This has been our final full day here in Pennsylvania parked in the drive at our son's home. A day of doing things for the last time: enjoy a dinner with the family, take Rachel to swim practice and bring her home again, take Abbi to her daily babysitting job, watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune with Rachel and Noelle, and so forth.
This afternoon Rick and Bev (the other grandparents - Jen's folks) came to stay. They will be taking over the reins of parents as our son, Dan, and Jen will be heading to a conference in Virginia Beach in the morning and not returning till Sunday. The wonderful part was we got to spend some time with them this afternoon and they too were sitting at the family dinner table tonight. AND we got a picture of both sets of grandparents with the three girls.
And so it is, we spent today also starting to pack things up and do some of the last minute chores necessary for a smooth departure in the morning. A couple of Christmas gifts still need to wrapped in the morning so we can leave those behind rather than have to mail them later. AND yesterday we gave Rachel her birthday gift - a month early. We took her out for a Mazzanti's ice cream cone after lunch today because it didn't fit in yesterday but otherwise the gift was her YMCA swim team membership for the year so she can swim with the team occasionally and compete in the local meets. Most of her practice is with the school team which is six days a week plus a couple of morning practices (2 a days). She really loves swimming and is eager to take on the Y competition as well as the school team competition.
Sooooooo, farewell Ledford's, farewell Butler, farewell Westminster PCA, farewell choir, farewell to my exercise classes (3 times a week) and farewell to my game friends - Jan, Betty, and Ruth. We'll be back..........
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