Friths Visit

We went over to Dick and Carol's today at lunchtime. The Friths were invited, and we looked forward to spending some time with Robert and Debbie and their kids, Christine, Robbie, and Sam. Debbie came over first, bringing Robbie and Sam. They hadn't been feeling well last night, so Debbie stayed home with them while Robert and Christine went to church. They arrived a bit later.

Carol had picked up some assorted sandwiches from the Corner Bakery. One interesting kind was fresh mozzarella and tomato. We played some Boggle and learned some new Boggle words, like greek (no caps), lite, and dimer. Playing Words With Friends has also added to our vocabulary--as in "What the heck does ---- mean?"

Both Robbie and Sam are high energy little boys. Robbie tried on some roller skates and practiced moving around on the carpet in them. He would really like to ice skate. I played "Go Fish" with him for a while, and he told us about his carnivorous plant collection. Sam is being much more sociable. He even said "Bye bye" to us when they left.

Matt called and talked with his parents and sister for quite a while. I called Ed, and we talked quite a bit too. I was glad of the chance to hear about what's going on with his new home and job.

Dick and Carol and Ken and I watched "Call the Midwife." As usual, the characters and situations were quite engaging and thought provoking as well as enjoyable.


We biked on the toll road again this morning. The trucks weren't running, since it's Sunday, so we had the roadway pretty much to ourselves. I didn't realize until we turned around that we had had the wind at our backs on the way south, so it was definitely more effort to come back north.