Back In Minnesota

We are back in Minnesota after a fantastic weekend with family in Des Moines, Iowa.
We arrived Friday afternoon in time to visit with my parents for a few hours before supper. Seeing how it was Lent and Friday, Mom made a tuna hotdish as to stay in good graces with those who monitor those kinds of things. After dinner it was more chatting before finally hitting the sheets after midnight.
We were up-and-atum Saturday eating a late large breakfast. Staying with Iowa tradition, we of course ate again at 12 noon. More chatting until it was cocktail time then off to the Club to celebrate Dad's 88th birthday. We all ordered drinks and chatted until it was time to order our meals. Now that was something. First off it was so dark I could hardly read the menu. It has to be that lack of light mood thing going on. We ordered our delicious dinners and another round of drinks.
As always, the food was delicious. We ordered 16 ounce New York steaks and walleye. Needless to say we darn near had to be rolled out of there on carts.
Once we returned to the folks residence and did the picture taking thing, sang happy birthday and chatted for a while longer.
It was real nice to see my brother Paul again and his wife Margaret. They are a lot of fun to be around. We hope to go camping with them this summer.
Both of our sons called grandpa on his birthday. he sure enjoyed that and is very proud of his grand kids.
I will have more news and pictures about the weekend in a future post.
Thanks for looking in.