Awake: 5:40am Temp 68 sleep 6+20 cloudy overnight @
Nicktown, PA.
We attend 8:00 am Mass, then join the Koffee Klub members afterwards. Back
@ the bus, Melissa calls us around 11:00am; She & the young boys will be
coming over this morning. Kathy & I take a few minutes to clean up & get
ready for their arrival. They are in our driveway @ 11:45. Matthew, with
big eyes and big smiles, is so happy to see us & so is Andrew with his big
eyes & smiles. Matthew actually gave us several nice hugs without us
asking, that is a highlight for grandparents!
We spend about 45 min in our motorhome talking & getting reacquainted +
watching Andrew crawl about & do his half standing position. Then we all
walk up to the school’s playground (except Andrew who is in his sling
being carried by Melissa), & spend over 2 hrs having fun with Matthew. 1st
on the small sliding board, then he gradually advanced to the large slide,
then to the swings; Matthew was thrilled even more to ride on my back
while I held onto the tram ride. As Matthew continues to grow, I may have
to exercise a bit more in order to keep up with this activity + Andrew is
watching. Speaking of Andrew, he busied himself by crawling around in the
woodchips & tried to eat a few when he thought no one was watching….but
his mother was. We took our umbrellas along so that kept the rain away.
The Footes leave @ 4:00pm.
7:10 dinner: BLT’s with fresh tomatoes from my cousin Florentz’s garden &
a fruit salad.
1st movie: “The In-laws” with Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin
Tunney, Ryan Reynolds, Candice Bergen, etc. Douglas is a restless CIA
agent & neglectful father of groom-to-be Reynolds….who takes Brooks, a
timid nebbish father of the bride, on the adventure of his life in the
days leading up to their kids’ wedding. 2003. It’s fast paced with a bit
of exaggeration thrown in, but still fairly entertaining.
2nd movie: “For Whom the Bell Tolls” with Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman,
Akim Tamiroff. A Hemingway story of U.S mercenary Cooper fighting for
Spain with motley crew of peasants, including Bergman; tense action,
beautiful color, great love scenes. 1943. Slow @ times. I recommend
watching this flick when one is wide awake.
High temp=75 Lights out: 11:11pm
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