Hosted by Susanne!
Sunday- Hubs and I got up and attended Connect Group at church. we had missed the previous 2 weeks due to health issues...it was so wonderful to see our class and catch up with everyone! After church we met up with our kids and ate at our favorite Chinese restaurant...YUM!!That afternoon our quiet visit with our family was golden! My two young granddaughters are such blessings!!!
Monday- My youngest granddaughter is a budding chef at the grand'old age of 9! She loves to plan meals. She had never used an air fryer before and she made delicious batter fried chicken tenders, seasoned fries, and a gorgeous, huge salad! Wow, I wish I could keep her! Both girls are musicians and it was heavenly to hear them playing the electric piano... Aw, to have music in the house once more!!
Tuesday-One of the most wonderful things we accomplished on Tuesday was something our daughter is terrific at, and I despise...she facilitated a purging of the tons of stuff we had squirreled away in the basement.After a couple of hours we had several bags to take to the trash...several boxes to take to the goodwill and several boxes to take nicer items to the Discovery Shop! We even found our old slides and projector.We watched half of them and still have the bests ones to go: our wedding, honeymoon and year we lived in Germany! I love reminiscing.
Wednesday- we designated that the day to celebrate my birthday... Uh, we won't share how old I will be an about a week! Again our youngest and her mom, Amanda, did dinner... wow, we had Chicken Francese from Ina Garten, potatoes, roasted broccoli and asparagus, and Italian bread. Viv, our youngest made me a lemon cake festooned by delicious strawberries..., OH, how I am blessed!!! Then we and the kids, played a new game... I'd say it was a thought provocative game and I wasn't very good at all, but it was such fun!
Thursday- we are not eating like crazy today... I mean there is a hereafter! Besides, we have great eating planned for the rest of the week! One of the things we found in the basement was my mom's box of dinnerware which looked pretty bad after 10 years of storage... Amanda is taking it home so we plan to polish it up and get it all looking brand sparking new for her to take!
Friday-Saturday, we had hoped to go to a ballgame but it has been so hot and is supposed to rain all day tomorrow so we are shopping at Fresh Market for tea party supplies, and then stopping at our favorite restaurant for breakfast... Then we will rest up for the weekend and enjoy our time together! Saturday, a cousin we rarely get to see will join us for a mid day tea party. We will make Madeleines, fruit skewers, 2 types of finger sandwiches... chicken salad and cucumber. And, of course, brewed tea in fancy cups!
It all sounds so wonderful. And a nine year old able to cook like that? Amazing! I'm so happy for you, because I can hear the happiness in your writing. Enjoy the remaining days of the visit.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy