Recently I told Will I would like to get an ice cream freezer. I love to have people over, but working makes me have less energy for cooking and cleaning...but making home made ice cream is easy and it's a fun thing to invite people over for.
So yesterday morning I asked Doug and Anisa if they would like to come by that evening for homemade ice cream. They had other things going on and we left the time open. We always try to have a family dinner with our boys on Sunday, and it ended up being a little later than I had planned. They arrived just as we were about to sit down. Fortunately we had lots of salmon that Will had caught on his recent Rogue River fishing trip, and it was quite fun ordering the boys to haul out another board for the table after the table was already set and being embarrassed by their lack of working together politely skills. We had enough food to go around and I didn't have to worry about making a dinner good enough for company. Although the meal was pretty decent if I do say so.
Brother David called while we were eating and was just leaving our parents house in Brownsville, so he and McKenna came by. The weather was nice enough that we could go out on the deck to eat it. Although poor Anisa had to wrap up in a blanket. I have this problem of feeling like if more than one sibling is here, I really should call some more to join the party. I called Galen but he was home nursing a cold. Lucky for us, because that gallon of ice cream disappeared pretty quickly!
Yes, it was a good evening. Nick and Duane played catch in the back yard and didn't break any windows. Some cute little neighbor dogs escaped and came over to bark at Zeek. Nick and Duane enjoyed playing with them til the neighbors got back. They also went for a bike ride earlier in the day and didn't bend any wheels or damage the bikes at all. Nick didn't rip any pants out or anything. A very successful day.
I woke up at 4:30 this morning, thought about all the things still to do to get ready for 8th grade promotion, got up and was the first customer at Dutch Brothers shortly after 5:30 on my way to the office. Got a lot done and am feeling ever so much better. I went to McDonalds, the one clear across town, after work to pick up the Ray Kroc award (founder of McDonalds), a Leadership award they give every year to an 8th grader. I had called ahead and they were expecting me. I knew a couple of kids working there and chatted with them a bit after someone handed me a bag with the award. As I drove away, I thought it seemed a little odd that it was in a McDonalds bag and kind of heavy. At the stop light I opened the bag to check it out. It contained a couple of wraps! I thought it was real nice of them to give me some free food, but where was the medal? I circled around and went back in. The manager had been told I was there for the award, but she said, "I thought you said she was here for her order - someone just went through the drive through and left before getting one of her bags!" They didn't let me keep the food but they did give me the medal!
I wonder what I'm forgetting? I'm making a list so that this will all be much easier next year. Events at work do require a great deal of forethought and planning!
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