Family

We got together for a games night, and to celebrate birthdays, Jeremy, Gillian, and even Beth.  Congratulations all!

By the time everyone arrived it was quite late for supper, but over to the mall and bring back Chinese food.  Of course, we bought too much!  After eating we settled down to a game of "31". 

 We even got Sheila to play.  She isn't really a card player but did well this evening.

 Samantha was being silly all evening, making faces at everything, and purposely hiding behind her mother, in the first picture

 Such a silly face.  It makes it hard to believe she is only 9. She looks more like herself in the one below.  That one came when birthday cake was served--a sudden rush to the kitchen.  I had figured that everyone was so stuffed with Chinese food, that no-one would want cake.  Silly me!

Here is another one of my three Grand Daughters.  Hard to get a good picture of them all together. Of course, Samantha was making faces again, but I see that she was looking at her cards, so maybe she has a reason for the look?  They all grow up too soon, don't they?

Jeremy does well surrounded by all the girls.  He is working in a furniture manufacturing plant right now, and appears to be doing well with it even if it is physically demanding, and for minimum wage.  He was telling me about some writing he's doing.  It seems to be very private, but important to him.  He was excited to hear about other people with a knack for writing in the family,and even went to tell his father about them.  When we talked about family connections, he told me again about the night you tried to explain all the family connections to him, Cathy.  He mentioned that he thought you had been drinking, and he really didn't make much sense of the explanation.

The evening ended early, as everyone had been up early this morning.  Jeremy starts work at 7:00, but has to get up early enough to take his medications an hour before he drives a car, and he works on the other side of the city.  Darren had been into hospital for a biopsy yesterday and they kept him until 5:30 this morning, which meant that Amber had to be at HSC to pick him up then, after driving in from Lorette.

So now it's a bit of relaxation before we too, head for bed.  Tomorrow should be quiet, but it will still be my regular laundry day. I did a little too much sewing today for my wrists, so will have to find some other way of amusing myself, after changing the sheets and making the bed.  Maybe I can iron more tea towels.  Hot Damn!