Our youngest son Andy and his partner Sarah have been visiting the Midwest from Seattle since July 1st. They spent time in Minneapolis, Wisconsin, my folks home in Des Moines then up to see us.
They arrived here last Thursday and we haven't slowed down yet!
Thursday evening we went out for pizza and twenty five cent pitchers of beer at our favorite pizza place.
Friday was spent getting ready for a family reunion at our home on Saturday.
What a time that was. We had about sixty folks here at Coyote Ridge and I know everyone had a great time! It sure was nice to have all of us together!
Sunday we toured a local winery and of course sampled along the way....ten in all to be exact. We then purchased a bottle and sat outside enjoying the company and beautiful weather.
We were then off to hike back to a waterfall in the area where we think we found a fresh cougar track.
It was off to the store where we picked up supplies for Mexican food that our sons cooked for us. They are fantastic cooks and really know their way around the kitchen. We are spoiled as Andy cooked huge breakfasts for us each morning.
To wrap up the weekend we do what all good Minnesotans do on Sundays....we broke out four guns and shot clay pigeons and tin cans. The ladies did real well. Hey wait just a second, the guys in the kitchen and the ladies shootin stuff? Oh well, it works!
It was wonderful that Ben and Anna were able to spend so much time with Andy and Sarah this weekend. Everyone gets along wonderfully.
Tomorrow the kids will fly back to Seattle. We will be very sad to see them go, but we know they have their life there.
We are so blessed to have such wonderful and caring sons.
