Yesterday....Saturday.....we left here around 10 AM.....after meeting with our roofing contractor to see if there was anything we needed to do for him prior to leaving. And....then we were off to the city, making a prolonged stop at one of Trader Joe's in STL. Purchasing several kinds of cheeses, some artisan Ciabatta buns , and a half case of wine from Italy, we then scurried on up the road to Monroe City, arriving about mid-afternoon. A couple of hours to visit with the 1st Lady's mother....and then it was time to get ready to go back to Hannibal for her 45th class reunion.
Arriving at Fiddlesticks....a nice restaurtant on the west side of Hannibal, we found the correct room.....and soon, the 1st Lady was hugging and being hugged by long, long-time ago friends from High Schoo.. She had not been to a reunion since the 15th one......so it had been 30 years since she had seen any of these former classmates. A large percentage of the class was there, along with spouses/friends......and it was a really very fun and pleasant 3+ hours. A really super book had been printed with each member's senior picture, address, phone number and email address, along with a biography description of their Life over the past 45 years. And...this book was sooooo well done!!!!!! What a book of memories and information for the class members!!!!!
Afterwards, we returned to Monroe City for the night.
This morning......a quick breakfast, and we left there at 9am for Dr. Jeni's home in the beautiful rural area between New Haven and Washington, MO......and for Max's 1 year old birthday party. Becky and Rachel came up from Cape Girardeau, and then Dr. Jeni and Darrel's close friends, Jeremy and Tiffany arrived from F'town, as well as Darrel's mother and two nieces from Branson. Sooooo, the house was filled with children having fun, using the pool, playing on the new playground Darrel had constructed for the kids, and enjoying the party, pizza, cake and ice cream.
We left there about 6pm and arrived home in a bit over two hours.......almost 500 miles in less than 36 hours, plus all of the varied weekend activities during the jaunt to NE Missouri and back.
The roofers are not finished, no new guttering that I could see this evening in the twilight, and so....there is a good day, if not two days, work left to do, so it appears from my untrained eyes. We have about decided to not depart from here until Thursday morning....as we have many, many, many things that must be taken care of before departing for several weeks.......
And sooooo, a really packed weekend.....and an enjoyable one at that!!!! Hope to get some pictures on here of both events we attended.......I'll see how cooperative the pc, Picasa, and the camera are in the next few minutes. Keep checking back for some pictures(which at this moment are still in my camera!).
As usual.............
LIFE IS JUST INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
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