecast again and the clouds looked threatening. But the wind and temperatures felt so good. I know we're a long way from fall and we'll have a lot more hot and humid days til then, but that respite felt so good.
4. Family humor. We laugh a lot when we're all together. 🙂 As an example, when we went to the bird festival, the volunteers explained that a bird banding event was extra--they try to catch a hummingbird in a net and attach a band around its leg. That doesn't sound too pleasant for the hummingbird, but the sessions would explain why it's done. We didn't sign up for that part. After we paid for our general admission tickets, volunteers placed a band around our wrists. Jeremy joked that when you're a nature center and banding is your only tool, you band everything and everyone, including visitors. 🙂
Then while waiting in line, I pointed out to Jesse one of the features the sign listed was a "live animal display." I commented that the wording seemed funny--why would they designate "live?" The first display we saw had a stuffed bat and bat skeleton and a glass case with pinned butterflies specimens. Jesse said, "What happened to the live animals?" 😀 We did see some later.
5. Connect Four is a program at church were ladies who want to participate can sign up, then they are divided into groups of four. Each group is supposed to meet once a month over the next four months, to do whatever the group wants to do. Probably most meet for lunch at someone's home or at a restaurant, but some do other activities like hike or play games. Our group had they first get-together yesterday. Thankfully I had at least met and talked with everyone, so none was a complete stranger to me. But it was fun getting to know everyone better. The conversation flowed for a couple of hours.
It's been a nice blend of activities and rest. I hope you've had a good week as well.
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