More family - this time my girls !

Cristy and Nathaniel Moreira are on a plane back to Virginia - why? Because their week of vacation is up and it is time for them to go home. But while they where here - we did our best to convince them that this side of the Mississippi is better. (Even cheaper to)

Anyway - we had a great week. First night - Monday - Mandy, George, Georgey, Grayam, Cristy and Nathaniel took me to Tomato Street. A very fun Italian restaurant. The reason was a silly one - my birthday. I was telling everyone this year that I was 73 years old. (only off by 20 years) This way I could get comments like -WOW you look good!! - instead of the other comments I usually get. It was fun but I didn't get any pictures. I like my birthday for one reason now - I get to talk to everyone of my kids.

Next was Tuesday night. Mandy threw a baby shower for Cristy. I volunteered my house and it was a very nice evening.
Mandy did a great job in planning a really fun night. Dinner, a couple games and old friends plus Cristy got some really nice things for baby Fred. Don't worry that is not his name but until they pick a name - I'm calling him Fred.
We did get the chance to take a picture of the two sisters and their boys. Guess this is Fred 1 and Fred 2. There must have been 5 people taking pictures of the two of them - I felt sorry for them but then again I was one of the 5 saying - "Smile again" It was a fun night- thanks Mandy.

Then I took Thursday off of work. I am glad that I get one personal day a year. Starting out at 9:30 a.m. Cristy and I picked up Mandy and we all went SHOPPING!! It was great!! I had grabbed my camera but somehow it never got into the car - sorry. We went all the way up to Northtown Mall. There we made one little sales lady very happy. The store -Motherhood - and I think Cristy tried on everything they had. Cristy before she entered the store had one maternity top - when she left - she had a maternity wardrobe. It was fun - only kind of fun that girls can relate too - voting on good outfits and bad. The hardest thing was whittling down the yes pile to fit the budget.

Saturday was nice too. After a little Saturday laundry and shopping - Matt, Cristy, Nathaniel and I went to go see if we could find an Eagle. We did!!
Not bad for a little camera - Nathaniel would have gotten a better picture but his battery went dead. We hiked a small trail and saw 4 or 5 eagles. Most of them would sit for a bit and then take flight over the lake. Never saw one actually go fishing but that's OK. I think this one Eagle just had a big ego - he just sat at the top of this one tree that was kinda close - just so that we could all take pictures of him.
We walked around the resort and Nathaniel treated us to a hot Chocolate. Thanks Nathaniel. This picture is Matthew practicing smiling. Not bad!! Cristy balanced the camera on a park bench - good job!!

After the hike we went home and had dinner with Mom and Dad. It was nice and once again I didn't get a picture - Oh, well.

This morning they left at 8:45a.m. A sad good-by but hopefully not too long before I get to see them again - after all - I do have to go see 'Little Fred' when he comes into the world.