Columbus Day Weekend

Alright. I don't have Jewish grandparents in Florida, so we didn't join in the Great Schlep, but we had a nice weekend anyway. On Friday evening we schlepped over to Freestone's for dinner with the group. The Freestones are nicely settled in their "new" home. Liz made some yummy Mexican stuff introduced to them by their mission adventures and we had a very pleasant evening.

Michael Gibbs also flew in from New York on Friday spent the weekend with us visiting Chelsea. Alison came down from Logan and spent part of the weekend, too.

Saturday we held another Don Jarvis campaign meeting. It seems to be going well and we are pushing hard for these last three weeks. Don has a magnificent garden and gave me some plums and pears from his orchard. They were beautiful and extremely tasty.

The family all came to dinner on Sunday evening, joined by the Gibbs and Meagan's family, so it was a fun crowd. Michael made a wonderful chocolate cake for dessert; it was a great hit.

Liz and Phil and their new home

Lots of good dessert and conversation:
Sharon, Liz, Phil, Stan, Allen, Nancy, and Kris

More of the same:
Vicki, Rod, Sharon, and Liz

Wonderful yellow and purple complementary colors
from Don Jarvis's orchard

Michael working his magic with chocolate

Sunday lunch snacking: Kris, Mike, Alison, Katy, and Chelsea

Digging into Michael's cake and Grammy's cookies:
Madeline, Lucy, Rob, Tucker, and Katy

These clever young folks made cookie sandwiches with cake filling!:
Max, Meg, Ollie, and Tucker

Grandmother Boynton is coming next week and her stay will be followed by a visit from Linda Gibbs. So we will keep you posted.

OXO

D.