Arrrgh!!!

Well, we made it home safely. The weekend with my youngest sister and her family was a pleasure.

Friday, about 11:00, Mother, Dear Husband and I had lunch at Chili's and then started our drive to Central Indiana. We took a variation on the route that we've been using for the last 15 years or so, and were there half an hour earlier. The fields are not completely stripped clean, but the harvest is pretty far along. My mother enjoyed the view, and marveled again, and again, over the distance between the farm houses in that part of the world.

Friday evening we had a quiet night with the family. Sis made chili and we'd stopped at a local bakery and bought them out so that we would have "bread and butter" gifts. (Pun intended. *G*) We tried the cheese bread, a loaf of cinnamon bread and cinnamon buns for breakfast, a raspberry creme kuchen, and three pots of jam. (Note....we did NOT eat all of that! Some of it was shared with friends and some was frozen.) My sis made a carrot cake, so DH could have one piece, and not have to take the entire cake home. (That was part of his birthday present.) We gave Daughter #2 her birthday gift, so that she could share it with her friends. October is a busy birthday month for us.

Saturday, we had brunch at home and then went to see both of the girls in the Class C District Marching Band Competition. I have a lot to share on that in a later post, but I'm happy to say that their band is going on to the State competition this coming weekend.

It was a bitterly cold day. We took extra coats, gloves, a blanket, and cushions to sit on. The kids, especially the color guards, were inadequately covered, and it was windy, and starting to rain by the time the contest was over. They get a lot of credit for toughing it out under difficult circumstances.

The kids went with the band to dinner, and the adults had dinner out, too, NOT with the band!

Sunday morning, we had breakfast, and then packed up for the return trip home. I figured my sis and her husband had enough to do, so we didn't linger.
On the trip home, we fine-tuned the route once again, and made it home in four hours, despite a 15 minute delay at a McDonald's, getting iced tea. (We ran afoul of the church crowd.)

It was a good thing we came home early. Dear Husband put me to work right away. I had to type two proposals and do all the attendant paperwork. We had scheduled a visit on Monday with the CPA's assistant, so I was chained to the desk for the day. I needed to go to exercise, but there wasn't time for everything that needed to be done. I even put off grocery shopping!

I'm glad we went, and I'm glad we're back safely. I really enjoy this annual outting.