Awake: 6:40am Temp 66 sleep 6+42 overcast, then afternoon & evening rain overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
Kathy adds an extra story to Kevin’s carrot birthday cake building this morning. While she is doing that, I begin culling out the out-of-focus, repetitive & just plain bad photos from yesterday’s coverage of the WWII activities.
Gary & Rosemary C. arrive @ 1:10pm to ride with us to the Foote estate. They want to visit with their godson, Andrew, to help us celebrate Kevin’s 32nd birthday &, of course, to enjoy the rest of the Foote family. We sit around & gab for awhile. It took some time for Andrew to warm to Rosemary & Gary; naturally, they haven’t see Andrew for months; but he finally did get fairly comfortable with them.
Matthew wasted no time in checking out the cassette player to make sure it was working again.
Meanwhile, the birthday man was outside preparing the dinner: grilled hamburgers, grilled potato slices & corn on the cob. Melissa had already concocted a bowl of fruit salad & Kathy’s carrot cake is in waiting.
A surprise visitor: Corinne. She was invited last week but indicated she wouldn’t be able to make it due to another wild party commitment. How she could smell that fresh fruit salad & carrot cake is a mystery to me.
Before we know it, Kevin gives a (5) min notice for dinner; & after a quick prayer, let the eating begin. The cake and the traditional “Happy Birthday” song followed. It was another terrific birthday gathering & another great meal. We didn’t hang around too long after the food was consumed due to the boys showers & bed program. We, Gary & Rosemary, thank the Footes for their invitation & hospitality + a very good meal & then attempt to stay ahead of hot rod Corinne as we speed along on Route 422. I didn’t see her approaching in our rear view mirror, but our car shivered a little as she whizzed past us with that NASCAR look on her face.
@ our motorhome, we ply Gary & Rosemary with some cheap wine, then trick them into watching some of my repetitive aircraft photos from the WWII experience in Reading, PA. It was fun being with them for the afternoon; they are very kind, thoughtful & gracious people. Next time, we’ll have to be even nicer to them.
Late evening: we call my sister Mary Jo; she was busy making dinner so we talked with Ed about his new toy: a 1955, highly souped up Chevy. Ed directed us to a web site to find a picture of his toy to no avail. Later Mary Jo came on the line & talked only (5) min due to dinner prep. We’ll talk another time. Shortly after we hung up, I found a picture of Ed’s Chevy on the Web site. “Nice!”
Lights out: 11:21pm
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