Just winding down from a big Sunday. We had a nice Mother's Day and a semi surprise birthday for David today. The boys and Becky are still here and talking. Dan and Becky came and stayed last night with us. Darla invited David's Dad and some of his family over. David's Dad was not interested as his girlfriend had Mother's Day duty.Two of his cousins showed up and his Aunt and Uncle pulled up about 4:30 as Alicia and Don were leaving and quickly drove away, likely because they didn't see David's car parked out here. David and Miya met us at church today and drove together in Miya's car and then she left mid afternoon to visit with her family. Dan and Becky will drop him off at home on their way out of town.
It was a nice morning at church with Darla's parents and both boys, Becky and Miya there. Darla leaned over to me during service with a hitch in her voice and said, "I'm so happy that we are all together!" Jennifer was missing, but both her boys were there and that meant the world to her. We enjoyed service and Dan and Becky then went to coffee with David and Miya. We scooted home and then Joni showed up and then Earl and Frances. They were all there when David came over. Darla had the house decorated and ready for him. Our friends, Rand and Julie came over and then David's cousins, Patrick and Levi showed up. Alicia, Don and Luke rounded out the group.
I fixed a couple of tri tip roasts and Darla had two lasagnas, salads, fruit and bread. It was a beautiful day and we hit about 72 degrees which was perfect for eating outside. The pool is ready for the season in every way except temperature. It is at 72 degrees, but it will take a couple of 100 degree days to run the temp over 80 degrees.
I spent Saturday cleaning the patio furniture and then sealing the back splash and pool surround. There are a few plants, including the ground cover that really suffered this Winter and I need to replace it still. The backyard looks good and is ready for Summer.
Friday, we met David, Don and Alicia for dinner in Folsom at Mikuni's, a sushi restaurant. Neither Darla nor I are big on sushi, but enjoyed the freaky edamame, seared ahi, and a Bento box of sesame chicken and a plate of tempura shrimp. David ate all of the sushi rolls and monkey rolls and all of the other yuppy fare.
We also went to Luke's baseball game on Saturday night and he pitched one inning. The game was two hours and we were invited to Don and Alicia's for dinner with Dan and Becky and Darla's parents. We opted out as we had guests coming over Sunday and had to buy a few things and get ready for the event. We stopped at my office to print out a paper Darla needed for her Mexico trip. We went over to Party City and bought a few things and then went to dinner at Chubby's, a 50's diner place near the house.
I did host 60 agents at a sports themed event at the office on Tuesday. We had pizza, nachos, Cracker Jacks, wings, knots and fruit as well as a dessert bar. We did have a full bar as well and had a great time. I only took a couple of pictures this year. The agents loved the event and our VP, Michael, wants to know how we get other companies to fund this event for us. (It is networking.)
I will get the stitches out from my cancer surgery tomorrow, go to PT and then get ready for our trip to Maine on Tuesday. The weather looked miserable a week ago in Maine, but there is rain tomorrow and then several days of 70's and then an 85 on Thursday before cooling back to the 70's. We are staying at an Inn in York Harbor for the conference through Thursday morning and then moving to a Bed and Breakfast in Kennebunk, not far from the Bush estate. Darla and I plan a tour of the lighthouses in Maine. There are 69 lighthouses, most of which pre-date 1900. Some of the lighthouses are not accessible (on islands or just not open to the public). We will see about a dozen lighthouses as we make our trip up the coast. We may head into Canada and see Quebec and will definitely see the Massachusetts coast as well.
We look forward to our trip and I will be back at the keyboard for an abbreviated blog entry next Sunday night. The weather here is warming up and we are expected to be close to 100 degrees next weekend. I talked to Jennifer today and she was without Sam on Mother's Day. John has been traveling and been gone for three weeks. He was back this weekend for two days and then gone for two more weeks. Sam was coming over for dinner.
Well, that's it for this week. I hope you are all well. I still miss Mom, especially this time of year. Her loss in my life was HUGE. Happy Mother's Day to Shirley. I love you. Ciao.
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