Awake: 7:23am Temp 32 sleep 7+08 light snow dusting
overnight @ Indiana, PA
After breakfast in our room, I trim a section of Kathy’s hair in the
bathroom where there is tile, being careful not to let hair clippings get
over onto the room rug. No grocery shopping this morning.
We arrive @ the Foote house @ 10:55am. Gary & Rosemary C. have been here
for about an hour already visiting with their godson, Andrew, & the rest
of the Foote family + Katrina, Eriko, Nick, little Jerry & Zack + Katie.
Yes, we were a little late but in retrospect, I think our being late was
good as it gave G & R time to visit the rest of the family and we were
comfortable just sitting & talking, + catching up on: “what’s new with
them" since we’ve talked last. G & R., I discovered later, gave both
Andrew & Matthew Christmas gifts and later, I discovered how much Andrew
enjoys playing with his gift, the bus.
G & R left around 12 noon. Kathy & I left for Ebensburg about 12:35. It’s
mammogram check time again for Kathy. That moved along quickly & we are
back @ the Footes @ 3:00pm. And just in time to witness the new Brio super
train track setup utilizing the recently opened gifts of: the lifting
bridge, stacking track supports, tunnel with pop out animals heads,
ascending tracks, & (4) piece train with (2) piece magnet top section.
Katie’s arrival was not only good for Zack & us, but also good for the
Foote boys as she was the chief shopper & deliverer of the more
sophisticated Brio units from Chicago. Later, I was honored to be selected
to play with Matthew on this masterpiece created mostly by Nick but with
Matthew’s direction.
Before dinner: we all pose for family pictures which Katie took using (4)
digital cameras. After selecting the best one by fair voting, it was then
uploaded to adorn our family web site log-on screen.
5:15 dinner by Kevin: Large grilled hamburgers with all the trimmings,
grilled potatoes, & Caesars salad. Kevin makes the biggest & best
hamburgers on the block.
Mid evening, we adults minus Eriko, play the board game of Apples to
Apples. It was similar to the Boxers or Briefs game we played on Monday
but a tad more fun.
Around 10:00pm, we say our “goodbyes” for now to Eriko, Nick & Jerry. They
are being picked up @ the Foote house by shuttle @ 6:00am for their 10:00
flight to Japan. It was simply great hanging out with them over the
Christmas holidays & that little Jerry; he is so neat!
Later @ our hotel room, I upload 37 more pictures to our web photo site.
High temp=? Lights out: 1:03am
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