Entertaining

Hello, friends. Hope the weather is decent where you live.  We're in one of those in-between periods where the mornings are REALLY cold and it warms up, but not as much as you think or hope.  And it's gonna be back into the 70s this weekend!

We've had the pleasure of family visitors this week, the traveling party arrived last Saturday afternoon and will depart on Saturday morning.  It's our daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren, whom we had not seen in person in well over a year.

And it's been wonderful to have them here, although our house does become a little crowded with four extra people and a dog added to our usual!  But as per usual, we make it work!

So far we've had a big pizza party here at the ranch upon their arrival last weekend, a very nice family dinner at an historic site outside of Lexington on Sunday, a burger bash here at the house on Tuesday and we're planning to go out for Mexican food tomorrow night!

In between we've had breakfasts, lunches and dinners in various configurations.  Our son-in-law is also native to this area, so he has both parents plus two siblings who live in the region.  Along with that, our eldest granddaughter wanted to tour the University of Kentucky while they were here, as she is exploring collegiate alternatives for next school year.

I took my grandson out for a few hours yesterday, got him a haircut, we looked at some stuff at a couple of places, replaced a couple of things on his phone and fed him lunch--his first visit to Five Guys.  Suffice it to say that he enjoyed the entire experience.

Our approach to their visits has evolved over the years, to the point where we have utilized paper plates and plastic cups more this time than ever.  We're also having leftovers tonight, which we normally don't do, but, hey, if there's enough food that we can make a meal of it, why not?  Practicality is better than emptying the dishwasher daily, you know!

These kids, like the grandkids who live here, are growing up entirely too fast, but I haven't had any success in slowing down the process.  Regardless, we're thankful to see them again!


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