Awake: 6:10am Temp 35 sleep 5+32 sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
Kathy frosted Melissa's birthday cake, filling the center with fresh raspberries, & putting candles atop.
Early afternoon, we motored to Indiana, PA to visit the Foote family...with a short stop @ the Corte Masonry for (3) 100 lb bags of gravel.
Today's playtime with the Foote boys had Kathy on the 3rd floor with Matthew building a marble maze & train track & me in the bee room with Andrew, working children's puzzles & playing a game of "Guess Who." It's been a while since I've spent time only with Andrew & I found him to be quite the gentle person & very astute for his age. After what seemed to be an hr plus, we joined the rest of the gang in the back yard for more activities.
Shortly after Kevin arrived home from work, Melissa arranged the dining room table for the birthday celebration; then Kathy brought in her homemade cake with lit candles representing Melissa's 35 years. Melissa suspected a trick & asked the young Foote boys to help blow out those candles. It was fun to watch the boys, who blew out the candles, only to see them come back to life & they blew them out again & again & again.
The cake was delicious as well as the (2) choices of ice cream. Melissa was showered with a few maternity clothes from Kathy & Kevin gave her a new water bottle. All too quickly, it was time for us to leave the scene & return to Nicktown, with a short stop in Heilwood to purchase a take-out turkey dinner from the Presbyterian church.
Before coming in the motorhome, I dropped the bags of gravel onto the circular drive & using our rake, spread the gravel in certain areas of need.
Dinner: K & I share a turkey dinner with all the trimmings: stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, white meat, green beans, & apple sauce.
Gary C. called. Melissa had invited him & Rosemarie to join in the celebration of the anniversary of Andrew's Baptism tomorrow @ the Foote Castle; Gary & Rosemary are Andrew's Godparents. He was wondering what time K & I are going to be there & if we should carpool. We agree to take R & G in our Suzuki & carpool to the Foote Castle from Nicktown tomorrow.
Evening movie: "Friendly Persuasion." We watch 1/3.
Lights out: 11:45pm
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