Wonderful Weekend

The weather was perfect for soccer, an outdoor wedding, traveling, and a softball team picnic.

Whew! I am out gas.

Blake's team won their game against St. Louis DeSmet, and he had a good game. We think Uncle Chris should come and watch more often. After the game, we had picnic food at our house with everybody. Then Chris was off to meet the party bus in his dark brown tux for Isaac's wedding. Mario, Maria and Makenna, and I drove out later. The wedding and reception were at the Mt. Sterling winery. We'd never been there before, so it was a brand new experience for us. The wedding was outdoors overlooking beautiful background scenery, and the reception was indoors (thankful for the air conditioning :o) We had the best food we think we've had at a reception. At about 9PM, Grandpa Mario and I took over baby duty so the kids could have some fun with their friends. All the guys from Quincy High were back, and I loved seeing them. They still remember the cooking I did for them when they were in high school. In fact, one of them taught his mom and his fiance how to make turkey pie. (He still calls me Mom occasionally.) Well anyway, it was a great evening. Makenna wore a beautiful dress and got passed around to many friends throughout the evening. She slept on the way home, then stayed up to play til past midnight. Glad I still have all the baby toys. Grandmas must have good toys, as Hannah once reminded me.

On Sunday morning John and Carolyn brought Mom over to see Chris and family. I was the only one up and at'em when they arrived bright and early, but soon everyone had rolled out except Makenna. (Never wake a sleeping baby--Great Grandma Dotty's advice from the past). Carrie's family arrived about 9:00. So we had a little breakfast of hot cinnamon rolls and muffins, and Makenna joined the crowd. She loves playing with her cousins; Blake especially can make her laugh. On this trip she seemed to prefer Grandpa to me, and that's ok with me. I will get her to myself in November when I travel to Phoenix with Blake.

So the visitors from Jacksonville departed around 10, Chris and Maria departed, Tony and Carrie and gang departed, and we went to noon mass. Next I had the last of 4 TEC meetings; our weekend is Oct. 4-6. We have 19 candidates, and we expect a few more will join this week. My eyes began to close at 4, so I took early leave for some sleep.

The day ended with Mario's KC softball team picnic in the evening. Always fun and good food and storytelling with this group. We agreed that we need to get together before New Year's Eve, which is sometimes how it goes.

I am so thankful everybody got where they needed to go safely. The weekend could not have gone any better.