Awake: 6:54am Temp 5 degrees sleep 6+58 overnight @ Indiana, PA.
After breakfast, K & I walk the Indiana Mall for (53) min of exercise. Then call my brother Don & arrange a visit for tomorrow to get his Skype on line. En route to the Foote Castle, we stop @ SoHo (Small office & Home office) & send a Christmas package via FedEx to a special girl, our Goddaughter Monica in the Northwest.
When we arrive, Nick is doing his 1st (30) min tutoring with Matthew; today it is a game of chess.
Early dinner: beef roast, potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, salad & rolls. Afterward, we all hustle & do a fast clean-up of the dining room, kitchen & getting those boys dressed for the cold outdoors. Today is Indiana Mall day: (2) vehicles & lots of big smiles; the boys love going to the Mall.
@ the Mall, our job as adults is simply: keep a good eye on the boys as they play on the electric car/motorcycle/rollercoaster/van, etc., no money is spent; it’s a make believe thing as we rock the vehicles & help make the motor sounds. Melissa & Eriko were the only (2) that shopped a little. We were @ the Mall for a good (2) hrs.
Back @ the Foote Castle, to enhance the mood & temperature, Melissa gives the thumbs up for lighting the fireplace. Naturally all small boys are mesmerized with fire so we had then all looking thru the double wire metal gates for quite awhile & the rest of us, nearby enjoying the extra warmth.
Evening time with boys in bed, except Jerry who fell asleep on the couch, we continue playing the board game of: “Loaded Questions.” After a full round of fun, we have a call from Katrina: the pilots are having difficulty starting the turboprop engines on their aircraft. They suspect cold turbines & low battery power. Numerous phone calls & text messages continue to flow back & forth. Again, Kevin is: “on call” for a pick-up @ the Latrobe airport if they do get those engines running. The saga continues….
We are back to our motel @ 11:30pm.
Lights out: 12:07am
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