Saturday, November 26, 2022

Thanksgiving

Well the best part of Thanksgiving break was all the time together - especially with Mack.  The World Cup started that week so we spent a lot of time on the couch cheering for our favorites.  More to come in future posts.
In between games Mack earned a little cash by sawing the hot tub into pieces - saved us the $350 removal fee.  Who knew that was what a hot tub looked like cut in half?!
For Thanksgiving dinner we were on our own so we invited Jessica and Etta over and enjoyed the feast with them.  Etta loved my rolls and we all enjoyed her lemon meringue pie.  
Fernando, the exchange student from Spain came and cooked dinner for us.  When he started frying the potatoes in a huge pot of olive oil I was worried but the Tortilla de Patatas he made us was quite delicious.  And he made Andrew help every step of the way.
Lily loved her Mack time and we were all sad to see him head back to school. 
For a last party, and a reward for the kids watching their word choice for two weeks, we went to an escape room.  It was Alice and Wonderland themed and it was such a blast.  
Somehow we managed to accidentally hijack the system and open a door early, so they gave us a $100 gift card so we could come back.

It was a great week off from school, but hard to go back knowing the World Cup was still going on and we couldn't enjoy all the games together.

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Grandma Lula

Grandma Lula almost hit 100, but at 99 and 7 months she was finally able to her return to be with her husband whom she had been away from for nearly 50 years.  

It was a wonderful celebration to remember her life and to see all my cousins and aunts and uncles.  It was amazing how quickly my heart filled with love for these people that I hadn't seen in years.  Family is incredible.