Super Saturday

We were busy today; about 24 people were over.

There was my cousin Debbie (on my mother's side if you are trying to keep track) and her husband Bill along with their daughters Julie who has a brand new MD degree and Christie with her new BA.

There was Anne and Stephen of course and a visit from the VON.

There was my brother Ken and his wife Bridget.  There was their elder son Ben who came up from Costa Rica last weekend and goes back on Monday.

There was their younger son Thomas and his Costa Rican wife Violeta.

That makes 12.  The other 12 were made up by their two children Jayden 3, and Abby 11 months.  That's two very energetic children.  I can see why women's bodies are programmed to have children only when they are young.  Only the youngest adults could begin to keep up with those kids.  I now wonder how Anne and I kept up with Jonathan and Stephen.

It was a great day of receiving original art work, bouquets of flowers, hugs and kisses and giving as much as we could in return including bouncy knees.  Even Bella gave up trying to keep up with them, preferring to nap in the middle of the living room floor.  The kids are wonderful, alert, bright, loving and fun.  It was a wonderful treat to have them here.