Amy's Visit

Do you think Joanna would like to have some of Chase's ice cream?

Amy came down on Saturday with Chase & Joanna and stayed till this afternoon. She went to our church on Sunday morning and was able to visit with some friends she hadn't seen in a very long time. Dawn had lunch with us before dashing off to her kids' musical/drama rehearsal. Amy and the kids took a nap. Andy took a bike ride. I made a batch of cookies so we would have treats for our small group that met at our house in the evening.

Amy and the kids joined our small group in the evening. Andy leads the discussion which is based on the morning's sermon. I will probably give my impressions of the message in a later blog. Joanna lay on the floor, Chase played with his cars and trucks and wandered in and out of the room. One time in the middle of the discussion, Chase came over to Andy, looked up at him and said, "PopPop talking." It was so funny. It broke everybody up.

On Monday Amy and I went to the zoo with Chase & Joanna. It was a perfect day for that kind of outing. The sky was overcast but the air was pretty warm - mid 60's. I hadn't been to the Philadelphia Zoo in a very long time and was impressed with the improvements that have been made over the years. The walkways are hardscaped with nice bushes and trees. The zoo wasn't at all crowded - it was a pleasant experience this time. It was fun to experience it with Chase.

We were all pretty tired when we got home, but it was a good tired.

Today Amy and I went to a children's resale store where she was able to buy all the clothes the kids needed for the coming winter - all for $56.00. It's a very nice store with good clothes and low prices.

Amy left around 2:00 pm, then I spent the rest of the day cleaning the bathrooms and vacuuming the house. Andy and I also went to vote.

Andy spent the morning just hanging around waiting for the inspector to come check the framing work on the front porch. He couldn't really do anything until the inspector said it was ok and he didn't get here till around 2:00 pm. He did pass us, so Andy can go ahead - on to the next step. He was hoping to get the openings in the eaves closed up. The longer they are opened up, the more likely we'll get critters up in the attic. But with the shortness of daylight hours now, he was unable to get much done today.